poverty
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28 October Oct 2016 0201 28 October 2016 EU aid gap puts sustainable development at risk
The new aid target the EU set itself to reach the 0.7% target by 2030 is too long and too uncertain to deliver the financing needed to end global poverty by 2030, CONCORD Aidwatch report says
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27 October Oct 2016 0840 27 October 2016 There will be no soft Brexit for Britain’s poorest
According to the leading academic Kenneth Armstrong, vulnerable and disadvantaged people in the UK are already suffering as a result of Brexit
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24 October Oct 2016 1720 24 October 2016 Adieu Calais
As the French government clears the Calais camp, European member states are still grappling to implement the long - due refugee plights policies
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11 October Oct 2016 1143 11 October 2016 One girl under fifteen married every seven seconds
As Unicef celebrates the International Day of the Girl, a report published by Save the Children reveals that one girl under the age of 15 is married every seven seconds
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7 October Oct 2016 1043 07 October 2016 Poverty is not the engine of violent extremism
According to a World Bank study, the socio-economic conditions, poverty or any other sort of deprivations aren’t among the reasons due to which people join the extremist groups
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5 October Oct 2016 1226 05 October 2016 Nearly 385 million children living in extreme poverty
Children are more than twice as likely as adults to live in extreme poverty, according to a new analysis from the World Bank Group and UNICEF.
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30 September Sep 2016 0736 30 September 2016 Achieving the SDGs: the role of Impact Investment
The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) launches an initiative to promote the key role investors can play in achieving the SDGs goals
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23 September Sep 2016 0918 23 September 2016 Towards a more human and just economy
In a context of increasing inequalities, new economic paradigms, capable of guaranteeing greater social justice, political stability as well as environmental sustainability, need to be defined
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22 September Sep 2016 1459 22 September 2016 Most people ignore the progress in the global poverty fight
According to the "Towards 2030 without poverty" report, 87% of people around the world believes that global poverty has either stayed the same or gotten worse over the past 20 years, when the exact opposite is true – it has more than halved.
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22 September Sep 2016 0843 22 September 2016 Club of Rome: One percent growth is enough
The latest Report to the Club of Rome focuses on three endemic social challenges – inequality, unemployment, and climate change – and offers 13 radical policy solutions for industrialized countries to address these problems without the need for faster economic growth.