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The Analysis of Inequality in the Bretton Woods Institutions

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dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Francisco H. G.
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T20:02:20Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T20:02:20Z
dc.date.issued2022-08
dc.description.abstractThis paper assesses the evolution of thinking, analysis, and discourse about inequality in the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund since their inception in 1944, on the basis of bibliometric analysis, a reading of the literature, and personal experience. Whereas the Fund was largely unconcerned with economic inequality until the 2000s but has shown a rapidly growing interest since then, the Bank’s approach has been characterized by ebbs and flows, with five phases being apparent. The degree of interest in inequality in the two institutions appears to be largely determined by the prevailing intellectual profile of the topic in academic research, particularly in economics, and by ideological shifts in major shareholder countries, propagated downward internally by senior management. Data availability, albeit partly endogenous, also plays a role. Looking ahead, World Bank and International Monetary Fund researchers continue to have an important role to play, despite a much more crowded field in inequality research. The paper suggests that this role involves holding firm to an emphasis on inequality “at the bottom” and highlighting four themes that may deserve special attention.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099756508222213767/IDU0de360d49033ec04018091d908ba95ec10f7d
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10149
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/37918
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Papers;10149
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectWORLD BANK
dc.subjectBRETTON WOODS INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectIMF
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectMULTILATERALISM
dc.subjectWORLD BANK LITERATURE SURVEY
dc.titleThe Analysis of Inequality in the Bretton Woods Institutionsen
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okr.crossref.titleThe Analysis of Inequality in the Bretton Woods Institutions
okr.date.disclosure2022-08-22
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T10:33:51.064491Z
okr.date.lastmodified2022-08-22T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099756508222213767/IDU0de360d49033ec04018091d908ba95ec10f7d
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10149
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okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economics and Institutions
okr.topicSocial Development::Social Inclusion & Institutions
okr.unitDECRG: Poverty & Inequality (DECPI)
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