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Recognizing the urgency to end poverty and hunger everywhere by 2030, the Division for Inclusive Social Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs is organizing an inter-agency expert group meeting on “The Third United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2018-2027)”, to be held virtually, from 24 to 27 May 2021, as part of the preparations for the seventy-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
The purpose of the meeting is to bring together experts from the United Nations system, government, academia, think thanks, as well as civil society organizations to discuss key questions related to the implementation of the United Nations system-wide plan of action for the Third United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty, including the role that United Nations system can play to accelerate global actions for a world without poverty.
The meeting is expected to provide substantive input for the preparation of the report of the Secretary-General on the “Implementation of the Third United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2018–2027)” to be submitted to the seventy-sixth session of the General Assembly. This includes assessing the gaps, challenges and progress made in the implementation of the Third Decade, including COVID-19-related aspects, effects and response. The meeting will also review and assess progress made implementing the interagency system-wide plan of action for poverty eradication.
Final Report
Download the final report of the EGM
Documents
Draft Report of the Inter-Agency Expert Group Meeting
Video Message from Daniela Bas, Director, Division for Inclusive Social Development, UNDESA
Papers
- Available data and estimates of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global poverty by Daniel Gerszon Mahler
- COVID-19 and poverty in rural areas: the experience of the United States by Justin Farrell, Tom Mueller and others
- Recovering from COVID-19 and inequality: the experience of South Africa by Vuyokazi Futshane
- Extreme Poverty in the Time of COVID-19 by Homi Kharas
- The COVID-19 pandemic and the achievement of the SDGs by Kalterina Shulla
- Progress in eradicating multidimensional poverty: Evidence from the global MPI by Alkire
- Addressing food security in fragile and humanitarian contexts by Chris Toe
- Fragile Progress? Global Monetary Poverty, 1981-2030 by Andy Sumner and Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez
- CSOs and the Fight Against Poverty: Promoting the Active Participation of People Living in Extreme Poverty in the Design and Implementation of Programmes and Policies by Rasha Natour
- UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework and national poverty eradication: The experience of Kenya By Julius Chokerah
- Accelerating Progress in Poverty Eradication Post COVID-19: The Case of Kenya by Rogers Dhliwayo
- Gaps, challenges and progress in boosting agricultural productivity and ending hunger by Günter Hemrich
- Gaps, challenges and progress made in the promotion and provision of access to quality education by Hiromichi Katayama
- The United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) and Poverty Eradication: The Experience of Paraguay by Mario Samaja
Presentations
- Background and Purpose of the Meeting by Meron Sherif
- Financing Poverty Eradication Efforts by Resina Katafono
- Targeted Poverty Alleviation of China – Policies, Data, and Findings by Lunyu Xie
- Available Data and Estimates of the Impact of COVID-19 on Global Poverty by Daniel Gerszon Mahler
- COVID-19 and poverty in rural areas: the experience of the United States by Tom Mueller, Justin Farrell and others
- UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework and national poverty eradication: The case of Chile by Marcela Ríos
- Gaps, challenges and progress towards achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by Bobo Diallo
- Poverty Impact of COVID-19 and the Oil-Shock in Arab Countries by Abu-Ismail
- Addressing food security in fragile and humanitarian contexts by Chris Toe
- The COVID-19 pandemic implications for the implementation of the SDGs by Kalterina Shulla
- Gaps, Challenges and Progess made in Employment Creation by Aurelio Parisotto
- How is the Pandemic affecting immgrant integration? by Thomas Liebig
- Extreme poverty in the time of COVID-19 by Homi Kharas
- Fragile Progress? Global Monetary Poverty, 1981-2030 by Andy Sumner and Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez
- Promoting the Active Participation of People Living in Extreme Poverty in the Design and Implementation of Programmes and Policies by Rasha Natour
- COVID-19 Crisis and The prospect of SDG-1 in ASEAN5-countries: The extent of disruption by Arief Anshory Yusuf
- Tourism, COVID-19 and poverty eradication: the experience of the Caribbean by Keith Nurse
- Accelerating progress in poverty eradication post COVID- 19: The case of Kenya by Rogers Dhliwayo
- Recovering from COVID-19 and Inequality: The experience of South Africa by Vuyokazi Futshane
- The COVID-19 Pandemic: Oppotunities for Inclusive Social Policy: Lessons from Latin America by Juliana Martínez Franzoni
- Poverty Impact of COVID-19 and the Oil-Shock in Arab Countries by Khalid Abu-Ismail
- Recovering from COVID-19 and accelerating structural transformation: the experience of Ethiopia by Abebe Shimeles
- Gaps, challenges and progress towards universal access to social protection by Christina Behrendt
- Gaps, challenges and progress made in the promotion and provision of access to quality education by Hiromichi Katayama
- Gaps, Challenges and Progress in boosting Agricultural Productivity and ending Hunger by Günter Hemrich
- Progress in Eradicating Multidimensional Poverty: Evidence from the global MPI by Sabina Alkire
- Gaps, challenges and progress towards universal health coverage, global health security and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by Nata Menabde
- UNSDCF and national poverty eradication: The Experience of Paraguay by Mario Samaja
- Preliminary key messages and recommendations by Hanta Rafalimanana and Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue
- Gaps, challenges and progress in eradicating poverty: recovering from COVID-19 and making the decade one of action and delivery by Andrew Shepherd
Resources
- Download the UN System-wide Plan of Action (SWAP) for the Third UN Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2018-2027) on “Accelerating Global Actions for a World Without Poverty”.
- Implementation of the Third United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2018–2027) - Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 21 December 2020
- How Much Does Reducing Inequality Matter for Global Poverty? by the World Bank
- Working Paper Precarity and the pandemic COVID-19 and poverty incidence, intensity, and severity in developing countries by UNU-WIDER
- COVID-19 Socioeconomic Survey Chile
- COVID-19 Socioeconomic Survey Chile Summary of Main Results
- Precarity and the pandemic COVID-19 and poverty incidence, intensity, and severity in developing countries by UNU-WIDER
- The End of Global Poverty: Is the UN Sustainable Development Goal 1 (Still) Achievable? by Christopher Hoy & Andy Sumner