Accelerating Inequality Reduction
Channel: World Economic Forum
Date: 2018-09-12

Although ASEAN’s GDP has more than doubled in the past decade, inequality remains high, undermining poverty alleviation, threatening social cohesion and slowing economic growth. What are the levers that can build more equal societies and contribute to sustainable progress?

Dimensions to be addressed:
- Ensuring access to basic services
- Exploring fiscal policy to address distribution challenges
- Embracing technology as a force for inclusion

- Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen, Chief Executive Officer, Plan International, United Kingdom
- Muhamad Chatib Basri, Chairman, Mandiri Institute, Indonesia
- Stephen P. Groff, Vice-President, East Asia, South-East Asia and the Pacific, Asian Development Bank, Manila
- Nadiem Makarim, Chief Executive Officer, GO-JEK, Indonesia
- Ng Yeen Seen, Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Research, Advisory and Technology (CREATE), Malaysia; Young Global Leader

Moderated by
- Amrita Cheema, Senior Anchor, Deutsche Welle, Germany
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