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Briefing paper

Resisting the Rule of the Rich

19/01/2026

9 documents

69 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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Extreme inequality is reaching new heights. In 2025, billionaire wealth increased three times faster than the average annual rate over the previous five years. Meanwhile, one in four people don’t regularly have enough to eat and nearly half the world’s population live in poverty. The super-rich are becoming a new oligarchy, using their extreme wealth […]

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Briefing paper

Takers Not Makers: The unjust poverty and unearned wealth of colonialism

20/01/2025

9 documents

96 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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Billionaire wealth has risen three times faster in 2024 than in 2023. Five trillionaires are now expected within a decade. Meanwhile, crises of economy, climate and conflict mean the number of people living in poverty has barely changed since 1990. Most billionaire wealth is taken, not earned- 60% comes from either inheritance, cronyism, corruption or […]

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Briefing paper

Inequality Inc. How corporate power divides our world and the need for a new era of public action

15/01/2024

9 documents

71 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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Since 2020, the richest five men in the world have doubled their fortunes. During the same period, almost five billion people globally have become poorer. Hardship and hunger are a daily reality for many people worldwide. At current rates, it will take 230 years to end poverty, but we could have our first trillionaire in […]

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Briefing paper

The Inequality Virus: Bringing together a world torn apart by coronavirus through a fair, just and sustainable economy

25/01/2021

8 documents

83 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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The coronavirus pandemic has the potential to lead to an increase in inequality in almost every country at once, the first time this has happened since records began. The virus has exposed, fed off and increased existing inequalities of wealth, gender and race. Over two million people have died, and hundreds of millions of people […]

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Discussion paper

Federalism and Fidelity: A review of the provisions under the national Model and State rules under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009

01/06/2014

1 documents

68 pages long

Languages: English

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India has the world’s largest number of child labourers and children out of school. This report provides an analysis of the basic provisions of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 and the Model and State rules applicable to most Indian States. It assesses the extent to which the provisions in […]

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Briefing note

The Right to Free and Compulsory Education: Delivering the promise of the law

17/07/2013

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

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In 2009, the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE) established the government’s obligation to guarantee eight years of free, quality education to all children aged 6 to 14 years. Since its enactment, the landmark legislation has promoted considerable progress, but has failed to deliver on its full promises. This policy brief […]

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Resisting the Rule of the Rich

Takers Not Makers: The unjust poverty and unearned wealth of colonialism

Inequality Inc. How corporate power divides our world and the need for a new era of public action

The Inequality Virus: Bringing together a world torn apart by coronavirus through a fair, just and sustainable economy

Federalism and Fidelity: A review of the provisions under the national Model and State rules under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009

The Right to Free and Compulsory Education: Delivering the promise of the law