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Post-2015 Agenda Sustainable Development Targets
This post was quoted directly from the Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform.
Sustainable Development Goals and Targets
Goal 1 . End poverty in all its forms everywhere
1.1 by 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than $1.25 a day
1.2 by 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions
G7 Leaders' Declaration on Food Security
The leaders of the G7 (the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom) met in early June for the annual G7 Summit. The resulting Leaders’ Declaration addressed a variety of global issues, including climate change, trade, and epidemics.
Innovations in Rural and Agricultural Finance: Bundling Development Services with Agricultural Finance
Although agriculture is a huge economic driver in most African countries, many African farmers remain poor. Poverty persists due to a large number of factors, one of which is smallholders’ lack of access to financial and market information and services. In Kenya, a project called DrumNet is working to change that.
Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals
This post was quoted directly from the Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform.
Financing for Development Conference Outcome Document Focuses on Sustainable Development
In preparation for the Third International Conference on Financing for Development , to be held in July in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, a draft outcome report laid out a new global framework for financing sustainable development as part of the post-2015 agenda, aiming to mobilize financial and technical resources for development, strengthen national and international policy environments, close technology gaps, and increase public and private investment in development.