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Don’t take international comparisons of income inequality at face value as different data used to derive figures: Experts
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While some developed countries impose higher overall taxes on the working population to finance large social transfers, Singapore's approach is to keep the tax burden light and provide targeted support for people of lower income, which could account for its higher Gini figure.
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Singapore's efforts to address income inequality appear to be bearing fruit, but it still lags behind several developed countries on this front.
After factoring in taxes and transfers, and adjusting for different household sizes using a method called square root scale, Singapore's Gini coefficient was 0.352 last year.
