2015年10月21日 · The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is tied to no …

2015年7月23日 · The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is tied to no …

2015年1月19日 · What is extreme poverty, a condition that affects Fátima and at least another 1 billion people in the world (World Bank, 2011)? Our experience at CREN (Centre of Nutritional Recovery and Education) has shown that being poor means to be exposed to a range of adverse conditions that go against, limit, or put obstacles to the fulfillment of the person, to their …

2023年4月6日 · The proportion of people in extreme poverty worldwide could fall below 2% in 2050 under the base forecast from the Center for Global Development. Eradicating extreme poverty for all by 2030 is the first goal of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Anyone living on less than $2.15 a day is in extreme poverty, according to the World Bank.

2020年3月9日 · Some countries have experienced more success than others in reducing rates of extreme poverty. Here’s a look at the best performers.

2015年7月24日 · In the run-up to the summit, the World Economic Forum is looking at how the world has changed over the past quarter of a century through the prism of the original development goals, the first of which was to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger.

2015年7月16日 · Extreme poverty has fallen dramatically in the developing world since 1981. About 70% of the developing world was living under $2 per day that year, and this rate has fallen by about half to just over 36% in 2011.

2012年11月21日 · The public chorus to eliminate extreme poverty by 2030 now includes US President Barack Obama, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and Bono. The backdrop is extremely promising since the developing world has already cut the share of people living below US$1.25 a day by half since 1990. At a consistent rate of progress, the other half could well …

2016年1月4日 · This article is published in collaboration with VoxEU. With the new Global Goals agreed this autumn (UN 2015), the issue of poverty is at the top of global agenda. In a new book, The Economics of Poverty: History, Measurement and Policy, I review past and present debates on poverty, in rich and poor countries. 1 The book strives to provide an accessible synthesis of …

2015年9月7日 · This fall is a pivotal time for the international development community. We are shifting from a Millennium Development Goal that challenged the world to halve the global extreme poverty rate, to a Sustainable Development Goal that asks us to build on that momentum and work toward a true end to extreme poverty. Make no mistake; this will not be easy. We will …