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Federal Safety-Net Programs Continue to Keep Millions Out of Poverty

On September 16, despite relatively little change in U.S. poverty numbers, Bread for the World points to new U.S. Census Bureau data showing that federal safety-net programs continue to prevent millions of people from falling into poverty. The bureau...

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OSCE trains young Ukrainians in facilitating dialogue

The Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine held a three-day training course on dialogue facilitation for young people from 7 to 9 September in Kyiv.

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Global partnership needs ‘rejuvenation’ to achieve new sustainable development agenda – UN report

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) achieved significant progress over the past 15 years, but persistent gaps in official development assistance and insufficient access to markets, affordable medicines and new technologies have highlighted the...

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UNHCR and CHEP to improve delivery of life-saving refugee aid with supply chain study

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UNHCR humanitarian aid is waiting to be loaded into a Boeing 747 airplane at Marka Airport in Jordan. The airlift with core...

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