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World Bank says extreme poverty has increased

Phenomenal rise in food prices between 2005 and 2007 has increased “extreme poverty” in South Asia, East Asia and the Middle East by one percentage point, a setback equivalent to the progress made by countries in regions over th [...]

Posted On : Nov, 10 2008 | Comments : 0

World marking UN anti-poverty day

Activists around the world are organising marches, rallies and concerts to mark the UN's International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. The UN says nearly three billion people - nearly half the world's population - live on less than $2 [...]

Posted On : Oct, 17 2008 | Comments : 0

World leaders to give new impetus to fight against poverty

UN chief Ban Ki-moon was Thursday to host a summit here to galvanize world support for achieving key poverty-reduction goals by 2015 despite soaring energy and food prices compounded by the financial crisis. Nearly 100 world leaders are to [...]

Posted On : Sep, 25 2008 | Comments : 0

PM stands in shadow cast by world poverty

As Stephen Harper gets ready to fight an election campaign at home, the world's problems are also about to become front and centre. As Don Butler reports, the UN is hosting a meeting at the end of the month to discuss its millennium goals o [...]

Posted On : Sep, 02 2008 | Comments : 0

World poverty 'more widespread'

The World Bank has warned that world poverty is much greater than previously thought. It has revised its previous estimate and now says that 1.4 billion people live in poverty, based on a new poverty line of $1.25 per day. This is substanti [...]

Posted On : Aug, 27 2008 | Comments : 0

World's poorest increase despite growth

Record growth in the world's poorest countries has failed to prevent an increase in their total numbers of poor people, the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said on Thursday. Recent rising food costs threaten to undercut w [...]

Posted On : Jul, 18 2008 | Comments : 0

World Hunger Facts 2008

Hunger is a term which has three meanings (Oxford English Dictionary 1971) the uneasy or painful sensation caused by want of food; craving appetite. Also the exhausted condition caused by want of food the want or scarcity of f [...]