Our Scans · (LF.1) No Poverty · Weekly Summary

In September 2015, 193 world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. If these Goals are completed, it would mean an end to extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030.
Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere.

• [New] As China now moves towards comprehensive rural revitalization, balancing external assistance with internal development capabilities is crucial, laying a more stable foundation and creating more opportunities for poverty-stricken regions and populations. CGTN
• [New] When projected onto future climate simulations and combined with demographic and poverty projections consistent with the IPCC Shared Socioeconomic Pathways, the AI model reveals sharply diverging food-crisis risks by century's end. Joint Research Centre
• [New] At best, troop deployments in Latin America might temporarily suppress violence but do not address the structural drivers of crime, from poverty and inequality to generalized corruption. Foreign Affairs Magazine
• [New] Federal proposals and rules that restrict immigrant families' access to Medicaid, SNAP, and other basic supports, which advocates say will push more children into poverty, worsen health, and increase child welfare involvement. INVISIBLE CHILDREN
• [New] Projecting India as the use case capital of the world might neither result in real gains for people experiencing poverty, nor solve complex socio-economic developmental problems. Center for the Study of Organized Hate
• [New] A rise in the state pension age will plunge more than a hundred thousand people into poverty. BBC News
• [New] Rising food prices and declining farm incomes are putting increasing pressure on the global food system, with up to 720 million people at risk of falling into extreme poverty. National Today
• [New] Older persons face an outsized risk of falling into poverty, as social safety nets often provide too little support to meet basic needs in the context of longer life spans, rising costs, and worsening global crises. Opinio Juris
• [New] If current trends continue, 351 million women and girls will still be living in extreme poverty in 2030, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 5 - to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls-will be missed. UNEP-DHI
• By 2050, almost 200 million people could be lifted out of undernourishment and over 100 million people out of extreme poverty. United Nations Environment Programme
• Due to action by the Maryland General Assembly last year, its state-based health insurance premium assistance program will lessen the blow of rising premiums for many people under 400% of the federal poverty level through 2028. UPI
• A manufacturing-led pathway could add US$ 168 billion in output, create 35 million more jobs, and lift 19.1 million people out of poverty by 2043. ISS Africa
• Full AfCFTA implementation could increase Africa's economy by US$ 650 billion by 2043 and lift 32 million people out of extreme poverty. ISS Africa
• The broader goals will include raising GDP per capita above US$1,050 by 2029, reducing the trade deficit, and lowering poverty rates. / Liberia allAfrica.com
• '141m Nigerians Will Be In Poverty in 2026' - Daily Trust At least 141 million Nigerians are expected to be living in poverty in 2026, according to PwC's Nigeria Economic Outlook 2026. Radio Ndarason International
• Mexico needs more investment to grow and to create quality jobs that will enable us to be more competitive in high value-added industries and to offer higher wages in order to reduce poverty and inequality. Mexico News Daily

Last updated: 02 March 2026