global poverty
collocation in Englishmeaningsofglobalandpoverty
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global
adjective
uk/ˈɡləʊ.bəl/us/ˈɡloʊ.bəl/
relating to the ...
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poverty
noun[U]
uk/ˈpɒv.ə.ti/us/ˈpɑː.vɚ.t̬i/
the condition of being ...
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(Definition ofglobalandpovertyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Global solutions should be sought forglobalpoverty.
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An appreciation of corruption's debilitating economic impact and consequently its role as a breeding ground for local andglobalpovertymust be made widely known to the general public.
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These are designed to deepen understanding of development, and to enable participants to share views and ideas on how to reduceglobalpoverty.
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I agree that the pharmaceutical companies are not doing enough in this area from the point of view ofglobalpoverty.
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The need for basic education is the single most important cause ofglobalpoverty.
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Agreements that combatglobalpovertyare of most benefit to us too.
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The broad range of challenges covered includes climate change and clean energy, natural resources, transport, public health, social exclusion, demographics and immigration andglobalpoverty.
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We all know that global instability results fromglobalpoverty.
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One of the reports deals with what is on television, but how does a report on watching television reduceglobalpoverty?
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There will never be world peace until we get rid ofglobalpovertyand those differences.
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None the less, the announcement is an encouraging sign of a new understanding of the need to tackle not only terror, butglobalpoverty.
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First,globalpovertyleads to global instability, conflict and disease.
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What recent visits he has made to promote an international approach to tacklingglobalpoverty.
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Without increased trade activity, global growth will slow down andglobalpovertywill rise.
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I do not believe that the issue ofglobalpovertyis a matter about which we should joke or make puns.
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In that way, developing countries will be able to go forward with us and achieve the elimination ofglobalpoverty.
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We encourage academic institutions to support the effort to eliminateglobalpovertyby contributing to the achievement of international development goals and targets.
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So we need to ask ourselves: if we are concerned to endglobalpoverty, how will we reach this goal in an ageing world?
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