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UN in deal to fight global poverty
2015-07-16 11:26:43| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A United Nations summit of rich and poor countries agrees to overhaul global finance for international development and unlock money to end extreme poverty.
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'We can be the first generation that ends poverty'
2015-07-13 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: An African proverb teaches that fine words do not produce food. That wise counsel is foremost in my mind as leaders gather in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for a pivotal global financing conference to put the world on course to end poverty and protect the planet. This must be a year for global action. In September, the international community will adopt a new set of sustainable development goals for the next 15 years. In December, governments have committed to reach a first-of-its-kind universal and...
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VIDEO: New UN goals to end global poverty
2015-07-13 01:58:23| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
World leaders are considering setting a new range of targets for reducing global poverty at a UN summit in Addis Ababa.
UK has 2.3m children in poverty
2015-06-25 13:48:34| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The number of children living in relative poverty in the UK is 2.3 million, government figures show.
Poverty and plenty: dark days for South America's oil giant
2015-06-02 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
The 'resource curse' is biting deep in Venezuela, where the oil price crash is laying waste to an economy entirely dependent on oil revenue. With import cuts forcing citizens to queue in their hundreds for basic goods and the Maduro government unwill
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