Learn more about the inequality, its causes and consequences and how the IMF helps countries in tackling inequality.

Most common metric is Income Inequality, which refers to the extent to which income is evenly distributed within a population. What is inequality · What Causes Inequality

The poorest half of the global population owns just €2,900 (in purchasing power parity) per adult, while the top 10 percent owns roughly 190 times as much.

Since Concept 2 inequality appears to have risen in 2020, it would be enough for “average” inequality within countries also to have risen for us to conclude ...

Research Papers: How do Economic Growth and Food Inflation Affect Food Insecurity? September 6, 2024 Minimum Wages, Inequality, and the Informal Sector

In recent years, the International Monetary Fund has become a global leader in highlighting the inequality crisis; consistently identifying it as a major threat ...

The IMF regularly produces analysis of inequality trends and supports countries in designing policies to tackle inequality.

15 апр. 2024 г. · Income inequality is high or increasing in 60 percent (64 out of 106) of low- and middle-income countries receiving grants or loans from the International ...

A comprehensive mix of fiscal policies can curb inequalities at every stage where they emerge.

17 июл. 2019 г. · We examined how policy reforms prescribed in IMF lending programmes affected income inequality for developing countries between 1980 and 2014.