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Symposium in Zambia tackles African income inequality

9/20/2017 by : Jackie Sayegh , Cornell Chronicle

Wealth and income disparities present problems everywhere, but they are especially acute in Africa, where 330 million people survive on less than $1.25 a day.Inequality is not just a moral issue, said Muna Ndulo, professor of law and director of Cornell’s Institute for African Development (IAD), it’s a “global threat.”“Poverty and rising income and wealth disparity breed despair and fuel conflict…