International Panel on Inequality

G20 Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts on Global Inequality

Commissioned by the G20 South Africa Presidency November 2025

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Addressing the Global Inequality Crisis

A High-Level Event at the UN on an International Panel on Inequality

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Addressing the Global Inequality Crisis - A High-Level Event on an International Panel on Inequality, September 23, 2026.
UN General Assembly High Level Side Event Press Release, September 23, 2026.
Speech of UN Secretary-General, delivered by the Deputy Secretary-General, September 23, 2026.

IPI Vision Statement and Concept

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International Panel on Inequality Vision Statement and Concept (English)

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Background on Founding an IPI (English)

Academics Letter to World Leaders

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An International Panel on Inequality: Academics Letter to World Leaders (English)

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Bridging the inequality divide, Manila Times (Philippines), October 2, 2026.
Could a new global panel defuse inequality’s ‘ticking time bomb’?, UN News, September 30, 2026.
Leaders join push to create UN body to tackle ‘awful reality’ of inequality, The Guardian, September 24, 2026.
Académicas y académicos piden a Sheinbaum que México se sume a panel sobre desigualdad, La Jornada (Mexico), September 24, 2026.
Lamola: Global action needed to tackle inequality, South African Government News Agency, September 24, 2026.
Ramaphosa Addresses UNGA81 High-Level Panel on Global Inequality, Central News (South Africa), September 24, 2026.
UN session addressing global inequality crisis, SABC News, September 23, 2026.
Deutsche Wissenschaftler fordern Welt-Ungleichheitsrat, Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany), September 22, 2026
„Hohe Ungleichheit schwächt langfristig die Wirtschaftsleistung,“ Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany), September 22, 2026.
The World Is Building an IPCC for Inequality. Let’s Make It Count, Inequality.org, September 22, 2026.
Lessons from Cambodia to a Nobel Prize Winning Economist, Kiripost (Cambodia), September 22, 2026.
Global leaders urged to join initiative to fight extreme inequality, The Guardian, September 18, 2026.
Exlíderes mundiales llaman a respaldar panel sobre desigualdad, AFP, September 16, 2026.
“La desigualdad se ha convertido en uno de los grandes desafíos sistémicos de nuestro tiempo,” Clacso (Latin American Council of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities), September 15, 2026.
Global inequality panel is a chance for research to change lives, Nature editorial, September 15, 2026.
Beyond Measuring Inequality: A Joint Call for an Inclusive International Panel on Inequality, joint announcement by The International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW), International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW), International Consortium for Social Development (ICSD), and International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW), September 4, 2026.
Top economists urge Burnham to sign UK up to UN initiative on global inequality, The Guardian, August 18, 2026.
The Guardian view on global inequality: extreme wealth threatens democracy, The Guardian, August 18, 2026.

Op-Eds / Letters

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President Cyril Ramaphosa: UNGA81 International Panel on Inequality High-Level Event, September 23, 2026.
«Nous appelons la France à soutenir la création d’un Panel international sur les inégalités,» with Francois Bourguignon, Julia Cagé, Lucas Chancel, Marc Fleurbaey, Camille Landais, Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez, Alain Trannoy and Gabriel Zucman, Le Monde, September 21, 2026. Also in English.
Club de Madrid Members intervene to urge governments to back International Panel on Inequality ahead of UN General Assembly, September 16, 2026.
Ending Extreme Inequality, The Namibian Sun, September 9, 2026. Also in: La Presse (Canada); La Diaria (Uruguay); New African; African Business; Hoy (Dominican Republic); Kiri Post (Cambodia); The Point (Australia); Bangkok Post (Thailand); Politiken (Denmark); L'Echo (Belgium); Fd (Netherlands); Avvenire (Italy); Tages-Anzeiger (Switzerland)
Why we need an International Panel on Inequality, with Adriana E. Abdenur, Winnie Byanyma, Jayati Ghosh, Imraan Valodia and Wanga Zembe-Mkabile, Nature, September 9. 2026.
Why Andy Burnham must back an International Panel on Inequality, with Larry Kramer, Prospect (United Kingdom), September 7, 2026.
Establishing an International Panel on Inequality, London School of Economics and Political Science, open letter, August, 2026.

G20 Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts on Global Inequality

Commissioned by the G20 South Africa Presidency November 2025

Summary Report

Technical Note

Summary and Full Report

Addressing the Global Inequality Crisis

A High-Level Event at the UN on an International Panel on Inequality

All Videos and Transcripts

IPI Vision Statement and Concept

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Background

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Academics Letter to World Leaders

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Press Articles

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Op-Eds / Letters

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