The country has met the poverty eradication target set out in the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, ten years ahead of schedule. How did China manage it? The documentary "Farewell to Poverty" reveals the story behind the miracle....
Firstly, the backdrop to alleviating poverty has been China's use of its socialist market system, which became a major driver for China's growth. However, while private entrepreneurship acted as a driver of growth and thus poverty alleviation too, China, despite external pressu...
A: Current negative trends are undermining the chances of achieving many of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including those related to poverty, hunger, health, cities, water and land. The loss of biodiversity is clearly a moral and existential issue because it’s one of the...
Not afraid, afraid volunteers on the road is short; Slow, afraid often stood; Afraid of poverty, afraid an inert lazy; Not afraid, afraid his opponent fierce chatter. —— 不怕路远,就怕志短;不怕缓慢,就怕常站;不怕贫穷,就怕惰懒;不怕对手悍,就怕自己颤... No matter what mood you're in,...
aThere was serious sex, racial and religious discrimination in the U.S. Indigenous people suffered serious racial discrimination and their poverty rate doubled the national average. A movie produced by a U.S. director and aired online was deemed insulting to the Prophet Mohammed, sparking protests...
The gates of poverty. Ki-Tek, Ki-Woo, and Ki-Jung stop under an overpass, out of breath. We see them as silhouettes. KI-JUNG (panting) So what did you do? 105. KI-TEK What are you talking about? KI-JUNG The basement. KI-TEK I tied them up so they can’t come ...
On the other side of the fence, having won 13 GRAMMYs, at some point did that start to feel sort of unreal to you, like having a wallet full of Monopoly money or something? When I lived in Los Angeles there was a period of time when we won award after award. GRAMMYs and Oscars an...
Universal basic income (UBI) is the concept of a government program in which every adult citizen receives a set amount of money regularly. The goals of a basic income system are to alleviate poverty and replace other need-based social programs that potentially require greater bureaucratic involvemen...
What Did NAFTA Accomplish? The structure of NAFTA was to increase cross-border trade in North America and buildeconomic growthfor the involved parties. Let’s start by taking a brief look at those two issues. NAFTA was structured to increase cross-border trade in North America and build econom...
As such, detractors feel laissez-faire actually leads to poverty and economic imbalances. The idea of letting an economic system run without regulation or correction in effect dismisses or further victimizes those most in need of assistance, they say. ...