Inequality increased steadily until the early 2000s, but began to fall around 2007 with a decline of 7 points in the Gini coefficient up to 2011 (Figure 3.1). Rapid economic growth over the last decade has propelled improvements in redistribution and poverty reduction (as measured by the Gini coefficient, income shares or other), with the share of the population under the national poverty line decreasing from 40% to less than 15% in a decade (Figure 3.1). The poverty incidence can be broken down into growth and distribution effects.