Where do rich people live? Are they getting wealthier?
Get the latest data in the 2016 Global Wealth Report from the Credit Suisse Research Institute. It ranks nations by wealth and examines gaps in household wealth between rich and poor in individual nations. It identifies Russia as the world’s most unequal country, with 74.5% of the nation’s wealth controlled by 1% of the people. For […]
State of the Least Developed Countries report 2016
Released in September by the Office of the High Representative for Least Developed Countries. It reviews the progress made in development for 48 countries. It focuses specifically on the eight priority areas of the Istanbul Programme of Action (IPoA) for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011-2020. It maps the goals, targets and actions […]
Is Britain Fairer?
A major new report launched last week by the Equality and Human Rights Commission examines the nature of disadvantage in Britain in 2016. It maps the nature and extent of equality and human rights today, finding a number of groups such as the disabled continue to suffer discrimination and disadvantage. The site gives access to […]
An economy for the 1%?
The World Economic Forum opens at Davos this week with the release of its 2016 Global Risks report. The risks are divided into five categories: economic, environmental, geopolitical, societal and technological. Oxfam released a report that showed shows that the wealth of the poorest half of the world’s population – that’s 3.6 billion people – […]
Fat Cat salaries: read and weep!
Fat Cat Tuesday On the 5th January 2016 top bosses salaries FTSE CEOS will already have exceeded the average annual pay of many workers (£27,645) according to the High Pay Centre Find out how wages compare using their pay calculator Price Waterhouse Cooper conducts regular surveys on the state of executive pay in the UK. […]
Mapping English inequality
The English Indices of deprivation examine and rank multiple deprivation in England. This source from academic Alasdair Rae combines the 2010 and 2015 data with free maps to produce stunning deprivation maps for all 326 of England’s local authorities – all of which are available for download and re-use on his website. Of Particular value […]
‘Average income back to pre-recession levels’
According to the latest research from IFS. At the BBC the picture is different: according to the latest review published by the BBC Trust pay for ‘top-earning talent has been reduced by 29%’ since 2010. The full report has breakdwons of expenditure by programme genre. A Fabian Society report has also warned on the increasing gap […]
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