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Addressing Inequality: A Barrier to Human Development Across Regions

Inequality significantly hampers human development worldwide. As highlighted in the work of Kevin Watkins, understanding inequality requires a comprehensive analysis of education, income distribution, and growth patterns across various regions, including East Asia, South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Data from the World Bank illustrates stark disparities in income and education, with extreme variations in schooling years between rich and poor, urban and rural populations. This multifaceted challenge demands urgent policy interventions to ensure equitable access to resources and opportunities, thereby fostering inclusive growth and sustainable development.

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Addressing Inequality: A Barrier to Human Development Across Regions

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  1. Inequality as a Barrier to Human Development Kevin Watkins Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

  2. Convergence and its limits: GDP per capita (PPP 2005 USD) High Income Countries East Asia and Pacific China India South Asia Sub-Saharan Africa Source: World Bank WDI

  3. The global wealth divide: shares of world income by decile Global: 1990 South Africa: 2010 54.6 % (2010) Global: 2010 5.6 % (2010) Source: World Bank; PovCal

  4. Looking at the Gini Global Zambia Brazil Ghana China India- Urban Tanzania Vietnam Indonesia

  5. Pattern of growth in per capita expenditure in India: 1994-2005 Source: Walton 2010; National Sample Survey

  6. Growth incidence for Brazil: 2001-2009 Source: CEDLAS and World Bank; World Bank 2012

  7. Global poverty projections: scenarios for inequality

  8. India poverty projections

  9. Global education- unequal life chances High Income Countries Latin America East Asia South and West Asia Sub-Saharan Africa Source: UNESCO GMR 2011

  10. Ukraine Cuba Rural Bolivia Urban Indonesia Honduras Urban Cameroon Bangladesh Rural Chad C. A. R. Education marginalization: inequalities within countries 14 The case of Nigeria 12 10.3 years 10 years Rich, rural boys 9.7 years Rich, urban boys 10 Richest 20% Rich, rural girls Boys 8 Girls Average number of years of schooling Nigeria Poor, urban boys 6.4 years 6.7 years 6 4 Education poverty Poorest 20% 3.5 years 3.3 years Poor, rural girls 2.6 years 2 Extreme education poverty Rural Hausa Poor, rural Hausa girls Source: UNESCO GMR 0 0.3 years 0.5 years

  11. Pakistan’s education inequality tree: share of 17-22 year-olds with < 4 years schooling Source: UNESCO

  12. Staying alive: wealth and survival in selected countries Poorest 20% National Average Richest 20%

  13. Education and access to antenatal care (2005) No education No education Primary Secondary or higher Source: UNESCO GMR 2010

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