This volume refines and extends the economic history literature on economic inequality in the United States. Economic inequality manifests itself on various dimensions, including access to resources ...

President Trump is poised to use his power over the world’s largest economy to slash taxes for the ultra-rich and mega-corporations—fanning the flames of already-extraordinary levels of inequality in ...

Investing more in agriculture, especially with external financing, offers the biggest gains in raising incomes and reducing ...

The Fund has recognized in recent years that one cannot separate issues of economic growth and stability on one hand and equality on the other. Indeed, there is a strong case for considering ...

This paper identifies five key issues ... of gender inequality suggests there is still a long way to go to fully address gender inequality. Particularly gender inequality is taking more subtle and ...

We investigate how the global economic system both drives inequality that undermines human rights and enables private actors to harm communities, workers, and the environment. Our work is driven ...

The global economy is at a precarious juncture, marked by heightened trade tensions and elevated policy uncertainty, according to the World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2025.  The recent ...

Ending extreme poverty, unemployment and inequality requires economic growth that includes more people. To get that result, there must be a set of interventions that work together. One ...

Africa faces challenges in reducing extreme poverty and inequality. In 2024 ... needs an innovative plan to finance agriculture for economic development. In a recent study, we analyzed how ...