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4 November, 2014In January 2014, an Oxfam report put the spotlight on the staggering inequality of wealth – the richest 85 people in the world possess the same amount of wealth as the world’s poorest 50 per cent.
The report, detailing that the collective wealth of a tiny global elite has increased by US$668 million per day between 2013 and 2014, caught the public’s imagination. In a response to this alarming increase of inequality Oxfam has launched a new campaign, Even it Up. The aim of the campaign is to show that inequality is not inevitable but a result of policy choices.
Read Executive Director of Oxfam International Winnie Byanyima's opinion piece on Equal Times.