Understanding Poverty and Inequality

Explore the many facets and faces of poverty and inequality, and discover opportunities for individuals, countries, and a global community to help ensure that no one is left behind.

These videos are from the SDG Academy course Understanding Poverty and Inequality, first launched in 2021 and featuring experts in poverty, inequality, and sustainable development.

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Policing, racism, and colorism in America and…

Policing, racism, and colorism in America and beyond

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Learn about the existing inequalities in America and you can reduce your own biases for a more equitable society. Learn about implicit bias and how to become a racial…
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Measures of well-being

Measures of well-being

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Societal progress is about improvements in the well-being of people and households. Assessing such progress requires looking not only at the functioning of the economic…
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Introducing well-being

Introducing well-being

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From Carol Graham, one of the first economists to start thinking about happiness and wellbeing as part of science, learn about happiness and its complex connection to…
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Exclusion and inequality in South Africa

Exclusion and inequality in South Africa

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South Africa has generally experienced economic growth since its transition to democracy in 1994, but has not seen the type of attendant gains in welfare one might have…
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Poverty reduction in East Asia

Poverty reduction in East Asia

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Progress in the fight against poverty has been made in the poorest large countries in Asia in the last 40 years and the pace of progress in eliminating poverty has been…
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The devaluation of assets in Black American…

The devaluation of assets in Black American communities

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In this lecture, learn about cities and neighborhoods and examine how assets, housing, businesses, and other structures can build wealth or can be diminished by racist…
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Multidimensional poverty vs. income poverty

Multidimensional poverty vs. income poverty

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In this video, we are going to be looking at how multidimensional poverty and income poverty are complementary measures that offer a more informed picture of poverty for…
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Why climate matters for poverty and inequality

Why climate matters for poverty and inequality

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Why are we so focused on climate now? First, the world is eating up very rapidly the carbon budget that we have in order to limit global warming to levels that we can…
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Inequality, poverty, and social identity

Inequality, poverty, and social identity

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Globally, concerns about rising and common wealth and equality have intensified in recent years. This discourse has sort of transcended academic and political circles…
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Understanding Poverty and Inequality - Trailer

Understanding Poverty and Inequality - Trailer

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This course will present an overview of the definitions, scale, and scope of different forms of poverty and inequality across the world. It will examine links between…
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Mobility, migration, and opportunity

Mobility, migration, and opportunity

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Why are some countries rich and some countries poor?" "Why are some individuals or societies better off than others?" Keep in mind that perhaps the most…
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Inequality and indigenous experience

Inequality and indigenous experience

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This lecture looks at the relationship between wealth, poverty, and inequality, by focusing on the experience of indigenous people. Two points are made. The first is…
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Measuring multidimensional poverty

Measuring multidimensional poverty

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What is The Multidimensional Poverty Measure? It is an index that captures the percentage of households in a country deprived along three dimensions of well-being…
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Race and financial inequality

Race and financial inequality

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Systemic racism has contributed to the persistence of race-based gaps that manifest in many different economic indicators. The starkest divides are in measures of…
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Poverty, inequality, and the COVID-19 pandemic

Poverty, inequality, and the COVID-19 pandemic

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Today we will discuss the effects of what economists call "exogenous shocks," or shocks external to our systems of economy and society on the lives of poor…
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Is UBI a good idea?

Is UBI a good idea?

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One of the key policy areas that people are debating now, especially in light of the pandemic, is whether it is a good idea to introduce universal basic incomes. In…

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