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Bookmark or Share- Global income inequality: How big is gap between richest and poorest ...Indeed, while over the last two decades global inequalities between countries have declined, income inequality has increased within most countries. The average income gap between the top 10% and bottom 50% of individuals within countries has almost doubled across that time period, the report found.
- What is the G77 and why does it matter? | World Economic ForumThe Charter set out the foundations for the international development agenda, including the mechanisms and structures intended to boost the economies of the global South. When Guterres addressed the G77, he noted that although they have lifted millions out of poverty, they face multiple crises from climate change and hunger to debt.
- The ‘AI divide’ between the Global North and Global SouthIndeed, an Oxford Insights assessment of 181 countries around the world and their preparedness in using AI in public services highlights that the lowest-scoring regions include much of the Global South, such sub-Saharan Africa, some Central and South Asian countries, and some Latin American countries. The report emphasizes that governments ...
- What’s in a name? For the ‘Global South’ it depends on who you askAccording to this piece, the Global North can’t keep recruiting its health care workers from the Global South. ( STAT ) Wealthy countries have failed to the deliver the $100 billion in annual funding for climate adaptation promised to their less-wealthy peers, and according to this piece 70% of what has been received is in the form of loans ...
- The opportunity of meeting energy demand in the Global SouthThe Global South will be responsible for much of the global future energy demand. Meeting that growth in demand will not just improve millions of lives, but is an opportunity, too. Saudi Arabia's ACWA Power offers an example of how other companies can enter these dynamic markets.
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