[RED DEMOCRATICA] Ban: "Entrenched poverty" lingers, harms societies

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | WHO: Focus is on stopping Ebola Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   October 20, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Ban: "Entrenched poverty" lingers, harms societies At least 700 million people between 1990 and 2010 were lifted out of poverty, but 1.2 billion people still live on less than $1.25 per day, said Ban Ki-moon, United Nations secretary-general. "[E]ntrenched poverty and prejudice and vast gulfs between wealth and destitution, can undermine the fabric of societies and lead to instability," he argues. About $66 billion each year would be needed to lift all people up to the $1.25-per-day income level, according to Brookings Institution research. 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