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This report outlines how global inequality is shockingly entrenched and vast, with the number of billionaires having doubled in the last decade. The report also shows how our sexist economies are ...
How corporate power divides our world and the need for a new era of public action Since 2020, the richest five men in the world have doubled their fortunes. During the same period, almost five billion ...
Kitao Lenamparas, a farmer in Samburu County, Kenya, works in his bean field. This area of Kenya recently had five consecutive failed rainy seasons. This climate-induced drought caused widespread loss ...
The level of economic inequality in the city of Santiago in Brazil is evident along the border of a high-density, low-income favela neighborhood next to high-rise ...
The Best States to Work Index, now in its sixth edition, is an index of 27 policies across three themes - wages, worker protections, and rights to organize - for all 50 states, the District of ...
It's time to build a human economy that benefits everyone, not just the privileged few. New estimates show that just eight men own the same wealth as the poorest half of the world. As growth benefits ...
How do the largest US corporations contribute to inequality? This research report summarizes the framework and findings of a first-of-its-kind assessment of the inequality performance of the largest ...
In reaction to the Trump administration’s re-designation of Yemen’s Houthis as a terrorist organization, Oxfam America’s Director of Peace & Security Scott Paul said: “The Trump administration’s ...
Global inequality stems not just from what people have and don’t have—but what they're able to do with what they have. “The levels of inequality are horrendous," said Janet Fuentes, an activist from ...
Climate and inequality fuel each other—as inequality worsens, so does climate change. The world is facing twin crises of inequality and climate change. As the richest people, corporations, and ...
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A case of mismatch between supply and demand. This report from Oxfam and Sumerian Partners questions some of the assumptions around impact investment and highlights the experience of enterprises ...