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By admin | Fri, 02/24/2023 - 11:56
Abandoning the Poor

Global spending on climate change

Graph showing global spend on climate change

At midnight on Sunday 23rd February 2025, USAID (the world’s largest provider of international aid – circa $69 billion) was effectively shut down

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Buenos Aires 2017

Poor housing in Buenos Aires with high rises in background 2017
http://www.aboutbuenosaires.org/

A recent report form the city of Buenos Aires measuring multi-dimensional poverty, using the consensual method, has found that in 2019,15.3% of households were multi-dimensionally poor, rising to 25.7% for households with children under 18 years of age. The method established will be used to measure nu,ti-dimensional poverty on an ongoing basis.

Poverty and SDGs: BPI conference

6th Townsend poverty conference ad

Details of 6th Townsend poverty conference on Poverty and sustainable development goals
Bristol Poverty Institute

We are now delighted to offer you the presentation slides and video recordings of sessions across the three days, featuring formal presentations, interactive Q&As, networking opportunities and much more.

 

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Going backwards (CiA Lettershandoney 2013) click to open video Going backwards (CiA Lettershandoney 2013)
The forgotten estate (CiA Doury Rd 2013) click to open video The forgotten estate (CiA Doury Rd 2013)
Surviving on the edge (CiA Ardoyne 2012) click to open video Surviving on the edge (CiA Ardoyne 2012)

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