A fisherman colony alongside commercial buildings in the Indian city of Mumbai, now Asia’s billionaire capital. A fisherman colony alongside commercial buildings in the Indian city of Mumbai, now Asia ...

India's rich and poor divide is getting deeper than ever. Hardik Joshi, a financial analyst, says it's even worse now than during British colonial times. Joshi, an economic analyst, shared strong ...

Using microdata from nationally representative household and labor force surveys, we study the impact and drivers of poverty and inequality in India during the pandemic. We have three main findings.

The richest 10 percent of the world’s population now owns three-quarters of all personal wealth, according to the newly released World Inequality Report 2026. Income is not much different, where the ...

Economic inequality has seen a sharp rise recently, both between and within countries. In the Global South, as in the Global North, economic growth and inequality appear to be positively correlated.

India knows how to count the poor. From ration cards to multi-decade surveys such as the National Sample Survey, there are sophisticated systems to track deprivation – who’s getting by, who’s falling ...

A fisherman colony alongside commercial buildings in the Indian city of Mumbai, now Asia’s billionaire capital. Credit - Dhiraj Singh—Bloomberg/Getty Images A new study from the World Inequality Lab ...