Global Inequalities

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• Authors: ANDREW STANLEY
• Published: March 1, 2022

Overview

• Title: Global Inequalities
• Author: ANDREW STANLEY
• Publication: F&D Magazine
• Date: March 2022
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• Note: Opinions expressed in articles and other materials are those of the authors; they do not necessarily reflect IMF policy.

Core findings

• Global inequalities are in bad shape and mostly do not appear to be getting better.
• Disparities today are about the same as they were in the early 20th century.
• The pandemic continues to make things worse.
• The World Inequality Report 2022 uses two traditional measures and two new measures to shed light on inequality.

Measures and key statistics

• Wealth:
  • The poorest half of the global population owns just €2,900 (in purchasing power parity) per adult.
  • The top 10 percent owns roughly 190 times as much.
• Income:
  • The richest 10 percent today snap up 52 percent of all income.
  • The poorest half get just 8.5 percent.
• Ecological inequality:
  • Reported through carbon dioxide emissions by income category.
  • Disparities are present not only between nations but within countries between the most well-off and the rest.
• Gender inequality:
  • Measured through a breakdown of labor incomes.
  • Over the past 30 years women’s share of income has only slightly improved.

Analysis

• The two new measures (ecological and gender inequality) extend understanding beyond traditional wealth and income metrics.
• Large disparities in carbon dioxide emissions exist across income categories, highlighting unequal ecological footprints.
• Gender disparities in labor income have shown only modest gains over the past 30 years.

Policy implications and recommendations

• Much can be done about inequality; it is framed as a political choice.
• Better policy design is presented as leading inevitably to fairer development pathways.

Prepared by F&D’s ANDREW STANLEY based on the World Inequality Report 2022 from the World Inequality Lab.

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