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India Becomes Fourth "Most Equal" Country Globally: World Bank Report
Inequality in India has come down significantly between 2011-12 and 2022-23, making it the fourth-most equal country globally, according to a World Bank report.
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Global CEOs' Pay Rose 50% Since 2019, 56 Times More Than Workers: Report
Noting that the average pay for CEOs in India has reached $2 million a year, a new study by research and advocacy group Oxfam said the average pay for global CEOs surged by 50 per cent in real terms since 2019.
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Black Children Die At Twice The Rate Of Their White Peers In US: Report
Since 1950, Black infants and children in the US have consistently died at twice the rate of their White peers.
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Wealth Of World's Top 1% Grew By $42 Trillion Over The Past Decade: Oxfam
The world's richest one per cent increased their fortune by $42 trillion over the past decade, which is nearly 34 times more than the entire bottom 50 per cent of the world's population, according to a new analysis by Oxfam.
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World Inequality Report: India Has 85% Billionaires From Upper Castes, None From Scheduled Tribes
A recent report by the World Inequality Lab has documented a significant rise in economic disparities which has led to an uneven demographic makeup of billionaires in India.
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There Are Over 22 Million Millionaires In The World, An All-Time High
The world has never had so many rich people and their investments in soaring stock markets have made them wealthier than ever recorded, according to a study published on Wednesday.
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Income Inequality Up In 60% Of Nations With IMF, World Bank Loans: Report
A massive 60 per cent of all countries receiving grants or loans from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank are witnessing high or increasing income inequality, an analysis by Oxfam International has revealed.
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Billionaires Boom While Billions Fall: Oxfam Exposes Widening Global Wealth Gap
Oxfam Report Inequality Inc: The number of billionaires has skyrocketed since 2010, more than doubling to 2,489 by March 2023.
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"Flawed Methodology": Finance Minister Slams India "Poor, Unequal" Report
A report by an international organisation on global inequality that termed India as a "poor and very unequal" country has been dismissed as based on "flawed and questionable methodology" by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
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Over 16 Crore More People Forced Into Poverty In 2 Years Of Pandemic: Report
The first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic saw incomes of 99 per cent of humanity fall and over 16 crore people were forced into poverty even as the world's ten richest men saw their fortune more than double to USD 1.5 trillion (over Rs 111 lakh c
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Wealth Of World's 10 Richest Men Doubled During Pandemic: Report
The world's 10 wealthiest men doubled their fortunes during the first two years of the coronavirus pandemic as poverty and inequality soared, a report said on Monday.
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India Among Top Nations In Inequality, 1% Hold 22% Income: Report
India stands out as a "poor and very unequal" country, with the top 1 per cent of the population holding more than one-fifth of the total national income in 2021 and the bottom half just 13 per cent, according to a report.
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Oxfam Calls For Urgent G20 Action On Vaccine Inequality, Climate Change
Oxfam has called on G20 leaders to take urgent action to dramatically scale-up manufacturing and access to Covid vaccines around the world, promote a fair economic recovery, fight hunger and help the poorest countries adapt to climate change.
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Lockdown Made India's Billionaires 35% Richer, Lakhs Lost Jobs: Oxfam
The coronavirus pandemic has worsened existing income inequalities between India's super-rich and its crores of unskilled, and often unemployed, men and women, non-profit group Oxfam said Monday in a report to be tabled at the World Economic Forum at Switzerland's Davos.
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As Covid Ravaged World, Billionaires Got Richer By $3.9 Trillion: Oxfam
The coronavirus pandemic has reinforced frightening income inequalities - and their consequent impact on access to education, healthcare and all hope of a better life - between the world's super-rich and the hundreds of millions of people who live and die in abject poverty, non-profit group Oxfam said Monday in a report to be tabled at the Davos su...
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India Becomes Fourth "Most Equal" Country Globally: World Bank Report
Inequality in India has come down significantly between 2011-12 and 2022-23, making it the fourth-most equal country globally, according to a World Bank report.
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Global CEOs' Pay Rose 50% Since 2019, 56 Times More Than Workers: Report
Noting that the average pay for CEOs in India has reached $2 million a year, a new study by research and advocacy group Oxfam said the average pay for global CEOs surged by 50 per cent in real terms since 2019.
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Black Children Die At Twice The Rate Of Their White Peers In US: Report
Since 1950, Black infants and children in the US have consistently died at twice the rate of their White peers.
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Wealth Of World's Top 1% Grew By $42 Trillion Over The Past Decade: Oxfam
The world's richest one per cent increased their fortune by $42 trillion over the past decade, which is nearly 34 times more than the entire bottom 50 per cent of the world's population, according to a new analysis by Oxfam.
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World Inequality Report: India Has 85% Billionaires From Upper Castes, None From Scheduled Tribes
A recent report by the World Inequality Lab has documented a significant rise in economic disparities which has led to an uneven demographic makeup of billionaires in India.
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There Are Over 22 Million Millionaires In The World, An All-Time High
The world has never had so many rich people and their investments in soaring stock markets have made them wealthier than ever recorded, according to a study published on Wednesday.
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Income Inequality Up In 60% Of Nations With IMF, World Bank Loans: Report
A massive 60 per cent of all countries receiving grants or loans from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank are witnessing high or increasing income inequality, an analysis by Oxfam International has revealed.
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Billionaires Boom While Billions Fall: Oxfam Exposes Widening Global Wealth Gap
Oxfam Report Inequality Inc: The number of billionaires has skyrocketed since 2010, more than doubling to 2,489 by March 2023.
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"Flawed Methodology": Finance Minister Slams India "Poor, Unequal" Report
A report by an international organisation on global inequality that termed India as a "poor and very unequal" country has been dismissed as based on "flawed and questionable methodology" by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
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Over 16 Crore More People Forced Into Poverty In 2 Years Of Pandemic: Report
The first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic saw incomes of 99 per cent of humanity fall and over 16 crore people were forced into poverty even as the world's ten richest men saw their fortune more than double to USD 1.5 trillion (over Rs 111 lakh c
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Wealth Of World's 10 Richest Men Doubled During Pandemic: Report
The world's 10 wealthiest men doubled their fortunes during the first two years of the coronavirus pandemic as poverty and inequality soared, a report said on Monday.
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India Among Top Nations In Inequality, 1% Hold 22% Income: Report
India stands out as a "poor and very unequal" country, with the top 1 per cent of the population holding more than one-fifth of the total national income in 2021 and the bottom half just 13 per cent, according to a report.
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Oxfam Calls For Urgent G20 Action On Vaccine Inequality, Climate Change
Oxfam has called on G20 leaders to take urgent action to dramatically scale-up manufacturing and access to Covid vaccines around the world, promote a fair economic recovery, fight hunger and help the poorest countries adapt to climate change.
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Lockdown Made India's Billionaires 35% Richer, Lakhs Lost Jobs: Oxfam
The coronavirus pandemic has worsened existing income inequalities between India's super-rich and its crores of unskilled, and often unemployed, men and women, non-profit group Oxfam said Monday in a report to be tabled at the World Economic Forum at Switzerland's Davos.
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As Covid Ravaged World, Billionaires Got Richer By $3.9 Trillion: Oxfam
The coronavirus pandemic has reinforced frightening income inequalities - and their consequent impact on access to education, healthcare and all hope of a better life - between the world's super-rich and the hundreds of millions of people who live and die in abject poverty, non-profit group Oxfam said Monday in a report to be tabled at the Davos su...
