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Should Equity Be a Goal of Economic Policy?
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Abstract

Over the past decade, global output has grown by more than 3 percent a year and inflation has slowed in most regions. The fruits of this growthhave not been shared equally, however, and income disparities have grownin many countries, developed as well as developing. One of the mostpressing issues facing policymakers today is how to respond to these trends. To what extent are growth and equity complementary, and to whatextent is there a trade-off between the two? This Economic Issue is a summary version of an Issues Paper circulated at the IMF Conference on Economic Policy and Equity, held on June 8-9, 1998, at IMF headquarters.

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International Monetary Fund
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Series:
Economic Issues
Publisher:
International Monetary Fund
Language:
English
Publication Date:
22 Jan 1999
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781557757906.051
ISBN:
9781557757906
ISSN:
1020-5098
Pages:
15
Keywords:
EI; wage; country; policy; Policy choice; income level; income gap; a number of country; Income inequality; Income distribution; Income; Wages; Capital income; East Asia; Sub-Saharan Africa
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The views expressed here are those of the author(s) of this Economic Issues publication or of the original source materials and should not be attributed to or reported as representing the views of the International Monetary Fund, its Executive Board, or the governments of any IMF members.
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