#global-poverty

#global-poverty

The British medical journal Lancet this week published a study that estimated the ending of USAID could lead to more than 14 million additional deaths globally during the next five years.

In total the richest 1% of the global population has gained at least $33.9tn in real terms, enough to end annual global poverty 22 times over.

The findings of our report offer hope and show that progress is possible," said ILO Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo, in a press release. "But we must not be blindsided by the fact that we still have a long way to go before we achieve our goal of eliminating child labor.