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15-Year-Old Thinking for Post-2015 Solutions on Inequality?

Published on Oxfam America’s Politics of Poverty blog

A serious critique of the new UN goals

The much-anticipated recommendations for a post-2015 agenda report is bold and full of optimism, as my Oxfam colleagues acknowledge (a welcome treat in an otherwise uncertain era). I especially like the authors’ certainty that we can eradicate extreme poverty from the earth by 2030. Continue reading