IMF's Work on Inequality
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Introduction to inequality
- Presents the IMF’s engagement with income inequality as a topic of macroeconomic and policy relevance.
- Frames inequality as a subject covered across IMF analysis, surveillance, and policy advice.
How the IMF Helps Countries Tackle Inequalities
- Covers IMF tools and channels through which the institution supports country efforts to address inequality, including policy advice and technical engagement.
- Emphasizes mainstreaming inequality considerations into macroeconomic analysis and country-level work.
What is inequality
- Treats the concept of inequality, focusing on income disparities and their implications for economic outcomes and policy design.
How is Income Inequality measured
- Addresses measurement approaches and metrics used to assess income inequality in IMF analysis.
What Causes Inequality
- Examines drivers and underlying factors that influence income distribution within and across countries.
Basic Facts About Income Inequality
- Summarizes core empirical regularities and stylized facts the IMF uses to inform analysis of inequality.
IMF and Income Inequality
- Describes the IMF’s institutional role in researching, monitoring, and advising on income inequality as part of its mandate.
Podcasts
- Notes that the IMF produces podcasts related to inequality topics as part of its outreach and knowledge dissemination.
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