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Poverty report: 26 individuals own same as poorest 50pc of humanity

London, Jan 22 (UNI) Wealth has become more concentrated in the past year with just 26 people owning the same as the poorest 50 per cent of the entire human race, indicating that fortune really does favour the rich.
The figures were published by Oxfam on Monday as part of a report on the world's wealth, which says deep divisions in gender equality and poor public services are key factors in the growing gap between rich and poor.
According to the report, in the more than 10 years since the 2008 financial crisis, the number of billionaires has doubled.
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