Thursday, December 09, 2004

Oxfam - Debt and Aid - Paying the Price: Why rich countries must invest now in a war on poverty

Oxfam - Debt and Aid - Paying the Price: Why rich countries must invest now in a war on poverty :

"Time for action to meet the MDGs is running out, yet progress has been unforgivably slow. Only one goal, halving income poverty, has any chance of being met, but even this is due to progress in just a handful of countries. The first target, enrolling all girls in primary and secondary school by 2005, is certain to be missed. The poorest people will pay the price for this failure. If the world fails to act to meet even these minimal goals, and current trends are allowed to continue,
-- 45 million more children will die between now and 2015
-- 247 million more people in sub-Saharan Africa will be living on less than $1 a day in 2015
-- 97 million more children will still be out of school in 2015
-- 53 million more people in the world will lack proper sanitation facilities."

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