Poverty reduction has been the driving force of development policy for many years, but inequality matters too: both on its own account and because reducing inequality contributes to poverty reduction.

The Inter-Regional Inequality Facility ran from 2004-2006. It aimed to promote inter-regional dialogue and knowledge sharing on the issue of inequality - how it affects development, and how it can be addressed by policy - between Africa, Asia and Latin America.

The Facility funded research, exchanges and advocacy activities to strengthen South-South dialogue on inequality. It aimed to build a coalition in favour of a more equal and inclusive development process.

The Facility commissioned a set of three ‘regional synthesis papers’, for Africa, Asia and Latin America. These papers summarise evidence in each region on inequality levels and trends, the effect if inequaltiy on growth, poverty and progress toward the MDGs, and the diverse factors which affect inequality.
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The Facility also commissioned a set of 15 policy case studies, which summarise the experience of recent successful – and sometimes less successful – government initiatives for tackling inequality in each region. Initial versions of these papers were presented and discussed at a two-day workshop hosted by the Economic and Social Policy Division (ESPD) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in Addis Ababa on 11-12 July 2005.
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