finance and politics in doubles the international ngo oxfam is updating its annual inequality report oxfam sas the number of billionaires worldwide has gone up to two thousand and forty three this past year their combined wealth increased by thirteen percent that's not bad news per se is it congress relations to all you new billionaires out there but there is a downside to it eighty two percent of the global wealth created last year went to the top one percent of the world's population the super rich and is an interesting example in just four days the c.e.o. of one of the world's top fashion brands and as much as a seamstress in bangladesh makes throughout her entire working life to add insult to injury the richest people in the world are experts in tax avoidance oxfam claims paying two hundred billion dollars less in taxes than they should according to the respective laws of their countries development aid on the other hand paid out by the leading industrial nations stands at one hundred forty five billion dollars. malaysia's economy roared ahead in recent months showing the largest expansion