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Gates Foundation’s Annual Goalkeepers Report Shows COVID-19 Has Stalled 20 Years of Progress, Calls for Global Response to End the Pandemic

September 24, 2020

Report shows how economic damage has reinforced inequities and derailed achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals; spotlights countries innovating to meet challenges The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launched…

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Global Poverty: Coronavirus Could Drive It Up For The First Time Since The 1990s

June 17, 2020

As COVID-19 slows in developed countries, the virus’s spread is speeding up in the developing world. Three-quarters of new cases detected each day are now in developing countries. And as…

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How COVID-19 Is Reversing The Progress In The Fight Against Global Poverty

May 29, 2020

Various forecasts suggest that years worth of poverty reduction are slowly being negated by COVID-19. Forecasts from multiple organisations show that the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to push millions of…

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Black Americans Mostly Left Behind By Progress Since Dr. King’s Death

January 20, 2020

On Apr. 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, while assisting striking sanitation workers. Back then, over a half century ago, the wholesale racial integration…

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How Asia Transformed From The Poorest Continent In The World Into A Global Economic Powerhouse

October 28, 2019

In 1820, Asia accounted for two-thirds of the world’s population and more than one-half of global income. The subsequent decline of Asia was attributed to its integration with a world…

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Gates Foundation’s Annual Goalkeepers Report Shows COVID-19 Has Stalled 20 Years of Progress, Calls for Global Response to End the Pandemic

Global Poverty: Coronavirus Could Drive It Up For The First Time Since The 1990s

How COVID-19 Is Reversing The Progress In The Fight Against Global Poverty

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Black Americans Mostly Left Behind By Progress Since Dr. King’s Death

How Asia Transformed From The Poorest Continent In The World Into A Global Economic Powerhouse

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