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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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"Youth Disillusionment" Among Top Risks For India: World Economic Forum
Widespread youth disillusionment, digital inequality and fracture of inter-state relations are key risks for Indian economy, says a WEF survey
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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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US Economy Suffered $16 Trillion Drag Due To Racism: Report
Racial inequality has cost the US economy $16 trillion in wealth over the last two decades, Citigroup said in a report Thursday.
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63 Indian Billionaires Have More Money Than The Union Budget For 2018-19: Oxfam
India's richest 1 per cent hold more than four-times the wealth held by 953 million people who make up for the bottom 70 per cent of the country's population, while the total wealth of all Indian billionaires is more than the full-year budget, a new study said on Monday.
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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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"Youth Disillusionment" Among Top Risks For India: World Economic Forum
Widespread youth disillusionment, digital inequality and fracture of inter-state relations are key risks for Indian economy, says a WEF survey
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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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US Economy Suffered $16 Trillion Drag Due To Racism: Report
Racial inequality has cost the US economy $16 trillion in wealth over the last two decades, Citigroup said in a report Thursday.
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63 Indian Billionaires Have More Money Than The Union Budget For 2018-19: Oxfam
India's richest 1 per cent hold more than four-times the wealth held by 953 million people who make up for the bottom 70 per cent of the country's population, while the total wealth of all Indian billionaires is more than the full-year budget, a new study said on Monday.
