Stakeholder in the fate of Planet Earth. Writer, MA #Globaldev, currently work at UNU-World Institute of Development Economics Research. views are my own.
The World Income Inequality Database (WIID) just got a major update!
📊Detailed income inequality stats up to 2022
📊WIID Companion for easy comparisons
📊Global and regional income distributions down to the percentile level!
🔍 Explore what's new https://t.co/S1LltwSJm6
📢 Big news for inequality researchers & policy-makers!
@UNUWIDER has just released a major update to the World Income Inequality Database (WIID) — the most comprehensive source of global income inequality data.
https://t.co/c4fCDvcgFk
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Are knowledge monopolies driving global inequalities? 🤔
Discover how the control over knowledge has shaped economic fortunes across the globe and why reforming the knowledge economy is crucial for equitable development in this new blog post
https://t.co/drCQezCD3I @CambridgeUP
We just released the #WIIDExplorer to make the comparable income inequality data in the WIID Companion accessible to everyone. This was one of my pet projects over the past year and a lot of hard work from the @UNUWIDER team has gone into it. Please share! https://t.co/sUJg6cB66J
Amazing new tool on inequality using @UNUWIDER's WIID dataset. Congratulations to @CarlosGradin and @rahullahoti for their amazing work to make this available and all the support team! Check it out 👇
📢 Today, we release the #WIID Explorer, new tool for accessing & analysing our data on income #inequality. With it, you can access global income #inequality statistics, conduct independent analysis, and create graphs, charts, and tables. Find out more! https://t.co/O6TPpgx5fq
Amazing things happened in America the last time we taxed billionaires at 90%. It’s an incredible story that every American should know!
https://t.co/39ULFXKXUZ
It was great working with these economists on their new article for the WIDERAngle. They really brought the empirics. All charts are interactive in the link if you want a closer look. https://t.co/0ir3F00ro4 @decastells@VicenteRoyuela @CarlosGradin:
New analysis confirms that reducing inequality is associated with higher human development performance globally - from our latest blog by @decastells@VicenteRoyuela @CarlosGradin: https://t.co/3QY3jk8we8
#WIID
While all vulnerable populations will suffer, a gender lens is warranted as women, in particular, are ranked lowest in the hierarchy of caste, class or religious stratification | Hema Swaminathan and Rahul Lahoti
https://t.co/TnKRuSkD4n
"Employment is the most important tool in poverty reduction" says @JoseA_Ocampo. And in the social policy area he says universal systems are essential. But there has to be ways to target the most vulnerable to reduce #inequality.
Santiago Levy brings up the policy solution of Conditional Cash Transfers. In Latin America over the last 20 years these programmes have proven to increase human capital - except that this has not also bought the better jobs that people need to reduce #inequality.