"This week will see the World Summit for Social Development in Qatar. This is the first such summit in 30 years to focus the world's attention on the pressing need to provide health, education, social protection and other vital services for all. Such public services are the most powerful and proven way to build more equal, fairer societies. This summit offers a critical opportunity to radically improve public service delivery,"
"In 2024, Oxfam highlighted that 84 percent of countries have cut investment in education, health and social protection. Nine out of ten countries have backtracked in one or more areas. The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals in all these areas are way off track. Cuts to aid from rich countries are also making things worse for the Global South. US foreign assistance cuts alone could cause more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030."
Public services including health, education and social protection are being cut while wealth concentrates at the top, undermining the social contract between governments and citizens. Youth-led protests across countries cite neglected public services and outages as catalysts, with slogans like We want hospitals, not stadiums and uprisings triggered by electricity and water failures. Global investment in education, health and social protection has fallen in most countries, leaving the UN Sustainable Development Goals off track. Cuts to aid from rich countries and reduced US foreign assistance risk millions of additional deaths. Global private wealth has surged far faster than public wealth, largely untaxed.
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