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Education

Supply-side policies

We have already looked at demand-side policies, but governments also have the option to use supply-side policies.  These are policies that are …

Fiscal policy

Fiscal policy

We have now looked at the 5 different macroeconomic objectives of governments (low and stable inflation, low unemployment, stable economic growth, promoting …

Poverty

Poverty

One of the issues that we have come across during our study of promoting equity as a macroeconomic goal is that of poverty. …

Inequality

Promoting equity

We have already looked at the macroeconomic objective of promoting equity, why we have it and how we measure it.  It is also …

Equality and equity

A further macroeconomic objective that we study is greater equity in the distribution of the income.  Remember that an equitable distribution of …

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The Girl Effect 2

We have already seen the short animation produced by The Girl Effect, and below is a newer short animation that has been …

The Girl Effect

The Girl Effect

When we are looking at economic development, one of barriers we look at is gender inequality, and how improvements for females in …