Background Papers for the WDR 2006: Understanding Inequality and Policies to Enhance Equity
To support the preparation of the World Development Report 2006 on 'Equity and Development , the Department for International Development (DfID), in collaboration with the Social Development Department (SDV) of the World Bank, commissioned a set of background papers from specialists across a wide range of social science disciplines. The papers attached below focus on the drivers and structures of inequality and on policies and processes that perpetuate or attenuate them. On November 15, 2004, a one-day seminar, inaugurated by Francois Bourguignon, Sr. Vice President and Chief Economist, the World Bank, was held at the World Bank where the commissioned papers were presented and debated.
The full complement of case studies and thematic papers provide in-depth analysis of existing data on inequality in particular contexts and help to understand existing patterns and causes of inequality and the ways in which countries and people are seeking to address them. The papers fall along four main lines of enquiry: 1) structures of inequality, 2) national trajectories towards more equitable development, 3) specific policies designed to reduce disparities and 4) social movements and group-based agency and their role in promoting inclusive, accountable institutions.
The papers illustrate the need to examine the multi-faceted causes and structures of inequality, the context within which they occur, and the multiple ways through which governments and peoples are struggling and transforming policies and institutions to address these inequities. As development agencies we must build on such efforts. We expect the WDR 2006 to build on these insights, deepening our understanding of inequality and of the policies and institutional changes to promote more equitable development.
Theme 1: Structures of InequalityMigration and inequality
Richard Black, Claudia Natali and Jessica Skinner, 2005 Regional Disparities within Indias Poorest Region
Arjan de Haan, 2004 Assessing Social Exlusion and Mobility in Brazil
Estanislao Gacitua-Mario and Michael Woolcock, 2005 Asset Inequality and Agricultural Growth: How are patterns of asset inequality established and reproduced? Rachel Sabates-Wheeler and Stephen Devereux, 2005 Bridging the North-South Divide in Ghana
Andrew Shepherd and Prof. E. Gyimah-Boadi, 2004
Theme 2: National Trajectories Towards More Equitable Development
Dynamic of Egalitarianism in the process of modern economic growth: The case of Sweden
Martin Andersson and Christer Gunnarsson, 2004 Spain: Development, Democracy and Equity
Carles Boix, 2004 Growth and Equity in Finland Markus Jäntti; Juho Saari; Juhana Vartiainen, 2005
Theme 3: Specific Policies Designed to Reduce DisparitiesCash transfers for older people reduce poverty and inequality
Armando Barrientos, 2004 Affirmative Action in India and the United States
Ashwini Deshpande, 2004 Symbolic Public Goods and the Co-ordination of Collective Action: A Comparison of Local Development in India and Indonesia Vijayendra Rao, 2004
Theme 4: Social Movements and Group-based Agency
Indigenous Political Voice and the Struggle for Recognition in Ecuador and Bolivia
Jose Antonio Lucero, 2004 Beyond Categories: Power, Recognition and the Conditions for Equity
Joy Moncrieffe, 2004 Mineral Wealth and Equitable Development
Michael Ross, 2004
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