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Impact of global crisis on poverty?

According to the World Bank's analysis, the global economic crisis has had an negative impact on poverty, but could have been much worse. The report argues that timely and effective policies, including IFI assistance, helped save the [...]

Posted On : Jul, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Food Prices Deepening Global Poverty

Since the first meeting of this every 10-year event in 1971, the number of least-developed countries has increased, and U.N. officials say the population of the world's 48 poorest nations is expected to double to 1.7 billion by 2050. [...]

Posted On : May, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

China and India Become Major Contributors to Global Poverty ...

Developing countries are on track to meet or get close to key targets for tackling extreme poverty and hunger by 2015, thanks to the rapid economic growth in China and India, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund said on April 1 [...]

Posted On : Apr, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Global Poverty Deserves Local Outreach

The hardship and poverty suffered by those far removed by distance and culture typically only enters the collective consciousness during war or mass famine, while news headlines seem to eschew the day-to-day struggle of people living in [...]

Posted On : Mar, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Global Poverty Project comes to Pepperdine

A presentation by the Global Poverty Project proved to be more than just another convocation, Monday night in Elkins Auditorium. Led by Jessica Mason, one of the organization's "road scholars," the presentation aimed to enc [...]

Posted On : Mar, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Global trade critical to reduce poverty

International trade will only help fight global poverty if rich countries turn their rhetoric into action, the Global Poverty Summit heard in Johannesburg on Wednesday. “It is time to bring the talks to a close. Successfully doing [...]

Posted On : Jan, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Global Hunger Declines For First Time In 15 Years: UN

The number of undernourished people around the world has declined by nearly 10 percent in the past year, the first time a drop in famine has been recorded since 1995, the UN food agency said Tuesday. A total of 925 million people are und [...]

Posted On : Sep, 19 2010 | Comments : 0

Global warming could lift farmers out of poverty

The assumption that climate change will hit the poorest people hardest has been shaken by new research from Stanford University suggesting that the worst-case global warming scenario predicted by the United Nations over the next 20 years [...]

Posted On : Feb, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Bank bailouts could end global poverty for 50 years

The $8.42 trillion (£5.86 trillion) pledged by the developed nations to bailout their banks would be enough to end global poverty for 50 years, a new report has claimed on the eve of the G20 Summit in London.The study by Oxfam suggest [...]

Posted On : Apr, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

Global solidarity to fight poverty and build peace, says Pop...

In his message for World Day of Peace, Benedict XVI looks at the “moral implications” of poverty and the false correlation between poverty and birthrate.Military spending takes resources from help to development. A global finan [...]

Posted On : Dec, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

Major reforms vital to tackle global poverty

Global technology and global flows of capital, goods and services have brought us closer to rapidly emerging economies such as China and India, to mention just two. Yet, at the same time, the world remains too unequal, too unsafe and too [...]

Posted On : Aug, 05 2008 | Comments : 0

Global Poverty Said To Halve By 2015

The world is on course to halve extreme poverty by 2015, but Africa will fall far short of the U.N.'s Millennium Development Goals, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund said . A new report by the global institutions also war [...]