extreme poverty

Children of a Lesser God: Trafficking Soars in India

By Neeta Lal
Sunita Pal, a frail 17-year-old, lies in a tiny bed in the women’s ward of New Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital. Her face and head swathed in bandages, with only a bruised eye and swollen lips visible, the girl recounts her ordeal to a TV channel propped up by a pillow. She talks of her employers beating her with a stick every day, depriving her of food and threatening to kill her if she dared report her misery to anybody.

Opinion: From Inequality to Inclusion

By Jomo Kwame Sundaram
Recent years have seen a remarkable resurgence of interest in economic inequality, thanks primarily to growing recognition of some of its economic, social, cultural and political consequences in the wake of Western economic stagnation.

Opinion: Hungry for Change, Achieving Food Security and Nutrition for All

By Paloma Duran
With the enthusiasm of the recent Financing for Development conference behind us, the central issues and many layers of what is at stake are now firmly in sight. In fact, a complex issue like hunger, which is a long standing development priority, remains an everyday battle for almost 795 million people worldwide.

Opinion: U.N. Can Help Reform the International Financial System

By Jomo Kwame Sundaram
The growth in global interdependence poses greater challenges to policy makers on a wide range of issues and for countries at all levels of development.

Q&A: “If We Don’t Close the Poverty Gap, the 21st Century Will End in Extreme Violence”

By Nora Happel
Implementation of the ambitious post-2015 development agenda which will be adopted in September 2015 at the United Nations depends to a large extent on funding.

Despite Scepticism, U.N. Hails Its Anti-Poverty Programme

By Thalif Deen
The United Nations, which launched one of its most ambitious anti-poverty development programmes back in 2000, has hailed it as a riveting success story – despite shortcomings.

Opinion: Sub-Saharan Africa, Addis and Paris

By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Rudi von Arnim
After the turn of the century, growth in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) picked up again after a quarter century of near stagnation for most, mainly due to increased world demand for minerals and other natural resources.

Opinion: 2015 and Beyond, Young Voices, Loud Demands

By Daniele Brunetto
As a young person interested in development, my heart beats a little faster when I look at the potential of 2015. There has never been so much at stake as this year for the future of our planet.

Sustaining the Future Through Culture

By A. D. McKenzie
International experts working in the creative sector are calling for governments to recognise the integral role that culture plays in development and to ensure that culture is a part of the post-2015 United Nations development goals, to be discussed next year.

World Bank Urged to Include Human Rights in Safeguards Review

By Carey L. Biron
Backed by the German government and prominent civil society voices, United Nations experts are calling for the World Bank to explicitly incorporate international human right standards into its "safeguards" to minimise negative impacts of bank financing on vulnerable communities and environments.

World Bank Aims to End Extreme Poverty by 2030

By Carey L. Biron
World Bank President Jim Kim has unveiled a series of new institutional goals aimed at ending extreme poverty by 2030 and focusing on the promotion of “shared prosperity” – increasing the incomes of the poorest 40 percent in each country while placing increased focus on dealing with climate change.


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