The charity assessed 161 governments from 2020 to 2022, and half of the nations covered cut their spending on social protection and 70 percent slashed education. However, only 11 out of 161 nations increases taxes for the rich
A Malian girl is seen as daily life amid poverty continues at Faladie camp in West African country Mali's capital Bamako on June 25, 2022. Image: Kemal Ceylan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
London, United Kingdom: The world has mostly failed to address a "dangerous" increase in inequality in the wake of the Covid pandemic, anti-poverty campaigners Oxfam said Tuesday.
The charity revealed the findings of its "Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index" (CRI) study, examining actions and policies of governments to tackle inequality in the first two years of Covid.
"Covid-19 has increased inequality worldwide, as the poorest were hit hardest by both the disease and its profound economic impacts," stated the report, which is compiled every two years.
"Yet the CRI 2022 Index shows clearly that most of the world's governments failed to mitigate this dangerous rise in inequality."
The charity assessed 161 governments from 2020 to 2022, after what it called "the biggest global health emergency in a century".