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Data Miners See Poverty Gradations; and More Cases of Harassment at the UN

April 21, 2018April 11, 2018 by Barbara Crossette

International organizations, governments and a vast army of nongovernmental organizations justifiably welcome the sharp reductions that have been achieved in global poverty in recent decades. Data researchers show, however, that when it comes to defining who are the poorest, poverty is not a monolithic state. Two analysts from the online site Our World in Data, … Read more

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Least-Developed Countries, a Status That Many Nations Can’t Leave Behind

January 9, 2018January 1, 2018 by Bill Buchanan

Since 1971, the United Nations has recognized least-developed countries as those deemed highly disadvantaged in their development strides because of structural, historical and geographical reasons. The aim has been, and still is, to support these countries to graduate to higher levels of self-sufficiency and economic independence, not in the sense for a privileged minority but … Read more

Freed From Extreme Poverty, but Left Out of the Middle Class

August 4, 2015August 3, 2015 by Barbara Crossette

When the final assessment of what the Millennium Development Goals achieved was released on July 6, the United Nations said confidently that more than 1 billion people had been lifted from poverty since 1990, the baseline year for setting the goals, which were then monitored from 2000 to 2015. But where did these poor people … Read more

Data Miners See Poverty Gradations; and More Cases of Harassment at the UN

Least-Developed Countries, a Status That Many Nations Can’t Leave Behind

Freed From Extreme Poverty, but Left Out of the Middle Class

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