The Global Monitoring Report 2014/2015: Ending Poverty and Sharing Prosperity was written jointly by the World Bank … Development. This year's report details, for the first time, progress toward the WBG's twin goals of ending extreme poverty by …

, drawing on indicators for poverty, education, gender equality, health, and other goals. Subtitled "Confronting the Challenges … of Gender Equality and Fragile States", this year's report highlights two key thematic areas-gender equality and … empowerment of women (the third MDG) and the special problems of fragile states, where extreme poverty is increasingly …

: Favorable growth has helped reduce poverty, but more even and accelerated progress requires strengthening of infrastructure and …

crucial year to build momentum. The MDGs set clear targets for eradicating poverty and related human deprivations, and for …

targets for eradicating poverty and other sources of human deprivation. Following other major international meetings came …

What is the human cost of the global economic crisis? How many people will the crisis prevent from escaping poverty … primary education by 2015? What are the gender dimensions of the impacts? These are some of the questions as the global … lower completion rates in later years. And household incomes that fall far below the poverty line will delay escapes from …

call to action to step up development efforts. The U.K. prime minister spoke of a 'global poverty emergency.' These …

net for low-income countries. Specifically, access norms and limits to the Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust (PRGT …