Global Scans · Poverty · Weekly Summary

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WHAT'S NEXT?: Due to a deteriorating global economic outlook, more than 130 out of 189 countries will experience reduced income growth, with the average global GDP growth rate falling from 4.1 percent to 3.1 percent between 2011 and 2030. Almost all of the countries with large numbers remaining in extreme poverty in 2030 will be in sub-Saharan Africa or South Asia.

• According to the Gender Snapshot 2023, published by the UN's gender equality agency, if current trends continue more than 340 million women and girls will still be living in extreme poverty by 2030. Working Voices
• The top American diplomat is hoping to reach an agreement that secures the release of all remaining hostages and includes a humanitarian pause that will allow for sustained, increased delivery of humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza. Deseret News
• Ministers expect Israel to act in accordance with the ICJ's ruling, including to enable the provision of basic services and humanitarian assistance. The Beehive
• Ministers expressed their deep concern at the scale of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and ongoing risk to all Palestinian civilians. The Beehive
• As the humanitarian situation in Gaza spirals, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency warns it will likely have to halt its work across the Middle East by the end of February. CNN
• In addition to climatic shocks, conflict and insecurity, widespread poverty and disease outbreaks will continue to drive humanitarian needs this year. ReliefWeb
• UNRWA is the main provider of humanitarian assistance to millions of displaced Palestinians already in desperate need and at risk of famine, as well as millions of people across the Middle East. The Guardian
• SDG1 calls for the eradication of extreme poverty by 2030, but just 5 African countries have data for the 2019-2022 period on the proportion of the population living below the international poverty line. Pan African Visions
• Amnesty International has warned of the risk of genocide in Gaza due to the high death toll among Palestinians, widespread destruction caused by Israel's bombardment, and the deliberate denial of humanitarian aid. Guernica 37 Group
• The catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is at serious risk of deteriorating further, plausibly inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about the physical destruction of Palestinians in Gaza. The Conversation
• The ICJ called on Israel to refrain from committing any act that could amount to genocide in Gaza and said that Israel must take immediate measures to enable the delivery of humanitarian assistance that the Palestinians urgently require. Dailynewsegypt
• Australia will continue to support the people of Gaza and work to provide humanitarian assistance. ABC News
• Israel has disregarded United Nations Security Council Resolution No. 2720, which was issued a month ago, regarding expanding humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, and is still using starvation as a weapon of war against Palestinian civilians. ReliefWeb
• Israel and Hamas have agreed on a deal that will see medicine delivered to hostages in Gaza in exchange for the delivery of humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians. CNN
• The humanitarian aid will be in exchange for the delivery of medication to lsraeli captives held in Gaza by Hamas. IOL
• The proposed amendment to the Criminal Code will facilitate Canada's engagement to address humanitarian crises and advance human rights globally, including in Afghanistan. GAC
• FCDO FCDO Nigeria's Humanitarian Assistance and Resilience Programme is a flexible £150 million, 3-year programme that will provide life-saving humanitarian assistance to people affected by conflict in North-East Nigeria. GOV.UK
• If poverty of the kind found in much of Africa - as well as other parts of the world - is both morally and politically unacceptable, and if poverty is relational rather than an innocent or original situation, then we might think about poverty reduction and wealth reduction as interlinked. ScienceOpen
• Only with the support of British people and institutions, and by working with partners around the world, will we end extreme poverty, tackle climate change and biodiversity loss, and achieve the SDGs SDGs. GOV.UK
• UK international development will work to end extreme poverty and tackle climate change and biodiversity loss. GOV.UK
• Failure to act with urgency and on scale will have devastating effects on prospects for development, undermine poverty reduction, exacerbate conflict, and push the world further off track on the SDGs SDGs. GOV.UK
• Some U.S. officials have voiced fears about the U.S. military's intervention, worried it could unravel the hard-fought diplomatic gains aimed at ending the war in Yemen or exacerbate the already dire humanitarian situation in the Arab world's poorest country. Washington Post
• Attempts to quietly coax and cajole Israel into opening up one more crossing for humanitarian aid or to allow one more truckload of supplies in from Egypt will not make for a convincing argument at the ICJ. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Last updated: 09 February 2024