Understanding Poverty and Inequality

Module 1: An Introduction to Poverty and Inequality

• Chapter 1: What do we mean by “poverty” & “inequality”?
• Chapter 2: Measurement, trends, and rates of change
• Chapter 3: How does economic growth affect poverty and inequality?
• Chapter 4: Case study: Poverty reduction in East Asia
• Chapter 5: Case study: Broad-based growth in Ethiopia

Module 2: Multidimensional Measures of Poverty

• Chapter 1: Multidimensional poverty vs. income poverty: why it matters
• Chapter 2: Measuring multidimensional poverty
• Chapter 3: The MPI information platform
• Chapter 4: Policy approaches to multidimensional poverty

Module 3: Explaining Global Inequality

• Chapter 1: Defining inequality
• Chapter 2: Measuring income inequality
• Chapter 3: Global versus within-country inequality
• Chapter 4: Winners and losers in the global economy
• Chapter 5: Convergence and poverty hotspots
• Chapter 6: Tackling inequality

Module 4: Poverty and Subjective Well-being

• Chapter 1: Introducing well-being
• Chapter 2: Measures of well-being
• Chapter 3: The U Curve
• Chapter 4: The Adaptation Conundrum and Progress Paradoxes

Module 5: Identity and Exclusion

• Chapter 1: Inequality, poverty, and social identity
• Chapter 2: Race and financial inequality
• Chapter 3: Gendered dimensions of poverty
• Chapter 4: Inequality and indigenous experience
• Chapter 5: Case study: Exclusion and inequality in South Africa
• Chapter 6: Case study: Policing, racism, and colorism in America and beyond
• Chapter 7: Case study: Worthy of investment: The devaluation of assets in Black American communities

Module 6: Poverty and Inequality, Today and Tomorrow

• Chapter 1: New inequalities of the 21st-century
• Chapter 2: Poverty, inequality, and the COVID-19 pandemic
• Chapter 3: Why climate matters for poverty and inequality
• Chapter 4: The evolution of the global middle class
• Chapter 5: Mobility, migration, and opportunity
• Chapter 6A: Fiscal policy, inequality and poverty in low and middle income countries
• Chapter 6B: Fiscal policy reforms: is UBI a good idea?
• Chapter 7: Cash transfers for poverty alleviation

Conclusion