Exam 27: Inequality and Social Policy

In aid-dependent countries, foreign help creates space for policy innovation.

How does urbanization generate new public policy?

In high-income countries, a large share of revenues comes from indirect taxes.

Which of the following is a substantive critique of targeting?

A key aspect of gender inequality is women's role in the "care economy."

While China's poverty rate decreased 84 per cent since the 1980s, what has happened to the inequality rates?

What is the most common form of inequality across societies?

How is income measured in agricultural families in poorer countries?

How is inequality different from poverty?

Structural adjustment programs stressed the provision of social services.

Which of the following is a goal from the equality of opportunity perspective?

To understand the impact of social policy on inequality, it is important to look at spending and taxation.

A well-designed social safety net ensures that people are protected during crises.

How does social policy emerge?

Social policy analysis needs to understand the political motivations and constituencies and the different social policy approaches that emerge from it.

Governments have a key role in the regulation of social policy.

Many rich countries spend more than 20 per cent of their GDP on social protection.

How do citizen's rights to social policy in OECD countries differ from developing countries?

South Africa's group inequalities are uniquely rooted in colonial history and do not compare to other examples.

Pension plans are part of traditional social security programs.