Inequality
Overview Factsheets
Top 1% earn as much as the poorest 57% 
Article on new inequality estimates from the British Guardian newspaper.
The Guardian
World inequality
Brief summary of different aspects of global inequality, depicted in graphs and short summaries, by the BBC.
BBC
World inequality rises
Article by BBC news on new global income inequality estimates based on the Milanovic study.
BBC
Key Websites & Resources
Inequality among and within countries
Flash based graphic of global income inequality between world regions and countries, and within countries.
Social Watch
Inequality of world incomes: what should be done?
The evidence strongly suggests that global income inequality has risen in the last twenty years. - The concentration of world income in the wealthiest quintile (20%) of the world’s population is shocking, and cannot meet any plausible test of legitimacy.
openDemocracy
True World Income Distribution, 1988 and 1993 (Branko Milanovic)
Major study by Branko Milanovic of the World Bank on a new, more true estimate of global income inequality. This is the original research study.
The World Bank
Winners and Losers, by Robert Wade
The global distribution of income is becoming ever more unequal. That should be a matter of greater concern than it is, argues Robert Wade
The Economist
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