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28 August 2014 | Poverty Eradication
Civil society converged on United Nations Headquarters in New York on 27 Aug to make their voices heard regarding the future global development agenda that will point the way forward on a range of issues such as eradicating poverty, eliminating…
27 August 2014 | Poverty Eradication, Women
The Labor-Intensive Public Works (LIPW) program, as part of the Ghana Social Opportunities Project (GSOP), recently received additional financing from the World Bank Group. The project aims to reduce poverty and expand social opportunities for the…
27 August 2014 | Poverty Eradication, Women
The Labor-Intensive Public Works (LIPW) program, as part of the Ghana Social Opportunities Project (GSOP), recently received additional financing from the World Bank Group. The project aims to reduce poverty and expand social opportunities for the…
13 August 2014 | Poverty Eradication
After nearly a year of conflict, Yemen is facing the dual task of launching a delicate political transition while rebuilding the economy. Around 70% of Yemen’s population of 22.5 million lives in rural areas. Poverty is concentrated in this rural…
08 August 2014 | Poverty Eradication
The Vietnam Social Assistance System Strengthening Project was officially launched on 7 Aug, with the goal of developing and piloting innovations in management and service delivery in four provinces in Vietnam as a first step towards nationwide…
08 August 2014 | Poverty Eradication
Gradual increases in the minimum wage help to reduce inequality and do not have significant adverse effects on aggregate employment, according to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which was taking part in a forum…
31 July 2014 | Poverty Eradication
On 28 July, with the kick-off of the United Nations post-2015 sustainable development agenda fast approaching, ministers and senior Government officials from across the globe have gathered in Cotonou, Benin, to discuss how to strengthen the world’s…
28 July 2014 | Poverty Eradication
The 2014 Human Development Report, launched in Tokyo by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), says that 1.2 billion people live on $1.25 a day or less. At the same time, the UNDP Multidimensional Poverty Index reveals that almost 1.5 billion people…
18 July 2014 | Poverty Eradication
United Nations officials today stressed the need to harness the necessary resources to take Africa’s progress to the next level, calling for increased investment to boost the continent’s development prospects.
“Africa needs to bridge a huge…
09 July 2014 | Poverty Eradication
Over the past 15 years, GDP growth in Africa has been higher than in the rest of the developing world. Despite the tremendous economic growth, poverty reduction in Africa was less impressive, with nearly half of the population still living on less…
26 June 2014 | Poverty Eradication
The Human Rights Council this morning adopted nine texts in which it extended the mandates of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity, the Special Rapporteur on…
16 June 2014 | Poverty Eradication
United Nations officials today marked the World Day Against Child Labour by highlighting the crucial role of social protection in keeping boys and girls out of a heinous practice that robs them of their childhood and threatens their prospects for a…