Interrogating the Sustainable Development Goals' Target and Indicators on Inequality
Inequality is one of the most defining issues of our time with the world witnessing unprecedented levels of economic inequality in the past few decades. Estimates suggest that between 1980 and 2007, there has been a significant increase in inequality between and within countries, with about 70 per cent of the addition to the GDP going to the top 10 per cent of the population.
Rising inequalities are both a cause and consequence of human rights violations. Systemic human rights violations drive inequality in as much as unequal societies cause further human rights deprivations.
This policy brief analyses the target and indicators on inequality within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals, and comments on the challenges it faces, and puts forward policy asks for its strengthening.
