Children from low-income and rural families are most likely to miss out on pre-primary education. Private pre-primary schools are concentrated in urban areas with higher-income families, where schools are more easily guaranteed adequate income. In 2019, the adjusted net attendance rate in schooling of 5-year-olds in Uganda was more than 17 percent higher for children in urban areas than in rural areas, and 49 percent higher for those in the richest quintile than those in the lowest-income
In its current form, globalization has exacerbated inequalities. Globalization 2.0 must address the political ramifications and power imbalance of these cleavages, particularly in trade, data and technology, finance, tax, and climate change policies.
China welcomes participation by more countries in the Global Development Initiative and is ready to work with the international community to advance exchanges and cooperation on poverty reduction and rural development, Vice-Premier Hu Chunhua said on Tuesday.