Two decades ago, eradicating poverty on a global scale finally became an official goal for the international community. In 2000, the United Nations adopted the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – to be reached by 2015. The first of those goals was to “eradicate extreme poverty and hunger”. Subsequently, in 2015, the UN adopted a new set of goals, called the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), for the period 2015-2030. Taking stock of the achievements of the previous …

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