Learn how to use the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP), the interactive computational tool that offers users quick access to the World Bank’s estimates of poverty, inequality, and shared ...

Oxfam’s latest report describes the period as a “Billionaire’s decade,” highlighting that while extreme wealth grows rapidly, ...

Today's hyperpartisan and frequently negative news cycle ignores one significant and uplifting story: the precipitous decline of global inequality. It's a subject that deserves our attention, for it ...

In a series of letters to each other, Robert Wade and Martin Wolf offer opposing answers to the question “Are global poverty and inequality getting worse?” Mr. Wade, a professor of political economy ...

Nearly eight in ten people living in multidimensional poverty, 887 million out of 1.1 billion globally, are directly exposed to climate hazards such as extreme heat, flooding, drought, or air ...

Today’s hyperpartisan and frequently negative news cycle ignores one significant and uplifting story: the precipitous decline of global inequality. It’s a subject that deserves our attention, for it ...

Samuel Kofi Tetteh Baah is an Economist with the Global Poverty and Inequality Data (GPID) team in the Development Data Group of the World Bank. He has been conducting research to improve the quality ...

Economic inequality is easy enough to find statistics on, but these are often difficult to parse. For example, politician Bernie Sanders, a vocal campaigner for equality, has provided various data ...

McMaster University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. McMaster University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. The United Nations’ Fourth International ...

Speaking in an interview on Voz do Brasil, in content published by Agência Gov, Dias said Brazil is moving toward "the lowest level of extreme poverty and poverty in all of history" and "the lowest ...