Background Papers

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• Claessens, Stijn and Enrico Perotti. 2005.  The Links between Finance and Inequality: Chanels and Evidence.
• Decker, Klaus, Caroline Sage and Milena Stefanova. 2005. Law or Justice: Building Equitable Legal Institutions.
• Decker, Klaus, Siobhán McInerney-Lankford and Caroline Sage. 2005. Human Rights and Equitable Development: "ideals," issues and implications.
• Hoff, Karla. 2004.  What Can Economists Explain by Taking into Account People's Perceptions of Fairness? Punishing Cheats, Bargaining Impasse, and Self-Perpetuating Inequalities.
• Pinglé, Vibha. 2005.  Faith, Equity, and Development.
• Rao, Vijayendra. 2004.  Symbolic Public Goods and the Coordination of Collective Action: A Comparison of Local Development in India and Indonesia. 
• Ravallion, Martin. 2005.  Inequality is Bad for the Poor.
• Chirayath, Leila, Caroline Sage and Michael Woolcock. 2005. Customary Law and Policy Reform: Engaging with the Plurality of Justice Systems.

The following papers were prepared in collaboration with the U. K. Department for International Development (DfID) and the World Bank's Social Development Department (see the November 15, 2004 Seminar on Promoting Equity in Development, under Consultations).

• Andersson, Martin and Christer Gunnarsson. 2004.  Egalitarianism in the Process of Modern Economic Growth: The Case of Sweden.
• Barrientos, Armando. 2004.  Cash Transfers for Older People Reduce Poverty and Inequality.
• Black, Richard, Claudia Natali and Jessica Skinner. 2005.  Migration and Inequality.
• Boix, Carles. 2004.  Spain: Development, Democracy and Equity.
• de Haan, Arjan. 2004.  Disparities within India's Poorest Regions: Why Do the Same Institutions Work Differently in Different Places?
• Deshpande, Ashwini. 2005.  Affirmative Action in India and the United States.
• Lucero, Jose Antonio. 2004.  Indigenous Political Voice and the Struggle for Recognition in Ecuador and Bolivia.
• Gacitúa-Marió, Estanislao and Michael Woolcock, with Marisa von Bulow. 2005. Assessing Social Exclusion and Mobility in Brazil. 
• Jäntti, Markus, Juho Saari, and Juhana Vartiainen. 2005. Growth and equity in Finland.
• Moncrieffe, Joy M. 2004.  Beyond Categories: Power, Recognition and the Conditions for Equity. 
• Ross, Michael. 2004.   Mineral Wealth and Equitable Development. 
• Sabates-Wheeler, Rachel. 2005.  Asset Inequality and Agricultural Growth: How Are Patterns of Asset Inequality Established and Reproduced?
• Shepherd, Andrew and E. Gyimah-Boadi, with Sulley Gariba, Sophie Plagerson and Abdul Wahab Musa. 2004.  Bridging the North South Divide in Ghana.