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UN development chief calls rising poverty a wake-up call for the world
Original: > Rise in poverty is ‘a wake-up call for the world’, UN development chief says https:// news.un.org/feed/view/en/story /
The UN's development chief says the global rise in poverty should serve as a wake-up call for the world, warning that recent gains in reducing hardship are being reversed. The warning drew sharp online reactions, with commenters arguing the alarm should have been raised long ago and accusing the privileged of ignoring worsening conditions for the world's poorest.
Why now: The UN's stark warning about rising global poverty is prompting debate about reversing development gains.
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- > Rise in poverty is ‘a wake-up call for the world’, UN development chief says https:// news.un.org/feed/view/en/story /2026/10/1168574 It should've always been a wake-up call, but you know, privileged people could not care less as they forget that there but for the amusement… · bloodravenlib@mas.to · 8
- > Rise in poverty is ‘a wake-up call for the world’, UN development chief says https:// news.un.org/feed/view/en/story /2026/10/1168574 It should've always been a wake-up call, but you know, privileged people could not care less as they forget that there but for the amusement… · bloodravenlib@boriken.social · 1
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