poverty

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  • UN Needs $176 Trillion To Meet Sustainability Goals
    SUSTAINABILITY
    Although not technically considered a corporate objective, the SDGs are viewed as a noble cause.
  • Poverty Experiment Shows Extra Money Increases Brain Activity In Babies
    MOTHER, BABY, KISS
    Poverty reduction impacts young children's cognitive and emotional growth.
  • World Deaths Top 1 Million As Virus To Push 38 Million Back Into Poverty: WHO, World Bank Latest
    LOAN PACKAGE
    WHO says 1 million COVID-19 deaths is “a very sad milestone” after many victims suffered “a terribly difficult and lonely death.”
  • Hunger Will Kill More Poor People Than COVID-19, Oxfam Warns
    Citizens gather around a car that distribute meat for the poor families in the old city of Mosul
    Already hard hit, the world's poor are suffering more because the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing more of them into hunger.
  • Capitalism Doing World More Harm than Good, says Global Study
    FINANCE
    Capitalism is failing to give most people a decent life and disenchantment with it is growinhg.
  • Oxfam Blames Governments For Enriching The Rich; Impoverishing The Poor
    Vaccine poor
    Oxfam blames governments worldwide for failing to mitigate poverty and wealth inequality, and coddling the super rich.
  • More Than 1.37 Million People In Hong Kong Living Below Poverty Line
    Hong Kong
    Official figures released on Monday revealed more than 1.37 million people in Hong Kong are living below the poverty line and 17.5 percent of children in the city classified as living in poverty.
  • Poverty In Australia Continues To Rise
    Needs help
    The number of Australians living in poverty continues to rise despite 27 years of unbroken economic growth that's given Australia the world's 10th highest per capita income.