Objective 10: Reducing inequalities

In spite of progress in the fight against poverty, there are still inequalities and huge disparities in access to health and education services and other productive goods. In addition, economic growth is not enough to reduce poverty unless it is inclusive and takes into account the economic, social and environmental dimensions.

The photos show some of the consequences of inequality: in the first one, three women pose in their single-room home in a village in North Africa; the room serves as kitchen, bedroom and living-room and lacks electricity, running water and a bathroom. The second is of a living-room in a middle-class European family home, with separate kitchen and bedrooms, electricity, running water, bathroom and many leisure and cultural objects and objects for general consumption.

Progress in reducing poverty, both within and between countries, has been unequal, although from 2008 to 2013, the income -or consumption per capita– of the poorest 40% of the population improved faster than the national average in 49 of the 83 countries for which data exists (three quarters of the world’s population).

Some of the goals in Objective 10 (Reducing inequality within and between countries) for 2030 are maintaining the aforementioned growth, boosting and promoting social, economic and political inclusion for everyone, guaranteeing equal opportunities and reducing inequality of results, adopting policies –especially fiscal, salary and social protection policies-, improving rules and monitoring of world institutions and financial markets, or facilitating migration and the ordered, safe, regular and responsible movement of people.