Evaluating climate policy requires a method for navigating trade-offs. The most systematic such method is the ‘social welfare function’ (SWF) approach, which is widely used both in the economic ...

The inclusiveness of growth depends on the extent of access to economic and social opportunities. This paper applies the concept of social opportunity function to ascertain the inclusiveness of growth ...

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