This paper has been prepared as part of a DFID-funded project seeking to increase understanding of the links between growth, inequality and poverty reduction in Middle Income Countries (MICs). It surveys the key conceptual issues relating to the understanding of inequality, and policy responses to it, with specific reference to MICs.

Edward Anderson; Tim Conway; Andy McKay; Joy Moncrieffe; Tammie O’Neil; Laure-Hélène Piron