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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Report Finds 400 Million Children Living in Extreme Poverty

Report Finds 400 Million Children Living in Extreme Poverty:


"“We have witnessed an historic movement of people lifting themselves out of poverty over the past three decades, but the number of children living in poverty alone should leave no doubt that there remains much work to do,” said World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim. “We can reach our goals of ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity, including sharing that prosperity with future generations, but only if we work together with new urgency. Children should not be cruelly condemned to a life without hope, without good education, and without access to quality health care. We must do better for them.”"




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