It’s hard to remember a time the United States seemed as tense and divided as it does today. That should serve as a stark ...

Massive political efforts are needed to tackle the root causes of hunger – conflict, poverty, inequality. Technology alone is ...

UN Secretary General António Guterres warned on Tuesday that developing countries risk being left behind as countries ...

The global trend towards extreme wealth and income concentration ... with women making just 48.7 cents on average for every $1 earned by men at the bank. Most inequality analysis focuses on income ...

In a confidential survey, the U.N. sees U.S. pause fueling extremism, instability, and thwarting long-standing efforts to end poverty and global inequality.

23 January 2025 – Researchers from the Global Young Academy (GYA) Scientific Excellence working group have published an article in the journal Nature examining the criteria used to measure success in ...

Inequality is sharply on the rise. Until now, however, little has been known about where the richest households are located, which cities are the most unequal and how these trends have evolved. In a ...

Inequality is sharply on the rise ... communities that may improve social mobility even for children born into poverty, studies suggest. The map for 2022 reveals major disparities in typical (median) ...

The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg, and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the ...

Global growth is projected at 3.3 percent both in 2025 and 2026, below the historical (2000–19) average of 3.7 percent. The forecast for 2025 is broadly unchanged from that in the October 2024 World ...

Beijing has recently launched an English map to enhance travel services for foreign nationals in the city. The map is now available for a one-month trial run on the Beijing Platform for Common ...

While the Oxfam report is right to focus on global inequality and the concentration of wealth in the hands of a few, Venugopal has another concern: "The report focuses too much on the economic ...