Gap between rich and poor growing, fuelling global anger: Oxfam
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Source: Reuters
NEWS FROM THE 2019 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM JANUARY 20, 2019 / 7:21 PM / UPDATED 21 MINUTES AGO
Gap between rich and poor growing, fuelling global anger: Oxfam
Hereward Holland
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NAIROBI (Reuters) - Tax systems that put a high burden on the poor mean public services are underfunded, stretching the gap between rich and poor and fuelling global public anger, Winnie Byanyima, executive director of Oxfam International, said on Monday.
The Nairobi-headquarted charity said in a report that a new billionaire was created every two days last year, just as the poorest half of the worlds population saw their wealth decline by 11 percent.
The report, released on Monday as political and business leaders gather for the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, said governments are increasingly underfunding public services and failing to clamp down on tax dodging.
Poor people suffer twice from being deprived of basic services and also paying a higher burden of taxation, Byanyima said in an interview.
Billionaire fortunes increased by 12 percent last year, or $2.5 billion a day, while the 3.8 billion poorest people saw their wealth drop $500 million every day, Byanyima added.
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