In a survey on income inequality, Turkey ranked last among the 38 OECD member states and 74th among 161 countries in total in the 2022 Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) Index, which reviewed the spending, tax and labour policies and actions of 161 governments during the 2020–2022 period. Based on new research by Oxfam and Development Finance International (DFI), the report is the first detailed analysis looking at governments’ policies and actions to fight inequality during the first two years of the pandemic. In terms of the labour policy indicator, which looks at what governments are doing to support labour and union rights through legislation and implementation, the country was ranked 71st among 161 countries.
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