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25 Percent of Children Under Age 6 Now Live in Poverty

Rapid rise in child poverty leads to later increase in crime

WASHINGTON - Rising child poverty rates could mean higher crime rates in the future, a national ... read more

Responsible Tourism

The Adventures Of X: Nicaraguan Style

By Nelson Alcantara, eTN editor-in-chief

A recent trip to Nicaragua has me mulling over one simple question: Can you really put a value ... read more

Ghana Tourism To Fight Poverty

Ghana will use tourism to ease poverty

Government will collaborate with stakeholders to use the tourism sector as a poverty alleviation ... read more

United Nations Economic and Social Council Forum

ECOSOC forum calls for implementation of decisions

The President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) today urged the ... read more

UNWTO and WTTC

Mozambique President joins leaders of global tourism effort

MADRID, Spain & LONDON, UK - “We support tourism as an area of major importance in our ... read more

United Nations

UN: Investing in fight against poverty brings results

Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro today stressed the need to protect development gains ... read more

Tackling Global Poverty

UN: Transition to "green economy" must aim at poverty eradication

A senior United Nations official today cautioned that the failure to tackle poverty can only ... read more

Asian Football against Hunger campaign

Asian Cup matches to highlight fight of world's hungry – UN

Several matches during the upcoming Asian Cup football tournament, which opens in Doha, Qatar, ... read more

World Cup and Poverty

UN and others use World Cup to help raise poverty awareness among African youth

By Nelson Alcantara

(eTN) - While many African nations were counting on luring FIFA World Cup soccer fans to their ... read more

New Tourist Trail Opens Along Laku Kivu

Eradicating poverty in Rwanda through rural tourism

By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN

The Rwanda Development Board–Tourism & Conservation recently released news about yet ... read more

Pacific Islands Forum

Global recession forcing Pacific people into poverty

In a report to the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum from the regional powers of Australia and New ... read more

World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) UNWTO At The UN General Assembly

Tourism acting on climate and poverty imperatives

The tourism sector has the potential to act effectively on the evolving common agenda of climate ... read more

Badly Needed Dose Of Reality Or Just A Human Zoo?

Poverty tourism

While the critics of so-called "poverty tourism" say that it exploits people, turning ... read more