Contributed by Simone Cecchini, dgPoverty Advisor

The Poverty in Latin America database has been developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Social Development Division in the framework of the project "Monitoring the poverty ...

"Greater longevity is an indicator of human progress in general. Increased life expectancy and lower fertility rates are changing the population structure worldwide in a major way: the proportion of older persons is rapidly increasing, a process known as population ageing. The process is inevitable and is already advanced in developed countries and progressing quite rapidly in developing ones.

The 2007 Survey analyzes the implications of ...

2008 is the UN International Year of the Potato (IYP). The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is leading implementation of the International Year of the Potato. To deepen understanding of the potato's role in world agriculture, the economy and global food security, FAO specialists have compiled a series of factsheets on key issues in potato development.

The potato is the most important root and tuber crop in the world and the third most important food crop in the ...

Shared growth is economic growth in which a significant share of poor people improves their well-being by contributing to and benefiting from the growth process. While there is widespread agreement that economic growth is a necessary condition for sustained poverty reduction, there is ample evidence that the pattern of growth—how growth is generated and how it is distributed—is also critical for accelerating poverty reduction. Similarly, while there is broad ...

IPC is a new dgPoverty Cooperating Organization

Established in 2004 in Brasilia, the International Poverty Centre (IPC) is a global centre for applied research and training on poverty. It is based on a partnership ...

Government officials , development practitioners, representatives from international organizations and non-governmental organizations gathered at the United Nations headquarters last month concluded that when it comes to long lasting solutions in the fight ...