Global Scans · No Poverty · Weekly Summary

In September 2015, 193 world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. If these Goals are completed, it would mean an end to extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030.
Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere.

• [New] According to the UN Women Gender Snapshot, closing the gender digital divide could boost global GDP by $1.5 trillion and lift 30 million women out of poverty - that is the scale of the opportunity we are talking about. UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• [New] 239 million people will require urgent humanitarian assistance (as compared to about 1100 million, or 1.1 billion, affected by acute multi-dimensional poverty). Countercurrents
• By 2030, AMR will cost the global economy $3.4 trillion yearly, and by 2050 it will have pushed 28 million people into poverty. Milken Institute
• As China now moves towards comprehensive rural revitalization, balancing external assistance with internal development capabilities is crucial, laying a more stable foundation and creating more opportunities for poverty-stricken regions and populations. CGTN
• By maintaining policy stability, refining monitoring and assistance mechanisms, strengthening industrial and employment support, and establishing effective asset management and long-term operational systems, China aims to ensure one thing above all: There will be no large-scale return to poverty. CGTN
• When projected onto future climate simulations and combined with demographic and poverty projections consistent with the IPCC Shared Socioeconomic Pathways, the AI model reveals sharply diverging food-crisis risks by century's end. Joint Research Centre
• The decarbonization of Europe will become synonymous with its de-industrialization and eventually with its poverty and its irrelevance. amg-news.com - American Media Group
• Rising food prices and declining farm incomes are putting increasing pressure on the global food system, with up to 720 million people at risk of falling into extreme poverty. National Today
• A workers' government in the United States, simply by laying its hands on the $1 trillion increase in wealth for 19 households, could abolish poverty, hunger and homelessness. World Socialist Web Site
• Left unaddressed, that destruction will cause deeper poverty and could spur social unrest and further waves of emigration internationally, only without the state and public support in the hosting countries during Russia's full-scale invasion. CEPA
• Older persons face an outsized risk of falling into poverty, as social safety nets often provide too little support to meet basic needs in the context of longer life spans, rising costs, and worsening global crises. Opinio Juris
• Assam faces challenges such as climate vulnerability, inadequate infrastructure, and multidimensional poverty, which hinder inclusive growth. Netherlands for the World Bank
• A rise in the state pension age will plunge more than a hundred thousand people into poverty. BBC News
• Projecting India as the use case capital of the world might neither result in real gains for people experiencing poverty, nor solve complex socio-economic developmental problems. Center for the Study of Organized Hate
• A manufacturing-led pathway could add US$ 168 billion in output, create 35 million more jobs, and lift 19.1 million people out of poverty by 2043. ISS Africa
• Full AfCFTA implementation could increase Africa's economy by US$ 650 billion by 2043 and lift 32 million people out of extreme poverty. ISS Africa
• SNAP cuts are expected to increase poverty, food insecurity, and hunger by terminating or cutting food assistance for about 4 million people, including children, older adults, people with disabilities, and veterans. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Last updated: 22 March 2026