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World’s billionaires should pay minimum 2% wealth tax, say G20 ministers
News / 5th August 2024The world’s 3,000 billionaires should pay a minimum 2% tax on their fast-growing wealth to raise £250bn a year for the global fight against poverty, inequality and global heating, ministers from four leading economies have suggested.
Healthy diets remain unaffordable for a third of the world’s population
News / 2nd August 2024More than a third of the world’s population could not afford a healthy diet in 2022, according to the latest data on hunger from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
The Spirit Level at 15
Report / 30th July 202415 years later, an update of the Spirit Level underscores how inequality harms us all and lies at the root of our escalating environmental, health and social crises.
Fight against global hunger set back 15 years, warns UN report
News / 25th July 2024Progress fighting global hunger has been set back 15 years, leaving around 733 million people going hungry in 2023, according to the latest figures from the United Nations.
Developing countries face worst debt crisis in history, study shows
Report / 23rd July 2024Developing countries are facing the worst debt crisis in history with almost half their budgets being spent on paying back their creditors, a study has found.