NEW DELHI (DataLEADS/ANN) --- Japan leads the Asian countries that are working towards reducing the gap between the rich and the poor. Reducing inequality is one of the priorities of the countries that are part of the commitment to achieve Sustainable Development Goals. How are the governments working towards this goal? To answer this question, Oxfam and Development Finance International (DFI) released the second index 'to measure the commitment of governments to reduce the gap between the rich and the poor'. The index covers 157 countries and ranks them on the basis of their social spending, progressive taxation and labour rights -- three areas found to be critical to reducing the ga...
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