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Before the World Economic Forum in Davos, a report on the distance between rich and poor was published.
According to a report by Oxfam, which carries out activities against poverty, the total wealth of 26 billion people in the world is equal to a total of 3.8 billion people, who represent the poorest 50% of the world's population.
RICH OF WIRES, REDUCED POVERTY
According to the report, the wealth of 2,000 200 billionaires worldwide has increased by 900 billion dollars in 2018, or 2.5 billion dollars a day. As a result, the wealth of the richest people has increased by 12%, half of the world's poorest population has fallen by 11%.
It is said that wealth is concentrated in the hands of less and less people and that in 2018 the rich were enriched and the poor became poorer. In fact, the number of billionaires with a wealth equal to the poorest 50 percent wealth of the population fell from 43 in 2016 to 26 in 2017 and to 26 in 2018.
NUMBER OF MILES increased by 2 times in 10 years
Oxfam reports that the growing gap between rich and poor makes it difficult to fight poverty, and stresses that the income tax of 1% can be paid out for $ 416 billion and that all children who do not they attend school all over the world can be covered by medical expenses and 3 million deaths can be avoided.
According to other reports, the number of billionaires has increased almost twice in the last 10 years since the 2008 crisis. Jeff Bezos, the owner of Amazon, the richest man in the world, had a wealth of $ 112 billion, while only 1% of Bezos' wealth was equivalent to the annual health budget of Ethiopia with a population of 105 million.
"It does not have to be like this: there are enough resources in the world to give everyone the chance to survive: governments should act to provide resources for free and quality public services that will save people's lives and improve living conditions", said Matthew Spencer, responsible for the Oxfam campaign. .
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