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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

World risks spending $250 billion just to monitor U.N. development goals

Children displaced by recent fighting walk through flood water inside the UNMISS camp in Malakal Upper Nile State By Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) - The world risks having to spend about $250 billion just to monitor U.N. development targets for 2030, diverting cash from goals such as ending poverty or protecting the environment, according to a study published on Wednesday. The report said governments should sharply cut a current draft list of targets for 2030 from a current 169 to avoid over-spending on compiling statistics. A World Bank official contested the study, calling the cost estimates too high. ...




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