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\ What’s happening in the world…?

Did you know that…?

• If inequality is prioritized in a given country, and a policy put forward to reduce

it, people’s sense of inequality will be more widely acknowledged. If the public
fails to recognize that there is a problem, it is unlikely that a solution will be
put forward.

• The Gini index is the most widely used index in the world for determining
economic inequality. This is a logarithmic scale between 0 to 1 (or between

0 – 100), whereby 0 represents a hypothetical situation in which all a country’s
revenue is paid to a single person, and 1 represents a situation whereby the
revenues paid to all households in the country are exactly equal.

• Vienna operates an optimal policy authorising “housing for all” – safeguarding
the right to quality urban housing for all social strata.

• In 2020 the Paris municipality overturned France’s gender equality legislation
and was fined for deploying too many women in senior positions.

• The General Director of World Intel presented the company’s targets for
reducing inequality by prioritising initiatives undertaken with women-owned

companies, which employ at least 40% women, employ at least 10% people
with disabilities, etc.

Links to exceptional enrichment endeavors around the world:

Reducing Inequality

Inequality in the world

How to reduce inequality

IDA (International Development Association)

Reduced Inequalities / P. 44