What We DFID This Week
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Helping to set the stage for the G20 Summit in London in April, the UK Department for International Development (DFID) held a conference this week titled Eliminating World Poverty: Building our Common Future. The video below shows some of the highlights from the three keynote speeches delivered by Development Secretary Douglas Alexander, Sir Bob Geldof, and Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
All three speakers made a case about the progress that we’ve made and the potentially devastating impact the financial crisis could have on the world’s most vulnerable people if we don’t continue to take action. This point was reinforced by research that DFID released at the conference showing that the crisis threatens to push 90 million more people into extreme poverty.
-Weldon Kennedy
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