Preface

The September 2015 adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has drawn considerable attention to income inequality in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). To achieve the goal of ‘leaving no one behind’ by 2030, the UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa feels very strongly that inequality levels, trends, determinants and consequences in the region must be documented properly. UNDP considers the 2030 Agenda to be an integrated and indivisible agenda; it must be understood that by addressing the challenge of equity, progress towards achieving the SDGs is accelerated. This book explores these issues systematically and draws relevant lessons that could help reduce inequality in SSA. To overcome problems caused by the scarcity and inconsistency of the data on inequality, this book also builds an Integrated Inequality Dataset for SSA (IID-SSA).

Sustainable Development Goals:

Decent Work and Economic Growth