In an unequal world, how should countries evaluate the trade-offs between pursuing economic growth and the risks of unequal distribution of the benefits among individuals? London School of Economics ...

The wealth gap is noticeable everywhere, and in this article, Insider Monkey brings you the list of 25 most unequal countries with the worst income equality in the world. If you look at the ...

The global economy is stuck in low gear, which could deal a major blow to the fight against poverty and inequality. Group of Twenty finance ministers and central-bank governors gathering this week in ...

In January 1993, Down To Earth published the original "World on a Boil". Its then editor, Anil Agarwal, wrote forcefully that in 1992, the world had moved several steps towards globalisation, but ...

"Poverty in material terms is inextricably linked with poverty of [health] data" argues Peter Byass (Umeå Centre for Global Health Research, Sweden) this week in the Magazine section of open access ...

18 March 2026 - Which countries suffer from high levels of inequality? Has global inequality declined over the past three decades, or remained persistently high? Surprisingly, the answers depend on ...

How do you assess academic researchers for promotion or funding? This question has become ever more central in higher education settings since the 1980s saw substantial growth in investment in ...

The world is growing more unequal and the divergence, made worse by the pandemic, is sure to cause additional tensions, resentments and further complicate nations’ responses to climate change, ...