BY IVAN R. MUGISHA & ERIC KABEERA
Gains from integration among the five East African Community (EAC) states could be hampered by the enlarging inequality gap of the region’s citizens.
A new report, State of East Africa Report 2013, by the Society for International Development (SID) and Trademark East Africa, highlights that unless drastic readjustments are made to reduce inequality, efforts to improve the region’s economy will not benefit the majority population.
According to the report, launched yesterday in Kigali, half of the population of EAC, representing 71 million people, lives on $1.6 a day, whereas 14 million, representing only 10 percent are the rich living on $5.8 a day.
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