More: Inequality
Inequality threatening human development
Despite global progress in tackling poverty, hunger and disease,
a “new generation of inequalities” indicates that many societies are not
working as they should, the UN Development Programme (UNDP)...
Children paying a high price for inequality
Rising income inequalities in OECD countries
over the past two decades have hit vulnerable children hard, making it less
likely they will fulfill their economic and...
Global Survey Shows 74% Are Aware of the Sustainable Development Goals
Three out of four adults (74%) globally have some awareness of the
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to a new survey
commissioned by the...
If we want sustainable development, we have to work together
The
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is our plan for the future. It aims to
transform our world and to improve people's lives for more prosperity and...
‘Digital divide’ will worsen inequalities, without better global cooperation
Inequality will worsen unless the so-called “digital divide” – the gap between
under-connected and highly digitalized countries – is not addressed, warns a
new report released...
Stop Putin’s Anonymous Laundromat
Since the 1980s, inequality has been
growing everywhere on Earth, except in Western Europe but otherwise in Russia. The communists became oligarchs and the oligarchs
became state...
Just 10 per cent of workers receive nearly half of global pay
Ten per
cent of workers receive 48.9 per cent of total global pay, while the
lowest-paid 50 per cent of workers receive just 6.4 per cent,...
Thailand’s Inequality: Unpacking the Myths and Reality of Isan
For decades, the ethnically and linguistically diverse people of Isan,
Thailand, have been the subject of pervasive bias, often described as docile
and uneducated, or as...
Development in South Africa: Bridging the Gap
To live in one of the most unequal yet highly urbanised societies in the world means that there are high levels of inequality, poverty...
America’s SOTU from a Billionaire President and Inequality
When Thomas Piketty published his book "Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century" five years ago, it was a sensation. He had analyzed historical concentrations of...