U.N. Push Ended Extreme Poverty for a Billion People, Report Concludes

Source: The GuardianBan Ki-moon hails achievements of millennium development goals but warns world still riven by inequality. The millennium development goals (MDGs) have driven “the most successful anti-poverty movement in history” and brought more than a billion people out of extreme penury, but their achievements have been mixed and the world remains deeply riven by inequality, the UN ’s final report on the goals has concluded. Ban Ki-moon, the UN...