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‘Brazen’ political influence of rich laid bare as wealth of billionaires reaches $18.3tn, says Oxfam https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/19/brazen-political-influence-rich-laid-bare-wealth-billionaires-inequality-poverty-instability-oxfam #GlobalDevelopment #Inequality #InequalityAndDevelopment #Oxfam #Protest #WorldNews #GlobalEconomy #Economics #Business #SocialExclusion #RichLists #Kenya #Nepal #UsPoliticalLobbying #Africa #UsNews #SouthAndCentr...

‘Brazen’ political influence of rich laid bare as wealth of billionaires reaches $18.3tn, says Oxfam

Governments opting for oligarchy while brutally repressing protests over austerity and lack of jobs, charity report says

The Guardian

Business | The Guardian US Aug 6, 2025

‘Where’s the money going?’: why Brazilian towns awash with royalties from oil are still among the poorest https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/aug/06/brazil-oil-wealth-underdevelopment-poverty-education-health-fossil-fuels #Inequalityanddevelopment #Globaldevelopment #Socialexclusion #Globalhealth #Fossilfuels #Environment #Commodities #Sanitation #Worldnews #Business #Americas #Poverty #Society #Brazil #Energy #Oil #Oil

‘Where’s the money going?’: why Brazilian towns awash with royalties from oil are still among the poorest

Since the first big finds in the 1940s, Brazil’s politicians have vowed all of its people would benefit. But in some oil towns, one in four people still live below the poverty line

The Guardian

Opinion | The Guardian US Mar 3, 2025

Those who depend on aid must embrace Trump’s bombshell and shape their own destiny | Janet Mawiyoo https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/mar/03/those-of-us-who-rely-on-aid-must-accept-the-new-reality-and-shape-our-own-destiny #Inequalityanddevelopment #Trumpadministration #Globaldevelopment #DonaldTrump #Inequality #Worldnews #Africa #USnews #Kenya #Aid

Those of us who rely on aid must accept the new reality and shape our own destiny

Trump cutting off USAid reminds us how much power we surrender to those who fund our work. We need a new mindset

The Guardian

World news | The Guardian Jan 6, 2025

UK cut health aid to vulnerable nations while hiring their nurses, research finds https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jan/06/uk-cuts-health-aid-vulnerable-countries-recruiting-nurses-analysis-royal-college-nursing-research #Inequalityanddevelopment #Migrationanddevelopment #WorldHealthOrganization #RoyalCollegeofNursing #Publicservicespolicy #Healthcareindustry #Globaldevelopment #Globalhealth #Healthpolicy #SierraLeone #Worldnews #Business #Politics #Nursing #Society #Health

UK cut health aid to vulnerable nations while hiring their nurses, research finds

Royal College of Nursing says Labour has a duty to fix health ‘double whammy’ by raising aid and funding for UK nursing

The Guardian

smeg Apr 18, 2024

The city I live in, #Fayetteville #Arkansas, is putting in grade separated #bike lanes and quickly expanding the #trail network, which is absolutely fantastic!

But where are they doing this? On the North and East sides of the city. The wealthy areas. Bike lanes for 3 acre mini mansions. On the West and South sides, where there's greater density and/or new development? We get gutter lanes on the road, or nothing. And we would benefit most.

#urbanism #inequalityanddevelopment #inequality