INTRODUCTION

1  'Distributional impacts' is a term used to describe the distribution of the costs or benefits of interventions across different groups in society. Proposals might have differential impacts on individuals, amongst other aspects, according to their:

❑  Income;

❑  Gender;

❑  Ethnic group;

❑  Age;

❑  Geographical location; or

❑  Disability.

2  It is important that these distributional issues are assessed in appraisals.