Questions 2

Inequality discourages the political participation of poor people, which, in turn,

diminishes their access to education, health care, and other services that
contribute to economic growth and development.Inequality often prevents the
building and proper functioning of impartial institutions and observance of the
rule of law. These consequences of inequality combine to ensure that poor
societies will remain poor and unequal, trapping most of their inhabitants in a
destructive cycle of poverty. 1Outcomes and opportunities are, however, highly
interdependent. It is unlikely that equal outcomes can be achieved without equal
opportunities,and equal opportunities are unlikely to be achieved when
households have unequal starting points in terms of economic resources. Low
levels of income and other outcomes can restrict opportunities as well as
generate inequalities in outcome dimensions, and therefore these two points of
view are not dichotomous but rather are complementary and interlinked.