Human Development Today October 2017 Newsletter

Can horizontal inequalities be overcome? By Frances Stewart, Professor Emeritus of Development Economics at the University of Oxford Horizontal inequalities are inequalities between groups with different identities, like blacks and whites, women and men, Muslims and Hindus, or Hutus and Tutsis, among many examples. Such inequalities are unjust and resented. When severe, horizontal inequalities can cause violent conflict. Yet some groups do manage to overcome their disadvantages. What accounts for these differences in the dynamics of horizontal inequalities? • Read more...