Leveling the Playing Field - Addressing Structural Inequalities to Accelerate PovertyReduction in Africa (English)

This report focuses on the roots of structural inequality that are at the heart of Africa’s slow progress in reducing extreme poverty. Rather than resulting from differences in talent or effort, structural inequalities in living standards are those resulting from either inherited or unalterable characteristics—such as where people are born; their ethnicity, religion, or gender; and their parents’ education—or market and institutional distortions that...

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World Bank;
Document Date
2024/12/02
Document Type
Report
Report Number
195284
Volume No
1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2025/01/27
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Leveling the Playing Field - Addressing Structural Inequalities to Accelerate PovertyReduction in Africa

Language

English

Rel. Proj ID

3A-Africa Poverty and Inequality Flagship -- P180133

Major Sector

FY17 - Social Protection

FY17 - Public Administration

Theme

FY17 - Inclusive Growth,FY17 - Economic Growth and Planning,FY17 - Fragility, Conflict and Violence,FY17 - Climate change,FY17 - Structural Transformation and Economic Diversification,FY17 - Adaptation

Sector

FY17 - Central Government (Central Agencies),FY17 - Social Protection

Topics

Education,Inequality and Shared Prosperity,Macroeconomics,Poverty,Skills Development,

Unit Owning

EFI-AFR1-POV-Poverty and Equity (EAEPV)

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Final

Product Line

Advisory Services & Analytics

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World Bank.

Leveling the Playing Field - Addressing Structural Inequalities to Accelerate PovertyReduction in Africa (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099120224111019577

Leveling the Playing Field - Addressing Structural Inequalities to Accelerate PovertyReduction in Africa (English)

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