Millions could escape poverty by finishing secondary education, says UN cultural agency

Jun 23, 2017, at 09:54 pm

New York, June 23 (JEN): While a new United Nations study shows that the global poverty rate could be more than halved if all adults completed secondary school, data show high out-of-school rates in many countries, making it likely that education completion levels will remain well below that target for generations.

Billions needed to eradicate poverty and hunger: IFAD

Jan 26, 2017, at 08:21 pm

Rome, Jan 26 (IBNS) The world needs to take urgent action to mobilise the estimated US$265 billion a year needed to achieve the first two Sustainable Development Goals to end poverty and hunger by 2030, said Kanayo F. Nwanze, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) at the opening of a conference focused on finding innovative ways to finance rural development.

Toronto annual cost of poverty more than $4.4B: Report

Nov 29, 2016, at 04:53 am

Toronto, Nov. 28 (IBNS): Toronto's new report released Monday by the non-profit group Social Planning stated that poverty costs Toronto city between $4.4 and $5.5 billion a year.

Eradicating 'all forms' of poverty means ending humiliation and exclusion people living in poverty face – UN

Oct 18, 2016, at 04:23 am

New York, Oct 17 (Just Earth News): Poverty is both a cause and consequence of marginalization and social exclusion, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday, stressing that to fulfil the promise of the 2030 Agenda to leave no one behind, “we must address the humiliation and exclusion of people living in poverty.”

At UN, Namibian President vows to ‘spare no effort’ to lift nation’s people out of poverty

Sep 22, 2016, at 02:10 pm

New York, Sept 22 (Just Earth News): Speaking from the podium of the United Nations General Assembly, Hage Geingob, the President of Namibia, recalled last year’s commitment by UN Member States to a new agenda for Sustainable Development to “join the global drive towards ensuring a life of dignity for all.”

Poverty to fall below 10 per cent, advancing towards UN goal by 2030: World Bank

Oct 06, 2015, at 02:21 pm

New York, Oct 6 (IBNS): The World Bank announced on Monday that extreme poverty is likely to fall to below 10 per cent this year, "giving fresh evidence that a quarter-century-long sustained reduction in poverty is moving the world closer to the historic goal of ending poverty by 2030" – echoing a top goal set by the newly-agreed United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda.