"The ground beneath our feet is perpetually shifting. And it’s hard to keep our balance," writes Alissa Quart.
The rights group urged governments across the world to tax the richest to reduce inequality ... an average of USD 5.7 billion a day, while the number of billionaires rose to 2,769, from 2,565 ...
Meanwhile, amid crises caused by conflict, climate change and economic downturns, the number of people living under the World Bank poverty line of $ ... commit to reducing inequality and they ...
The new administration has empowered a handful of extremely rich people to exert disproportionate influence over the ...
In its latest assessment of global inequality timed to the ... below the World Bank’s poverty line has “barely budged” since the 1990s and the number of people going hungry is rising.
For years, the number used to measure inequality has been the Gini coefficient ... divide the result by the area beneath the straight line denoting perfect equality, and you have your Gini ...
This means that one in eight Western Australians - and one in six children - are now living in poverty. Curtin University research indicates that the child poverty rate in WA will increase from 11.8 ...
Meanwhile, the number of people experiencing poverty remains ... One such way is through privatization, which drives and reinforces inequalities, particularly along racial, class, caste, and gender ...
Apart from the government increasing public expenditure and focusing on improving infrastructure and faculty quality, scholarships should be better targeted and continuous professional development pro ...
Oxfam is putting the spotlight on wealth inequality. According to the anti-poverty group, billionaires wealth increased 3 times faster last year than in 2023, whereas the number of those in the ...
The latest inequality report from the charity ... At the same time, the number of people living under the World Bank poverty line of $6.85 a day has barely changed since 1990, and is close to ...