Das, Maitreyi Bordia2016-07-072016-07-072016-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/24630The idea of social inclusion has garnered considerable attention, especially in the context of two recent developments: the Sustainable Development Goals and the heightened attention to inequality. This paper reviews the manner and extent to which social inclusion is addressed in the first 17 Systematic Country Diagnostics (SCDs), which are ex ante, country-level assessments conducted by the World Bank Group, ahead of the preparation of its Country Partnership Frameworks. In addition to this primary purpose, the paper fulfils three other purposes. It allows for a broader reflection on the value of the social inclusion construct in macro-level diagnostics; it takes the opportunity to develop and refine a methodology to assess social inclusion and finally, it positions the narrative on social inclusion into the ongoing discourse on poverty, shared prosperity, inequality and the thinking around the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. It is therefore, a refined articulation of the idea of social inclusion in the context of global epistemological shiftsen-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO EMPLOYMENTSOCIAL INCLUSIONJOBSSOCIAL MOBILIZATIONEMPLOYMENTCOMMUNITIESPOLITICSETHNIC MINORITIESBARRIERAUTONOMYHUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUSLAWSEQUITABLE ACCESSEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESWORTHECONOMIC ELITELOCAL GOVERNMENTSETHNIC GROUPSSERVICESDISCRIMINATIONPUBLIC SERVICESINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTEXCLUSIONHEALTH CAREHOUSINGJOBPOLICY DISCUSSIONSMDASETHNIC GROUPSOCIAL IDENTITYPROJECTSDEVELOPMENT GOALSSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTINDEPENDENCEMINORITIESCULTURELIFE EXPECTANCYACCESS TO EDUCATIONFULL POTENTIALKNOWLEDGEDISABILITIESUNEQUAL OUTCOMESAPPROPRIATE SERVICEIDENTITYPARTNERSHIPSSOCIAL EXCLUSIONTRANSPORTCIVIL SOCIETYPERSONS WITH DISABILITIESMOBILITYACCESS TO HEALTHCARECITIZENCOLONIAL TIMESVIOLENCEMARKETSSEXUAL ORIENTATIONSOCIAL STRUCTURESEDUCATION SYSTEMACCESSSOCIAL PROTECTIONLABORPLACE OF RESIDENCEHIV/AIDSNATURAL RESOURCESSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTINDIGENOUS GROUPSRELIGIOUS GROUPSEQUAL OPPORTUNITIESEQUAL ACCESS TO SERVICESINFRASTRUCTUREPROGRESSEQUITYHUMAN CAPITALDOMESTIC VIOLENCESOCIAL ORGANIZATIONTRANSPORTATIONACCOUNTABILITYRACEPOLICIESEQUAL ACCESSBARRIERSHIVINDIGENOUS COMMUNITIESPARTICIPATIONPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERVALUEGENDERBANKGROUP IDENTITYCREDITDIGNITYPARTNERSHIPUNIVERSAL ACCESSWORKSHOPMAINSTREAMINDIGENOUS PEOPLEPUBLIC EXPENDITURESDIFFERENTIAL OUTCOMESINDIGENOUS TERRITORIESPROPERTYMALNUTRITIONQUALITY SERVICESACCESS TO MARKETSPOLICYCITIZENSSOCIETIESGOVERNANCEEDUCATION GAPMICROFINANCEMINORITYLANDCHILDRENEDUCATIONRISKEQUALITYINDIGENOUS PEOPLESDISABILITYPOPULATIONDISCRIMINATORY LAWSLENDINGLIVING CONDITIONSSOCIETYPOLICY RESEARCHCOMMUNITYSOCIAL ORDERINCLUSIONETHNIC IDENTITYSOCIAL ISSUESLABOR MARKETSAIDSGOVERNMENTSPUBLIC TRANSPORTATIONCULTURAL FACTORSHEALTH SERVICESPEACECONCENTRATION OF POVERTYDEVELOPMENT POLICYHUMAN DEVELOPMENTSTEREOTYPINGWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-7713