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Subject: PHA-Exchange> A New Equity Agenda?
From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)
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Is this the way academics see it...?
Claudio
Key issues and questions
Inequality is therefore a key issue in debates about achieving the MDGs.
Nevertheless, there are still important issues which need to be resolved
before one can design sensible and effective policies for addressing
inequality. These issues are highlighted by three main questions:
· which inequalities matter?
· what drives inequalities, and how can they be affected by
policy?
· which specific policy instruments work best where?
Which inequalities matter?
Like poverty, inequality can exist in a range of dimensions (e.g. income,
life expectancy, mortality, education). One needs to first ask which
inequalities matter, and of those that matter, which matter most.
This paper was written as a background paper for a roundtable discussion
on 'Equity and Development' held at the
Overseas Development Institute on 31 March 2006
A New Equity Agenda?
Reflections on the 2006 World Development Report, the 2005 Human
Development Report and the 2005 Report on the World Social Situation
Edward Anderson and Tammie O’Neil
Overseas Development Institute, Working Paper 265, April 2006
London, UK
Available online as PDF file [37p.] at:
http://www.odi.org.uk/publications/working_papers/wp265.pdf
“……In terms of implications for policy-makers in governments and national
organisations, the paper has three main conclusions.
· The first is that there are good reasons for placing more
emphasis on equity, and related concepts such as social justice and
fairness, as policy objectives – in addition to, or as a broader concept
which includes, the elimination of absolute deprivation.
· The second is that, although making equity a more explicit
policy objective does not require a fundamentally different approach to
development policy, it does require that governments and donors do some
things they are not doing now, and some things they are already doing, but
doing then differently.
· The third is that the institutional inequalities at the core of
‘inequality traps’ reflect political disparities that are historically
rooted and therefore persistent.
However, even within this institutional landscape, there are opportunities
for social actors to negotiate, to strategically manage reform processes
and to build coalitions for pro-equity change. Donors will need to invest
in political analysis in order to support these processes.
A final point is that the main focus of the paper is on inequalities
within countries….”
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Do Inequalities Matter for Development and If So Why?
2.1 Arguments from WDR 2006, HDR 2005 and RWSS 2005
2.2 Comparison with existing arguments
2.3 Discussion
2.3.1 The focus on equity
2.3.2 The definition of equity
2.3.3 Additional instrumental and intrinsic arguments
3 Policies for Addressing Inequality
4 Politics, Implementation and the Role of External Agencies 18
4.1 Political economy and pro-poor reform
4.2 Strategies for policy change in WDR 2006, HDR 2005 and RWSS 2005
4.3 Strategies for pro-equity change?
4.3.1 Extending institutional analysis
4.3.2 Recognising the role of elite reformers
4.3.3 Recognising the importance of alliances for change
4.3.4 What role for donors?
References
Annexes
Regional Synthesis:
[IMAGE]Regional Synthesis: Africa by Christiana Okojie and Abebe Shimeles
(2006) [IMAGE]
[IMAGE]Regional Synthesis: Asia by Arsenio M. Balisacan and Geoffrey M.
Ducanes (2006) [IMAGE]
[IMAGE]Regional Synthesis: Latin America by Dante Contreras, Patricia
Medrano & Claudia Sanhueza (2006) [IMAGE]
Policy Briefs
[IMAGE]Policy Brief 1: Social grants, South Africa [IMAGE]
[IMAGE]Policy Brief 2: Familias en Acción, Colombia [IMAGE]
[IMAGE]Policy Brief 3: Red de Protección Social, Nicaragua [IMAGE]
[IMAGE]Policy Brief 4: Programme for Advancement through Health and
Education, Jamaica [IMAGE]
[IMAGE]Policy Brief 5: Social safety nets, Indonesia [IMAGE]
[IMAGE]Policy Brief 6: Maharashtra Employment Guarantee Scheme, India
[IMAGE]
[IMAGE]Policy Brief 7: National Employment Fund, Tunisia [IMAGE]
[IMAGE]Policy Brief 8: Youth Training, Chile and Argentina [IMAGE]
[IMAGE]Policy Brief 9: National Functional Literacy Program, Ghana [IMAGE]
[IMAGE]Policy Brief 10: Universal Primary Education, Uganda [IMAGE]
[IMAGE]Policy Brief 11: Educational opportunities for the poor, Sri Lanka
[IMAGE]
[IMAGE]Policy Brief 12: Health insurance for the poor, India [IMAGE]
[IMAGE]Policy Brief 13: Affirmative action, Malaysia [IMAGE]
[IMAGE]Policy Brief 14: Affirmative action, India [IMAGE]
[IMAGE]Policy Brief 15: Affirmative action, Nigeria [IMAGE]
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