At the dawn of the New Millennium there was a big talk about reaching the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 and amongst other goals is to eradicate poverty, illiteracy, to provide basic amenities and health care to all and the People were made to believe that all...
This week, heads of state are gathering in New York to sign the UN’s new sustainable development goals (SDGs). The main objective is to eradicate poverty by 2030. Beyoncé, One Direction and Malala are on board. It’s set to be a monumental international celebration....
The #United Nations’ new #Sustainable #Development Goals (#SDGs), which are about to replace the previous Millennium Development Goals (#MDGs), are getting a lot of hate these days. The Economist recently called the 169 proposed targets “sprawling and misconceived,”...
The article originally appeared on Common Dreams on 16th March 2015. Reach the author on Twitter at: @martinkirk_ny. The United Nations, large NGOs and lots of big corporations are gearing up to tell the world that we can eradicate global poverty by 2030. As a...
