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World Bank Aims to End Extreme Poverty by 2030
By Carey L. BironWASHINGTON, Apr 2 2013 (IPS)World Bank President Jim Kim has unveiled a series of new institutional goals aimed at ending extreme poverty by 2030 and focusing on the promotion of...
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World Bank Urged to Include Human Rights in Safeguards Review
An orphanage in Kenya marked for demolition to make way for a road project funded by the World Bank. Credit: Richard Portsmouth/CC by 2.0By Carey L. BironWASHINGTON, Apr 20 2013 (IPS)Backed by the...
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Sustaining the Future Through Culture
Putting the spotlight on culture. Credit: A.D. McKenzie/IPSBy A. D. McKenzieFLORENCE, Oct 4 2014 (IPS)International experts working in the creative sector are calling for governments to recognise the...
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Opinion: 2015 and Beyond, Young Voices, Loud Demands
Daniele Brunetto is Youth Amabassador for The ONE Campaign in Belgium.By Daniele BrunettoBRUSSELS, Jun 19 2015 (IPS)As a young person interested in development, my heart beats a little faster when I...
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Opinion: Sub-Saharan Africa, Addis and Paris
Artisanal diamond miners at work in the alluvial diamond mines around the eastern town of Koidu, Sierra Leone. Credit: Tommy Trenchard/IPSBy Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Rudi von ArnimROME, Jun 23 2015...
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Despite Scepticism, U.N. Hails Its Anti-Poverty Programme
Washing clothes in a stream, Mchinji District, Malawi. Goal-setting can lift millions of people out of poverty, empower women and girls, improve health and well-being, and provide vast new...
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Q&A: “If We Don’t Close the Poverty Gap, the 21st Century Will End in Extreme...
Courtesy of Philippe Douste-BlazyBy Nora HappelUNITED NATIONS, Jul 9 2015 (IPS)Implementation of the ambitious post-2015 development agenda which will be adopted in September 2015 at the United Nations...
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Opinion: U.N. Can Help Reform the International Financial System
Jomo Kwame Sundaram. Credit: FAOBy Jomo Kwame SundaramROME, Jul 14 2015 (IPS)The growth in global interdependence poses greater challenges to policy makers on a wide range of issues and for countries...
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Opinion: Hungry for Change, Achieving Food Security and Nutrition for All
Paloma Durán is director of the Sustainable Development Goals Fund (SDG-F) at the United Nations Development ProgrammeBy Paloma DuranUNITED NATIONS, Jul 30 2015 (IPS)With the enthusiasm of the recent...
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Opinion: From Inequality to Inclusion
Jomo Kwame Sundaram. Credit: FAOBy Jomo Kwame SundaramROME, Sep 8 2015 (IPS)Recent years have seen a remarkable resurgence of interest in economic inequality, thanks primarily to growing recognition of...
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Children of a Lesser God: Trafficking Soars in India
Children from rural areas and disempowered homes are ideal targets for trafficking in India and elsewhere. Credit: Neeta Lal/IPSBy Neeta LalNEW DELHI, Jun 20 2016 (IPS)Sunita Pal, a frail 17-year-old,...
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