Ending poverty: the 3 key questions

The video discusses the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and their impact on poverty reduction. It highlights the uneven progress and the need for a new global framework to replace the MDGs by 2015. The video explores the complexity of defining and measuring poverty, noting that poverty is not solely about income and affects people in middle-income countries. It emphasizes the importance of principles like solidarity, equality, dignity, and respect for nature in shaping new development goals. Finally, it addresses the need for new policies and leadership to achieve these goals, with a debate held on December 5, 2013, featuring world experts.

What was one of the main achievements of the Millennium Development Goals?

• Reducing the number of people living in extreme poverty by half

• Eliminating poverty completely

• Ending hunger worldwide

• Achieving global equality

Which countries are mentioned as having a new bottom billion living in poverty?

• Brazil and Argentina

• Russia and Japan

• United States and Canada

• India and China

What is a key challenge in maintaining progress against poverty?

• Increasing global population

• Political instability

• Lack of technological advancement

• Ensuring poverty reduction is sustainable

Which principle is NOT mentioned as part of the new international development agenda?

• Respect for nature

• Solidarity

• Innovation

• Equality

What is necessary for achieving the new development goals?

• New policies and leadership

• More international conferences

• Higher taxes

• Increased foreign aid