Global inequality rises

Global inequalities in wealth are at their highest level for 20 years and are growing, according to a new report by Save The Children……STC researchers found that in most of the 32 developing countries they looked at, the rich had increased their share of national income since the 1990s…..In a fifth of the countries, the incomes of the poorest had fallen over the same period…..The gap has become particularly pronounced among children and affects their well-being as well as causing disparities in several key indicators, the charity says….For example, it notes that in Tanzania, child mortality in the richest fifth of the population fell from 135 to 90 per 1,000 births over the research period, while the poorest fifth saw hardly any progress with a modest fall of 140 to 137 per 1,000 births.