The Issues Affecting Global Poverty
Learn more about the big issues affecting global poverty. Then, dig deeper with our policy library.
ISSUES
HIV/AIDS and Other Infectious Diseases
An estimated 11,700 people die every day from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Two-thirds of these people are living in sub-Saharan Africa. MORE
Open Development
Open Development is about people in developing countries having the information and resources that they need to hold their governments accountable and to make well-informed decisions to improve their lives. MORE
Agriculture
Growth in agriculture is twice as effective in reducing poverty as growth in other sectors. MORE
Trade and Investment
Trade that creates economic growth and opportunities for the poorest people is key to ending poverty in the long-term. MORE
Development Assistance
Development assistance plays a critical role in the fight against extreme poverty and disease. MORE
Debt Cancellation
For decades, poor countries spent more money repaying old debts than they did on health and education combined. MORE
Water and Sanitation
Across the world, 884 million people do not have access to clean water and 2.6 billion do not have access to adequate sanitation. MORE
Climate and Development
Climate change is not a crisis of developing countries' making, yet the impacts of global warming will disproportionately hit the world's poorest people. MORE
