by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge While child labour has declined substantially in Latin America and the Caribbean in recent years, there are still 5.7 million working girls and boys under the minimum age for employment or engaged in work that must be abolished, according to the...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Despite high and lasting economic growth and significant progress in reducing poverty, inequality persists in countries in the Asia and the Pacific region. The growing income and wealth disparities, including unequal opportunities in countries such as...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Although the number of people living in extreme poverty dropped by more than half between 1990 and 2015 (from 1.9 billion to 836 million), too many people are still struggling to meet the most basic human needs. Today, eradicating poverty in all its forms...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Although rice is a staple food for people in West Africa, most of it is imported. FAO estimated in 2006 that rice imports to the West and Central Africa subregions had reached more than 6 million tonnes, costing over $1 billion. The cost of importing rice is...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Africa now has some of the fastest-growing economies in the world but in many cases, it has not been able to translate that progress into lower unemployment rates and a reduction in poverty levels. Given the continent’s vast human and material...
