Top 10 US States with Widest Rich-Poor Divide [SLIDESHOW]

China says it's attempting to bridge rich-poor divide, promises "great renaissance"

Country leaders say higher wages, better life for workers a top priority; now admitting that economic boom left workers behind

cbsnews.com (2 months and 2 days ago)

Rich/Poor Divide Linked to Hospital Readmissions in Study

msn.com (3 months and 1 day ago)

Rich-poor school spending divide hurts children, federal report finds

pressherald.com (2 months and 28 days ago)

U.N. rights chief urges Angola to cut "huge" rich-poor gap

(Reuters) - The United Nations' top human rights official urged Angola's government on Wednesday to reduce the huge disparities between rich and poor that have developed in the oil-rich country despite considerable progress since the end of a 27-year civil war in 2002.

reuters.com (23 days ago)

Schools warned over 'appalling gap' between rich and poor

Top schools face being reprimanded by Ofsted for failing to narrow the gap between rich and poor pupils under new plans designed to tackle a culture of "low expectations".

telegraph.co.uk (1 month and 23 days ago)

Economix Blog: Technology as a Driver of Growth (or Not)

A new study looks at why the divide between rich and poor nations remains so large in an age when technologies spread so much more quickly.    

nytimes.com (7 days ago)

Disparity, lack of skills biggest challenges: Maken

Increasing divide between the rich and the poor and lack of skill training among the poor youth remain the biggest challenges before the government, Union Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Ajay Maken said Monday.

india.com (1 month and 23 days ago)

Divide-and-kill policy pays off

The divide and conquer tactics of the security forces in Jharkhand, up against Maoists and their splinter groups, seems to have paid rich dividends.

indiatimes.com (1 month and 18 days ago)

Opinionator | The Great Divide: In China, a Vast Chasm Between the Rich and the Rest

The gulf between China’s booming cities and its poor countryside has become a major source of social unrest.

nytimes.com (3 months and 7 days ago)

Getting Better To Be Poor In Brazil

A professor of bats (I called him Bat Man) from the Universidade Estadual de Londrina in Parana, Brazil once told me: "If you are poor, it is better to be poor in America than in Brazil. But if you are going to be rich, it is better to be rich in Brazil."

forbes.com (2 months and 29 days ago)