News Room Archive

Eurodad - World Bank new poverty estimates: more confusing than ever
24 Sep 2008
"At the end of August the World Bank published a report with the new count of how many people live in extreme poverty. The new figures fuelled the ongoing debate on poverty estimates."

Action Aid report finds Food Crisis may derail world's promises to the poor
24 Sep 2008
In 2000 the world committed to halve the numbers of hungry people by 2015, along with other promises aimed at promoting poverty reduction, education, maternal health, gender equality and combating child mortality, Aids and other diseases. Some progress has been made, but maternal mortality, the goal most off track has barely improved, and hunger is getting worse not better as the food crisis bites.