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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] Persons with disabilities, the world's largest minority, have generally poorer health, lower education achievements, fewer economic opportunities and higher rates of poverty than people without disabilities. United Nations
  • [New] The lack of economic opportunities and resources further marginalized Native American communities, perpetuating cycles of poverty and inequality. Employment Security Commission
  • [New] Conflict, extreme poverty, and environmental degradation in some regions continue to hamper Africa's opportunities for growth. Trade Horizons
  • [New] Increased access to the internet in Nigeria and Tanzania led to a 7% drop in extreme poverty and an 8% rise in job opportunities in just three years. Politics Nigeria
  • The uncertainty over Nigeria's net international reserves level poses additional risks, as would exogenous further shocks that impact external stability, poverty, and food insecurity. Arise News
  • Islamic microfinance holds immense potential in alleviating poverty, with Indonesia leading the way through innovative initiatives. Pakistan Observer
  • The agricultural sector has the largest potential to lead millions of Nigerians out of poverty and provide much-needed food security. Vanguard News
  • Agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa lags by almost every productivity metric, leaving hundreds of millions of people at risk of hunger and making it harder for them to leave poverty. Wired
  • In the Asia-Pacific region, climate change threatens to worsen hunger and poverty and is undoing gains in sustainable development achieved over recent decades. UNDP
  • According to the Gender Snapshot 2023, published by the UN's gender equality agency, if current trends continue more than 340 million women and girls will still be living in extreme poverty by 2030. Working Voices
  • In addition to climatic shocks, conflict and insecurity, widespread poverty and disease outbreaks will continue to drive humanitarian needs this year. ReliefWeb
  • Climate change could push up to 158 million more women and girls into poverty globally (16 million more than the total number of men and boys). Zawya
  • The MPC will prioritise public service, quality healthcare and build a social relief framework for South African households living in poverty. Polity.org.za
  • Failure to act with urgency and on scale will have devastating effects on prospects for development, undermine poverty reduction, exacerbate conflict, and push the world further off track on the SDGs SDGs. GOV.UK
  • Variables will determine productivity increases in Ethiopia, boosting economic growth and reducing poverty, particularly among the rural population, which positively impacts agricultural productivity. Nature
  • In Nigeria, cooperative organizations have the potential to reduce poverty, provided they adhere to strong values, commitment to cooperative principles. Guardian Nigeria
  • SDG1 calls for the eradication of extreme poverty by 2030, but just 5 African countries have data for the 2019-2022 period on the proportion of the population living below the international poverty line. Pan African Visions
  • If poverty of the kind found in much of Africa - as well as other parts of the world - is both morally and politically unacceptable, and if poverty is relational rather than an innocent or original situation, then we might think about poverty reduction and wealth reduction as interlinked. ScienceOpen
  • Only with the support of British people and institutions, and by working with partners around the world, will we end extreme poverty, tackle climate change and biodiversity loss, and achieve the SDGs SDGs. GOV.UK
  • UK international development will work to end extreme poverty and tackle climate change and biodiversity loss. GOV.UK
  • Several of the SDGs - for example, eradicating poverty (SDG # 1), securing quality education (SDG # 4), ensuring decent work and economic growth (SDG # 8) - will require the expansion of affordable and reliable energy services for billions of people, not least in Africa and South Asia. Climate Etc.
  • More people were pushed into poverty than the year before - a downward spiral that continues unabated since the global Coronavirus pandemic The World Bank predicts that by 2024 people in one out of every four developing countries will still be poorer than they were in 2019. Eurodad

Last updated: 17 March 2024



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