# President Cyril Ramaphosa has launched a historic G20 Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts to address global wealth inequality. Chaired by Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, the six-member panel including Winnie Byanyima and economist Jayati Ghosh, will examine impacts on growth, poverty, and multilateral cooperation amid macroeconomic fears that global wealth and income inequality. The findings will be presented at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg this November. Ramaphosa stressed that inequality undermines dignity and opportunities, citing stark disparities highlighted by the World Inequality Report.
Ramaphosa launches G20 taskforce on global wealth inequality