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Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Somalia has made significant macroeconomic strides in recent years, but these gains have yet to translate into poverty reduction, with over half of the population still living below the national poverty line, says a new World Bank report,  ‘Somalia Poverty and Equity Assessment’

©- - 25 september 2024 - 07:58:45 - thread (468 words)


Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The socio-economic event of the week, which is drawing to a close, was the adoption by the Council of Ministers of a draft law ratifying an agreement on the regulation of the employment of Burundian workers in the State of Qatar

©- - 27 may 2023 - 14:58:15 - thread (469 words)


Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundi office of the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), on behalf of 72 local and international operational partners, presented on Monday the "Humanitarian Response Plan 2023" estimated af 194

©- - 03 april 2023 - 15:39:39 - thread (278 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Monday said that the fight against poverty remains at the core of Government’s preoccupations, which is tackling the root causes of poverty and exclusion by working with poor communities and others left behind to better access basic services such as health and education, social protection measures and empowerment initiatives for women and youth

©- - 18 october 2022 - 07:23:43 - thread (401 words)


New York, US (PANA) - Almost two years into the COVID-19 crisis, a huge divergence in the recovery is undermining global trust and solidarity, according to a new policy brief on jobs and poverty eradication, outlined by UN chief, António Guterres on Tuesday

©- - 28 september 2021 - 15:14:13 - thread (601 words)


Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The number of people living in poverty has increased despite progress on the continent, says a report on Africa's progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals

©- - 26 february 2020 - 17:38:33 - thread (351 words)


Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angola's poverty rate has increased by four per cent over the past 11 years, with 41 per cent of the population living below the poverty line against 37 per cent in 2008

©- - 07 december 2019 - 13:27:24 - thread (339 words)


Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Some 300 households in financial and material difficulties in Bujumbura, the economic capital of Burundi, are going to be reintegrated in their villages of origin across the country, PANA learned on Wednesday from a source close to the Ministry of Human Rights, National Solidarity and Gender

©- - 04 september 2019 - 16:31:28 - thread (573 words)


Cotonou, Benin (PANA)   -   The Police Comptroller General, Soumaïla Allabi Yaya, has been appointed head of the Republican Police Directorate (DGPR) to replace the 2nd class Police Inspector General, Nazaire Hounnonkpè, according to a decision of the Council of Ministers held on Wednesday

©- - 17 july 2019 - 22:25:07 - thread (146 words)


Washington, US (PANA) - Generations of poor people in developing countries are trapped in a cycle of poverty determined by their circumstance at birth and unable to ascend the economic ladder due to inequality of opportunity, says the World Bank Group’s ‘Fair Progress? Economic Mobility across Generations Around the World’ report, released on Wednesday
©- - 09 may 2018 - 20:00:31 - thread (874 words)


Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Though Guinea’s economy is growing at a fast pace, driven by a buoyant mining sector, the country needs to preserve its macroeconomic stability and generate more inclusive and broad-based growth for poverty reduction improved living standards of the population
©- - 03 may 2018 - 09:36:13 - thread (439 words)


New York, US (PANA) - Cameroonian President Paul Biya has told the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that peace, essential for the survival of humanity and sustainable development, “is dangerously under threat,” notably from terrorism, conflicts, poverty and climate disruptions
©- - 22 september 2017 - 17:26:17 - thread (279 words)


New York, US (PANA) - Poverty is both a cause and consequence of marginalization and social exclusion, the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, said on Monday, stressing that to fulfill the promise of the 2030 Agenda to leave no one behind, "we must address the humiliation and exclusion of people living in poverty"
©- - 17 october 2016 - 14:05:47 - thread (594 words)


New York, US (PANA) - Children are more than twice as likely as adults to live in extreme poverty, with nearly 385 million children worldwide experiencing that condition, according to a report by the World Bank Group and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
©- - 04 october 2016 - 17:56:45 - thread (615 words)


New York, US (PANA) - Namibian President Hage Geingob on Wednesday said the he will use the platform of the Sustainable Development Agenda to drive economic and social programmes toward ensuring a life of dignity for all Namibians
©- - 21 september 2016 - 18:22:24 - thread (521 words)


Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Human Development Index (HDI) launched by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has ranked Gambia 175 out of 188 countries
©- - 13 january 2016 - 11:34:28 - thread (263 words)


Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - African economists have gathered in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), to discuss poverty response strategies and give impetus to the recently launched UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), PANA reported on Monday
©- - 02 november 2015 - 09:10:29 - thread (330 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A multidisciplinary international team from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) arrived Wednesday in Mauritius to participate in the Mauritian Government’s Marshall Plan to combat poverty and social exclusion, PANA reported from here
©- - 23 september 2015 - 13:31:26 - thread (235 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius has launched the “Lovebridge Parrainage Project” meant to improve the living conditions of the most vulnerable group of the Mauritian population, PANA reported Tuesday from the Mauritian capital
©- - 22 september 2015 - 12:44:24 - thread (229 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – A rural development project supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in Morocco’s Mountain Zones of Al-Haouz Province has created and strengthened more than 200 community-based associations and cooperatives and increased the average household income by nearly 50 per cent across the project area
©- - 15 may 2015 - 10:02:36 - thread (557 words)


New York, US (PANA) - The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Wednesday said that representatives of East African nations are meeting in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, to share best practices on fighting poverty and inequality
©- - 25 february 2015 - 19:27:48 - thread (174 words)


Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) here has called on government to embrace joint action plan which was developed by government itself and the organization to address extreme poverty in the country
©- - 02 september 2014 - 12:57:30 - thread (338 words)


Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The World Bank and the Congolese government have signed an agreement to set up a project called "Lisungui", designed to help about 5,000 poor households, including pregnant women and children aged under 14 years, according to an official communique issued here Thursday
©- - 20 february 2014 - 13:50:45 - thread (206 words)


Lomé,Togo (PANA) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Togo has consolidated its economic growth but major challenges remain to be tackled in terms of economic reforms and poverty alleviation
©- - 26 december 2013 - 21:01:47 - thread (250 words)


New York, US (PANA) – Rwandan President Paul Kagame has urged world leaders to muster the courage and increase their efforts in the fight against poverty
©- - 26 september 2013 - 15:00:28 - thread (349 words)