Tuesday, January 18, 2005


Ending extreme poverty
posted at 5:44 AM

According to this article on MSNBC, a 13-volume report has been submitted to the UN that indicates that if all nations meet their promised amount of development assistance to poor countries--0.7% of each nation's gross national income--then extreme poverty would be eliminated by 2025.

I literally started to cry when I read this.



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