Contents -- ABOUT THIS BOOK -- INTRODUCTION -- OPENING ADDRESS -- OPENING ADDRESS Inequality of Opportunity and Economic Development -- KEYNOTE ADDRESS Distribution, Equity, and Development -- What Is Equity? What Is the Role for Governments in the Promotion of Equity? Does the Role Differ between Developed and Developing Countries? -- Promoting Equity through Social Cohesion: The Council of Europe Strategy -- Equality of Opportunity and Other Equity Principles in the Context of Developing Countries -- What Is Equity? -- Should Poor People Care about Inequality? -- Equity-Enhancing Social Transformation: Historical Evidence from Europe and Transition Countries -- Inequality and Political Regimes -- Income Inequality, Economic Transformation, and Growth in Russia -- Justice and Transition -- Building Efficient Welfare States: Lessons Learned -- Welfare State, Redistribution, Growth, and Poverty Reduction -- Global Inequalities: What Can Be Done to Reduce International Inequities? -- Rights-Based Development -- Rising Labor Force Participation as a Source of Pro-Poor Growth -- What Will Greater Integration Mean for Inequalities between and within the Richer and Poorer Countries of the "New Europe"? -- Social Solidarity in an Expanding Europe -- Integration and Inequality in the EU Accession Countries -- APPENDIXES -- Appendix 1: Programme -- Appendix 2: Participants.