Global action needed to support national efforts to advance social development, reduce systemic risks and build resilience against confluent crises New York, 17 October 2024 – With countries emerging ...

Africa faces challenges in reducing extreme poverty and inequality. In 2024, 8.5% of the global population was living in extreme poverty (that is, on less than US$2.15 a day). Nearly 67% of these ...

As extreme weather events become more frequent and the impacts of climate change become stronger, countries around the world are strengthening their decarbonization efforts. The 2016 Paris Agreement ...

There is no shortage of government and foundation programs to reduce poverty. Despite the progress made over the last 50 years, poverty persists. Look at India’s growth in the last two decades fueled ...

Five years ago, around 650 million people lived in poverty across the globe. Today, that number has climbed to more than 800 million. In other words, one out of every ten people on Earth still ...

Therefore, it is no accident that the Chinese model of modernization now resonates globally. The Western economic historian, ...

Veronique illon/The Hoya A Jesuit discusses the world poverty epidemic and other international affairs with a student over dinner in Riggs Library Sunday evening. Riggs Library was full Sunday evening ...

CHICAGO, IL, USA, October 9, 2023 / EINPresswire.com / -- The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN) and four of its partner food banks — ABACO Bancos de Alimentos de Colombia, Leket Israel, Red de ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 24 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva kicked off a global effort on Wednesday to end hunger and extreme poverty, aiming to make it a hallmark of Brazil's ...

Highrise apartments along the railway line in Kibera, Nairobi. The apartments are part of the Kibera Slum Upgrading Project, September 2016. [Jacob Otieno, Standard] Over the years, Africa has had ...

The Global FoodBanking Network’s grant funds will help expand its Food Bank Accelerator program, which works directly with newly established food banks, providing financial resources, technical ...