A new era in the fight against poverty
Friday, October 16, 2015
The Sustainable Development Goals, which are at the heart of Agenda 2030, represent an entirely new level of ambition. Most notably, countries have committed to eradicating extreme poverty altogether. To lift people out of poverty, countries will need stronger and better social protection systems.
But to sustainably eradicate poverty, they will need to create many more jobs. By 2030 ñ the target year of the new development agenda ñ we will need to create 469 million new jobs. Approximately 40 per cent of these jobs need to be created in the worldís least developed countries, which currently account for only 1 per cent of global economic output.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...