Building Future-ready industries to turn challenges into sustainable solutions.
The world faces a stark reality today. Despite notable strides in poverty reduction between 2000 and 2015, progress has slowed significantly. By 2022, the number of people lifted from extreme poverty compared to 2013 was only one-third. Currently, around 10 per cent of the global population—nearly 700 million people—still live in extreme poverty while nearly 800 million suffer from chronic hunger. The ambitious goals of eradicating extreme poverty and achieving zero hunger by 2030 now seem increasingly unattainable, especially in developing countries, where the impacts of recent crises, including the COVID19 pandemic, armed conflicts, and climate change, have further exacerbated inequalities. Sub-Saharan Africa, in particular, continues to grapple with deeply entrenched challenges, with poverty more pervasive than it has been in decades. The labour market presents an equally troubling picture. Although some recovery from the COVID-19 crisis has been reported, a notable jobs gap6 ...