a.What factors have contributed to the global wealth gap?
b.How has gender further widened this gap?
c.What is the role that philanthropy can play towards closing this gap?
Background
The wealth gap between the top 1% and the bottom 50% of the world's population just keeps expanding, according to a new report by global non-profit organisation Oxfam. In developing countries such as India, this gap is even wider, the charity says.