Path steepens to 2030 anti-poverty goals

The U.N.’s annual forum on progress towards its 17 Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 opened with a big challenge made far harder by the pandemic.

By Arete News - July 7, 2020

Roadside stands outside Uganda's capital Kampala (AN/John Heilprin)

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