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A waste collector in Johannesburg. South Africa is one of the countries with the greatest wealth inequality.

Inequality in numbers

Rich and poor – the extreme distribution of income and wealth worldwide

Almost 4 billion people worldwide live in poverty, while there are 1200 more billionaires than there were 10 years ago. Facts and figures on global inequality.

by D+C / E+Z

09.12.2025

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Domestic worker Erwiana Sulistyaningsih (center) from Indonesia was brutally abused by her Hong Kong employer who is now serving a six-year jail sentence.

Labour migration

What women migrants send home

by Katja Dombrowski

09.06.2015

Construction workers have no social protection: painting a building in Hanoi.

Loans

Challenges ahead

by Duong Thi Ngoc Linh

by Jörg Teumer

26.12.2014

Occupational health must be safeguarded: worker at Saigon TanTec

Leather

“Stricter than in Germany”

02.09.2014

“Acleda currently has 234 branch offices.”

Institutions

From NGO to commercial bank

by Anja Strautz

05.02.2013

Livelihood

Selling spring rolls to Filipino students

by Alan C. Robles

23.07.2012

Climate change

Reducing disaster risks

by Stephan Beschle

16.09.2009

Abuse of power

Between help and submission

by Eleonore von Bothmer

10.06.2008

Disaster relief and development

After the tsunami

27.05.2007