2021年12月10日 · Yet, in rich countries, government intervention prevented a massive rise in poverty, this was not the case in poor countries. This shows the importance of social states in the fight against poverty.”, explains Lucas Chancel, lead author of the report.

2023年9月12日 · Are the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer? Our statistics can shed some light on this. A large number of factors have been identified as contributing to changes in inequality, the root causes are still not entirely understood

2022年1月17日 · Oxfam has urged governments to take action to redress the growing divide between rich and poor. Inequalities have been deepened in the midst of the pandemic, as a result of violent economic policies contributing to thousands of deaths a day, according to a new report by Oxfam International .

2022年4月7日 · The world is facing a surge in economic inequality accelerated by COVID-19 and exacerbated by the impact of the war in Ukraine. Governments need to initiate urgent change to tackle extreme poverty and narrow the gap between rich and poor, laying the foundations for a more equal and sustainable future.

2023年1月13日 · The world stands on a crossroads regarding fighting the multiple challenges confronting humanity, the most pressing one being climate change. But the impacts of climate change vary greatly between countries and population groups. This climate crisis is a deeply unfair one, with the poor being disproportionately affected.

2023年9月12日 · The gap between rich and poor is rapidly increasing, and economic inequality has reached unacceptable levels: Since 2020, the richest 1% have captured almost two-thirds of all new wealth – twice as much money as the bottom 99% of the world’s population.

The official poverty rate in 2020 was 11.4 percent, up 1.0 percentage point from 10.5 percent in 2019. This is the first increase in poverty after five consecutive annual declines (Figure 8 and Table B-4).

2016年10月4日 · What’s more, things are getting better for the rich. The Credit Suisse data shows that India’s richest 1% owned just 36.8% of the country’s wealth in 2000, while the share of the top 10% was 65.9%. Since then they have steadily increased their share of the pie. The share of the top 1% now exceeds 50%.

2016年10月5日 · Life for the poor can be challenging: fewer resources to meet basic needs, more instability in one’s home and work life, and more threatening living environments. For this reason, you might assume that people in the lower social classes would be more self-interested and less likely to consider the needs of others than wealthier individuals ...

However, their savings rates have increased even more than their investment rates and the real puzzle has become: “Why do poor countries save so much?” References. Lucas, Robert (1990). “Why doesn’t Capital Flow from Rich to Poor Countries?”, The American Economic Review 80 (2): 92–96. Read more blogs on finance and economics.