Sharing Prosperity: Policy Innovations to Tackle Economic Inequality
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
9:00 am - 5:30 pm
11th ECINEQ Society for Inequality Conference
Sharing Prosperity: Policy Innovations to Tackle Economic Inequality
Tuesday, July 8 | 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
The World Bank, Washington DC | Virtual
In-person registration closes on July 1 at 5:00 PM ET
Globally, one in five people live in highly unequal societies. Forty-nine countries, encompassing about 22 percent of the global population, had a Gini index above 40 according to the latest round of household data. Concerns about the impact of rising inequality have intensified in these and other countries. As part of our new vision to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet, the World Bank is now explicitly monitoring inequality.
This event will reflect on the impact economic inequality has on development and development policy, leading into the 11th Meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ), co-hosted by the World Bank and George Washington University. The ECINEQ meeting will bring together leading scholars from around the world to discuss recent research and findings on economic inequality.
About ECINEQ
The ECINEQ conference provides an important international forum for researchers whose work focuses on economic inequality and related fields, bringing together a comprehensive exchange of perspectives. The 11th Conference of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ), is scheduled to take place in Washington DC from July 9 to July 11, 2025. This conference is co-hosted by the World Bank Group and George Washington University and will be held at the World Bank headquarters in central Washington. Learn more and register to attend the full conference here.