increasing inequality
collocation in Englishmeaningsofincreaseandinequality
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increase
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɪn.kriːs/us/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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inequality
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌɪn.ɪˈkwɒl.ə.ti/us/ˌɪn.ɪˈkwɑː.lə.t̬i/
the unfair situation in society when some people have more opportunities, money, etc. than ...
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(Definition ofincreaseandinequalityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofincreasing inequality
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Thus, for a growing economy withincreasinginequality, both effects counteract each other on poverty change.
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Financial deepening and educational expansion contributed toincreasinginequality, whereas occupational transformation contributed to poverty alleviation.
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They find that the compositional changes in their selected characteristics do contribute toincreasinginequality.
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Holding the inequality level constant, growth tends to alleviate poverty while holding the average income constant,increasinginequalityworsens poverty.
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This approach might reward those practices that were already innovative, thus potentiallyincreasinginequalityin service provision between practices.
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But there is tremendous andincreasinginequalityamong the elderly.
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In terms of composition dynamics, expansion of financial intermediation, and education played a major role inincreasinginequality, whereas occupational transformation contributed to poverty alleviation.
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This has fallen disproportionately on women, potentiallyincreasinginequalitybetween women and men in terms of caring and constraints on employment participation.
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Soviet style health care provided easy access for all, while fledgling health insurance schemes are shown to promoteincreasinginequalityand to exacerbate inefficiencies.
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Increasinginequalityharms economic growth.
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On top of all those examples, we seeincreasinginequalityin this country.
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However, they can also be seen internally in countries where we are witnessingincreasinginequality.
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We shall not end upincreasinginequalityin good times and in the bad times increasing unemployment.
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This approach may sometimes lead to the acceptability of increases in inequalities - specifically, in any case in whichincreasinginequalityis necessary to improve the situation of the worst off.
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The criticisms of the inadequacy of the proposals in the fight against poverty, social exclusion andincreasinginequalitywere similarly rejected.
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It also reports that we have become a country of rapidlyincreasinginequality, which means that the extent of these problems is likely to spread.
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There isincreasinginequalitybetween the coastal and inland provinces; the behemoths of central planning are still in place, requiring to be dismantled.
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The economic and social situation remains precarious, withincreasinginequality, unacceptable levels of poverty and unemployment, and economic growth remaining slow and unstable.
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He told us that people who talked aboutincreasinginequalitywere missing the real picture, and that we were all upwardly mobile now.
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Increasinginequalityharms growth in countries with high levels of urbanization.
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Some believe that these problems in the public schools are actually a sign ofincreasinginequality.
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He discussesincreasinginequality, including new groups of poor emerging even in rich nations.
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If we do not learn the lesson and if we limit ourselves to changing a few things so that everything stays the same, we will beincreasinginequality.
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Increasingly today, we see not just one generation but families in which successive generations have been out of work, which contributes toincreasinginequalityand growing poverty.
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We can ignore the figures aboutincreasinginequality; but it is harder to ignore the huddled figures sleeping in streets and doorways or trapped in decaying housing estates.
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