· Poverty rate down from 12.3% to 11.8%; childhood poverty fell faster; net 1.4 million people left poverty · Income in the bottom 80% of households was up significantly, only the top 20% of ...

THE rubric of robust statistical measures is essential for evaluating policies and plans within the context of democratic governance. A RECENT Sunday Independent article questions the relevance of the ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Income (or wealth) inequality is measured using the normalised Gini coefficient. The normalised Gini coefficient (unlike the traditional Gini coefficient) takes into account negative values in a ...

According to the World Inequality Report 2022, the global inequalities in income among the richest 10% and bottom 50% population have increased over the last two decades, while global inequalities ...