Saturday, October 25, 2008
xUNITED NATIONS: Major US cities including New York, Washington, Atlanta and New Orleans have levels of economic inequality that rival cities in Africa, according to a UN report published on Thursday.
The most balanced city in the world is Beijing, with the most egalitarian cities on average to be found in western Europe, the report said.
“The authors (of the study) find that though the cities in the United States of America have relatively lower levels of poverty than many other cities in the developed world, their levels of income inequality are quite high,” the report said.
In the United States and Canada one of the key factors in determining levels of economic inequality is race, the report said.
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