A study released by the NGO Oxfam UK, showed that from the next one year, the resources accumulated by the richest 1% of the planet will surpass the wealth of the rest of the world population.
In all, the wealth of that 1% of the population rose from 44% of the world's resources in 2009 to 48% last year . If the current growth rate is maintained, in 2016 this level can exceed 50%.
The report was released on the eve of the 2015 edition of the Davos World Economic Forum, and supports the thesis that the "explosion of inequalit " is the greatest difficulty in the fight against global poverty.
According to Oxfam, the concentration of wealth can also be observed among 99% of the world population. Today, this segment holds 52% of the world's financial resources. However, of these, 46% were distributed in approximately one fifth of the population.
These figures show that the majority of the population owns only 5.5% of the wealth in the world. The average annual income of the members of this segment is about £10,000 in 2014.
Among the members of the 1% richest segment, the average annual is $7 million.
According to the NGO, it is necessary to take urgent measures to reduce the inequality that is growing. The first measure to be taken should be tax evasion practiced by large companies.
The study of Oxfam was released a day before the announcement of US President Barack Obama, State of the Union. The expectation is that the agent 's richest nation, and one of the most unequal in the world make the defense of tax increases to the richest. The purpose of this measure is to help the growth of the middle class.
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