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R Household wealth – the total value of physical and financial assets, including dwellings, livestock and land, less any debt – is highly concentrated. In 2000, around 10 percent of the world’s population possessed over 85 percent of world wealth. Research on economic inequality predominantly focuses on disparities of income or consumption, yet the distribution of household wealth is even more unequal than that of income. Wealth is accumulated over time, so income differences tend to be amplified. An assessment of household wealth provides different insights from those gained from measurements of income. Wealth enables poor households, for example, to survive unexpected events such as a natural disaster or prolonged illness, which might adversely affect their ability

Household Wealth

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