INFOGRAPHIC – Extreme poverty will drop below 10% in 2015. The 2030 goal to eradicate poverty may well be reached, according to the World Bank.
Would the world enter a new trajectory? For the first time, the share of people living in extreme poverty is expected to drop below 10%. These are the conclusions of the World Bank in his last report, despite the increase in the minimum income ($ 1.90). The ambitious goal set by the President of the World Bank Group of ending poverty by 2030 is on track.
“We are the first generation in human history able to end extreme poverty,” said Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group. This announced reduction of poverty below the 10% mark should give us a new dynamism and help us to give priority more than ever to proven effective strategies to put an end to extreme poverty. “
The Indonesian example
The challenges to achieving this goal are many. Health is a major one: in the different regions of the world, the poorest populations lack access to basic health care. Indonesia, which is nevertheless one of the most affected countries, has understood the need to make it a priority. In 2005, the country spent $ 4.5 billion to improve health services. A model in the eyes of the World Bank.
“While the priority value of investing in education and health differs from country to country, developing countries will need to pay more attention to early childhood development among disadvantaged children, especially girls, in order to to interrupt the intergenerational transmission of poverty, ”the report slices. Indeed, stunting is still a problem for a third of countries, thinness for a quarter. One in five states even lacks access to maternal, neonatal and pediatric care.
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