World Poverty Could Be Cut In Half If…
A new UNESCO policy paper shows that the global poverty rate could be more than halved if all adults completed ...
Tag: Economic inequality
Gated Compounds Keep the Rich Away From Cairo’s Chaos
Guards check drivers' papers to keep out uninvited guests from gated compounds where Egypt's rich can escape the chaos of ...
No More Gender Gaps – Research Suggests
Reducing gender gaps would significantly benefit women, society and the economy, a new International Labour Organisation (ILO) report has revealed. ...
S. Korea’s Moon Urges Lawmakers To Approve $10 Bn Stimulus Plan
South Korean President Moon Jae-In on Monday urged parliament quickly to approve his $10-billion stimulus plan aimed at tackling youth ...
US School Leavers See Their Financial Circumstances Fall
American adults without a college education saw their overall financial circumstances decline last year for the first time in three ...
Wealth of Dangote, 4 Others Can End Poverty In Nigeria – Report
The wealth of Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote and four other Nigerians is enough to end poverty in Africa’s most ...
Upward Mobility Has Fallen Sharply In US
In a sign of the fading American Dream, 92 percent of children born in 1940 earned more than their parents, ...
Four Indonesians Richer Than Poorest 100 Million
A report on inequality in Indonesia says its four richest men now have more wealth than 100 million of the ...
Four Indonesians Wealthier Than Poorest 100 Million
The four richest Indonesians are wealthier than the poorest 100 million people in the country, a study has found, highlighting ...
Eight Billionaires ‘as Rich As World’s Poorest Half’
The world's eight richest individuals have as much wealth as the 3.6bn people who make up the poorest half of ...
Public Trust In Media At All-Time Low, Research Shows
Public trust in traditional media has fallen to an all-time low as people increasingly favour their friends and contacts on ...
Mine Workers Aggrieved Over Unfair Treament
Local mine workers have expressed concern over what they have described as precarious employment contract arrangements and strategies adopted by ...
Tackling Inequality Vital To Ending Extreme Poverty By 2030
A new World Bank study on poverty and shared prosperity says that extreme poverty worldwide continues to fall despite the ...
Tackling Inequality Vital To Ending Extreme Poverty By 2030 – World Bank
A new World Bank study on "Poverty and Shared Prosperity" indicates that extreme poverty worldwide continues to fall despite the ...
Evidence of Mahama’s Success Is In People, Not Statistics
Deputy Finance Minister, Ato Forson says NPP Vice-Presidential candidate Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is too fixated on statistics that he failed ...
Bawumiah’s Bad Economics
By Cassiel Ato Forson In his typical fashion, Dr Mahamadu Bawumiah, Vice Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, has ...
Bad Economics For Political Gain
In his typical fashion, Dr Mahmud Bawumia, Vice Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, has presented a 2016 edition ...
Countries Still Not Ready
The countries of the United Nations approved a remarkable commitment to 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in September 2015 to ...