Inequalities in middle-income Europe and Central Asia: A tale of three studies
This paper focuses on how questions of inequalities in middle-income countries in Europe and Central Asia are dealt with in three recent studies: the EBRD’s “Transition Report 2016–17”; the World Bank’s 2018 study “Toward a new social contract: Taking on distributional tensions in Europe and Central...
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Voprosy Ekonomiki
2019-12-01
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| description | This paper focuses on how questions of inequalities in middle-income countries in Europe and Central Asia are dealt with in three recent studies: the EBRD’s “Transition Report 2016–17”; the World Bank’s 2018 study “Toward a new social contract: Taking on distributional tensions in Europe and Central Asia”; and UNDP’s “Regional human development report 2016. Progress at risk: Inequalities and human development in Eastern Europe, Turkey, and Central Asia.” While the three studies differ in terms of objectives, conceptual frameworks, country coverage, data and indicators, and policy recommendations, they also share important commonalities — particularly in terms of creating “regional” inequality narratives for transition economies, reconciling official data with common perceptions of inequalities in the region; improving data quality, quantity and availability, and changes in tax and social policies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-34ba4d76b0034f5c97762146f5c8a8132022-12-21T18:29:59ZengVoprosy EkonomikiRussian Journal of Economics2618-72132405-47392019-12-015444144810.32609/j.ruje..4929649296Inequalities in middle-income Europe and Central Asia: A tale of three studiesBen Slay0Tahmina Anvarova1United Nations Development Programme, Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent StatesUnited Nations Development Programme, Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent StatesThis paper focuses on how questions of inequalities in middle-income countries in Europe and Central Asia are dealt with in three recent studies: the EBRD’s “Transition Report 2016–17”; the World Bank’s 2018 study “Toward a new social contract: Taking on distributional tensions in Europe and Central Asia”; and UNDP’s “Regional human development report 2016. Progress at risk: Inequalities and human development in Eastern Europe, Turkey, and Central Asia.” While the three studies differ in terms of objectives, conceptual frameworks, country coverage, data and indicators, and policy recommendations, they also share important commonalities — particularly in terms of creating “regional” inequality narratives for transition economies, reconciling official data with common perceptions of inequalities in the region; improving data quality, quantity and availability, and changes in tax and social policies.https://rujec.org/article/49296/download/pdf/ |
| spellingShingle | Ben Slay Tahmina Anvarova Inequalities in middle-income Europe and Central Asia: A tale of three studies Russian Journal of Economics |
| title | Inequalities in middle-income Europe and Central Asia: A tale of three studies |
| title_full | Inequalities in middle-income Europe and Central Asia: A tale of three studies |
| title_fullStr | Inequalities in middle-income Europe and Central Asia: A tale of three studies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Inequalities in middle-income Europe and Central Asia: A tale of three studies |
| title_short | Inequalities in middle-income Europe and Central Asia: A tale of three studies |
| title_sort | inequalities in middle income europe and central asia a tale of three studies |
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