Latin America is the world's most unequal region. Here's how to fix it
Jan 17, 2016 · In 2014 the richest 10% of people in Latin America had amassed 71% of the region’s wealth. If this trend continues, according to Oxfam’s calculations, in just six years’ time the richest 1% in the region will have accumulated more wealth than the remaining 99%.
US household income distribution data, shown in one chart
Jul 6, 2022 · Income distribution in America: Income for those considered middle class has jumped by 50% over the last five decades. Image: Visual Capitalist With a recession highly likely to occur in the U.S., and rising inflation causing increases in the cost of basic, everyday goods, budgets may get tighter for many households in America, and incomes ...
Global income inequality: How big is gap between richest and …
Dec 10, 2021 · The report explores various options - mainly rooted in taxation policies - to tackle income & wealth inequality. The examples offer lessons from across the globe and throughout recent history, they explain, and conclude that "inequality is always political choice and learning from policies implemented in other countries or at other points of ...
Wealth gap widens as pandemic deepens economic inequality
Apr 7, 2022 · COVID-19 has widened wealth gaps across the globe. The richest 10% of the world population now owns 76% of all wealth. Urgent action is needed to support people in poverty and narrow the economic inequality. Stepping up vaccinations and mobilizing aid and debt relief will help developing countries.
A history of inequality in Latin America | World Economic Forum
Jun 10, 2015 · The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is tied to no …
Why inequality is different in Japan | World Economic Forum
Mar 2, 2015 · The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is tied to no political, partisan …
Oxfam: 8 ways to bridge the global inequality gap | World …
Feb 5, 2024 · The world’s richest people and their share of wealth are also highly concentrated in the developed world. The top 1% now own 43% of all global financial assets. At the same time, Oxfam says, only 0.4% of the world’s largest and most influential companies are committed to paying staff a living wage – that is remuneration that enables ...
How do parents distribute their wealth? | World Economic Forum
May 26, 2015 · The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is tied to no …
Chart of the Day: Which countries have the biggest share of global ...
Nov 12, 2018 · Total wealth and wealth per adult has grown every year since the 2008 global financial crisis, despite overall global wealth shrinking in 2014 and 2015. Over the past year, North America added $6.5 trillion to its total household wealth, nearly all of it ($6.3 trillion) in the US.
Corporations are fuelling inequality. Here's how
Jan 15, 2024 · Despite representing 21% of the world population, countries in the Global North own 69% of global wealth and are home to 74% of the world’s billionaires’ wealth. Globally, men own $105 trillion more wealth than women – the difference in wealth is equivalent to more than four times the size of the US economy.