This is crucial advice to all policy authorities responsible for addressing inequality: the most effective and sustainable path to reducing inequality is not by redistributing income, but rather by ensuring everyone has comparable opportunities to take part in the generation of income. In other words, although redistribution remains an important complementary tool, the strongest instrument to promote social inclusion is inclusive growth.
Three institutions are particularly relevant for generating inclusive growth: education, the labour market and the business environment. www.bportugal.pt  3  Let me start with education. As already pointed out by many studies, universal access to highquality education ensures equal access to opportunities, and subsequently, equal access to income.