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World Bank chief: global poverty bigger challenge than action on HIV
2013-04-04 20:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The president of the World Bank has warned that ending the worst of global poverty within a generation would prove a tougher challenge than tackling Aids, as he urged direct action to help more than a billion people benefit from growth. Jim Yong Kim, the former health activist chosen by Barack Obama to lead the Washington-based institution, said the goal of reducing the number of people living on less than $1.25 a day from 21% to 3% by 2030 was achievable but "extraordinarily difficult". Interviewed...
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