A just economy is inclusive. It promotes equality, protects the planet, and ends poverty. It builds social cohesion and promotes the economic empowerment of women and marginalized groups. It supports the rights of all workers, offers social protection and ensures that livelihoods and planetary resources can be sustained.
24 April 2025 - Economic insecurity, staggering levels of inequality, declining social trust and social fragmentation are destabilizing societies worldwide. The World Social Report 2025, released ...
Poverty and Gender in Germany’s Social Security System. December 2, 2024 Report Egypt: Education Restricted for Refugees. ... Poverty and Inequality. sarah_saadoun. sarah_saadoun. Amos Toh.
Further reductions in global inequality will require much faster growth in the countries that are poor today. Following Mahler ⓡ Yonzan ⓡ Lakner (2022), we construct a global income distribution using survey microdata available for 170 countries (covering 97% of the global population) in the Poverty and Inequality Platform. We study the ...
Introduction: The Interplay of Poverty and Inequality. In her recent lecture at Yale University (2025 USNews Ranking: 5) , Anne Phillips, an esteemed political theorist, delved into the intricate relationship between poverty and inequality, raising critical questions about the priorities of contemporary society.With over 36.8 million Americans living in poverty—more than 11% of the ...
Thus, poverty, inequality, and social exclusion are integral parts of SDGs (1, 6 and 10), emphasizing the multidisciplinary nature of the above issues. Additionally, intrinsic elements of Agenda 2030 and the measuring of poverty, inequality, and polarization would significantly improve integrated policy pathways in the national and ...
Poverty and social inequality. The gulf between the poor and rich of the world is widening. Within the UK, the financial gap between the wealthy and the poor is not narrowing and differences in health between social classes I and V are becoming greater (Reference Smith, Bartly and Blane Smith et al, 1990).Poverty and social inequality have direct and indirect effects on the social, mental and ...
According to the most recent census data, 36.8 million Americans live in poverty, slightly more than 11 percent of the population.Nearly half of the world’s population — about 3.5 billion people — fall below the poverty line for middle-income countries, and 8.5 percent are considered living below the extreme poverty line for low-income countries.
Additionally, poverty can lead to increased social inequalities, as individuals lacking resources struggle to break free from the cycle of poverty, further exacerbating existing inequalities. Addressing Inequality and Poverty. Tackling inequality and poverty requires comprehensive and multi-faceted approaches.
Global housing markets have come under scrutiny for a number of concerns, including affordability, homelessness, and the contribution of housing to growing inequality. This column introduces a conceptual framework that integrates the consumption, capital, and locational aspects of housing to highlight how housing both reflects and drives inequality. The authors suggest numerous areas in which ...
For centuries, strata or categories have been used to depict a hierarchy of individuals, reflecting underlying inequalities in that society (i.e., a social stratification) (Kerbo, Citation 2011).For example, Rose (Citation 1979) used primary data on income, wealth, race, and marital and occupational status to produce a popularly used benchmark 40-page poster book on the social stratification ...
Senior Researcher Komala Ramachandra speaks with Amy Braunschweiger about the change, and why the fight against poverty and extreme inequality is core to human rights. Click to expand Image
Inequality and poverty are distinct yet interconnected concepts. Poverty refers to the absolute standard of living of the poor, indicating the inability to attain a minimum standard of living. In contrast, inequality pertains to the relative living standards across society, illustrating the disparities in income and wealth distribution. While maximum inequality implies one person having ...
Economic insecurity, staggering levels of inequality, declining social trust and social fragmentation are destabilizing societies worldwide. The World Social Report 2025, released today, reveals trends that are threatening communities and demand immediate, decisive policy action.The report calls for a new policy consensus anchored in three principles—equity, economic security for all, and ...
In the current context, economic inequality is getting more extreme, with those at the very top growing ever richer while the majority are finding life increasingly harsh and poverty rates are increasing. Much of the sociological evidence reviewed in this study has been concerned with the reproduction of (social class) inequalities over time.
The lack of social protection coverage, being associated with economic insecurity, poverty, high levels of inequality and low investments in human capital, is seen as a major obstacle to economic and social development. Social protection plays a critical role in reducing poverty and inequality, improving the standards of living and promoting ...
