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By most measures the gap between rich and poor, globally and within countries, has been growing.

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  • May 9, 2015
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By most measures the gap between rich and poor, globally and within countries, has been growing. The difference in per capita income between the world's wealthiest 20% and the poorest 20% was 30:1 in 1960 this ratio jumped to 78:1 in 1994 and decreased slightly to 74:1 in 1999.

Source: UNFPA State of World Population 2002, 14 1,2 " Wade, R.H., 2001, "The Rising Inequality of World Income Distribution." Finance and Development 38(4).

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