: 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 … lower completion rates in later years. And household incomes that fall far below the poverty line will delay escapes from … poverty. This report uses indirect evidence to assess the impact of the crisis on several indicators, including the number of …

extreme poverty and hunger by half. Although the poverty goal is likely to be met at the global level, thanks to a remarkable …

focuses on seven goals that cover poverty, education, gender equality, infant and child mortality, maternal mortality …, reproductive health, and environment. Each of the seven goals addresses an aspect of poverty. The paper also emphasizes that these …

, examines the impact of the worst recession since the Great Depression on poverty and human development outcomes in developing … precrisis progress in poverty reduction will slow, particularly in low-income countries in Africa. No household in developing … countries is immune. Gaps will persist to 2020. In 2015, 20 million more people in Sub-Saharan Africa will be in extreme poverty …