Above that level of poverty according to the un. Today is the United Nations International Day for the eradication of poverty, something Global Leaders committed to do in 2015 that established the uns Sustainable Development goals. So, why is solving global poverty proving so difficult . Joining me now is Luis Felipe Lopez calva, global director for poverty and equity at the world bank. A very warm welcome to the programme. This is such a big issue and we have a few minutes in the world of television which is not enough time, but in your opinion, why is this problem getting worse and not better . ~ problem getting worse and not better . , ~ ,. ,. Problem getting worse and not better . , ~ ,. ~ , better . Thank you very much. As ou ve better . Thank you very much. As you very well better . Thank you very much. As you very well explained, better . Thank you very much. As you very well explained, the you very well explained, the world agreed that poverty would be our objective number one
Three quarters of the world population, over half of the total wealth of the globe. Now a bri project could be a railway and tenure, a port in sri a bridge in the maldives. The largest project so far has been the china pakistan corridor. A 60 billion network of Roads Railways and pipelines, going through a density Mountain Pass on the china pakistan border. The second thing you need to know is that it has two official names. 0ne is that it has two official names. One for inside china and one for outside. Initially it was called one built one road which sounds great in chinese. The problem is in english it sounds a bit bossy, that china is dictating to the rest of the world. So a few years ago the official english name was changed to the slightly bland but definitely less threatening belt and road initiative. The third thing is that it is controversial for some. China has ploughed more than 1 trillion into developing countries. There are trains, airports and roads that literally would n
Half the globe s total wealth. Now a bri project could be a railway in kenya, he could be a port in sri lanka, a bridge in the maldives, the largest project so far has been the china Pakistan Economy corridor. It goes through kunz or rob, which is a Desert Mountain pass on the china pakistan border. The second thing you need to know is that it has two official names, one for inside china and one for outside china. Now initially was called one belt, one road four which sounds great in chinese, a grand plan led by china. The problem is in english, that sounds bossy, like china is dictating to the rest of the world. So if you years ago, the name was changed to the slightly blender but less threatening bell and road initiative. The third thing is that its controversial for some, china has ploughed more than 1 trillion. Their airports and roads that would not exist were it not for chinese investment. But ultimately nothing comes for free. It is in a so called debt trap, where the recipient
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to six and then five and then four. we know who we re dealing with. we re dealing with a ruthless - and fanatical terror organisation. we saw the sort of violence - that they committed against innocent civilians on october 7th. and just tonight in the people | released i ve received the list, there are two three year old twins. yes? who kidnaps three year olds? only a brutal, ruthless terrorist organisation. | so we have few illusions - about who we re dealing with. but as president biden| said on friday, he said, hamas understands one thing and that s pressure. - thank you for coming on the programme. external pressure building from the us and un for a longer extension. mark expects ten hostages for everyday letters but i wonder the longer this goes on the harder it becomes for the israeli government. it’s harder it becomes for the israeli government- harder it becomes for the israeli covernment. , . , , government. it s a pretty impossible situation. good government