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Where We Stand
- By 2030, 590 million people may still live in extreme poverty if current trends persist.
- Without a substantial acceleration in poverty reduction, fewer than 3 in 10 countries are expected to halve national poverty by 2030.
- Despite increasing efforts to expand social protection programmes, significant coverage gaps left 1.4 billion children uncovered in 2023.
- Ending poverty requires comprehensive social protection systems, inclusive economic policies, investments in human capital, measures to address inequality and climate resilience, and international cooperation and partnership.
UN DESA, the World Bank, UNCTAD, with support of interested UN entities, organized an Expert Group Meeting on SDG 1 and its interlinkages with other SDGs in Geneva, Switzerland on 7 May 2024 to inform the thematic review at the 2024 HLPF.
To learn more about ending poverty in all its forms everywhere, please download the fact sheet here:
https://hlpf.un.org/sites/
Source: UNDESA