the priority in measures to achieve equality of opportunity ex ante is to grant all citizens a fair chance of making the most of their skills talents and efforts inequality of outcomes can be reduced through progressive taxes service provision and by targeted income support policies such as minimum wages which aim to empower the relative poor to participate more fully in society greater equality of opportunity can be fostered by addressing education inequalities and gender discrimination and by providing a level playing field for marginalised groups like rural inhabitants ethnic and racial minorities and informal workers