VOA News: One Billion at Risk of Extreme Poverty
“Climbing out of extreme poverty — and staying there — can be very difficult. A new report warns up to one billion people are at risk of extreme poverty by 2030 unless more is done to support them in hard times. … The Overseas Development Institute and the Chronic Poverty Advisory Network have released the Third Chronic Poverty Report. Network Director Andrew Shepard — the lead author — warns of poverty’s ‘revolving door’…” (DeCapua, 3/10).