By 2018, inequality was between 35.3 and 49.4 percent lower than it was in 1990. In other words, this progress has been widely shared, to the great benefit of the people at the bottom of the ...

Thus the long decline in global inequality that began around 1990 has come to an end—and gaps between rich and poor now look likely to widen, as poor countries take longer to recover from covid.

Global inequality stems not just from what people have and don’t have—but what they're able to do with what they have. “The levels of inequality are horrendous," said Janet Fuentes, an activist from ...

While global inequality has improved slightly over the last several decades thanks to the growth of India and China (where a large number of the world’s people live), the world remains highly unequal.

Economic Inequality Seen as Major Challenge Around the World. 1. Global perceptions of inequality and discrimination. 2. Factors seen as contributing to economic inequality. 3. Views of children’s ...

The Global Inequality Gap Continues to Narrow. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers opening remarks at the Paris Peace Forum in Paris, France, November 11, 2021.

Ulrike Lindner, Michaela Pelican, Durable Inequalities in Exploitative Labor Situations in the Global South, Zanj: The Journal of Critical Global South Studies, Vol. 8, No. 1/2, Special Issue: The ...

If energy inequality remains and global energy demand follows the low energy demand scenario, then billions of people would remain below the energy threshold required for a decent standard of living.