Nations are meeting to drum up trillions to combat poverty — but the US isn’t going
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Rich nations are abandoning their moral duty to help the world's poorest while global inequality reaches crisis levels. The US pullout represents a catastrophic betrayal of international cooperation when millions face hunger and disease. These aid cuts will cost lives and undermine decades of progress in health and education.
There is a 15% chance there will be fewer than 375M in extreme poverty by 2030, according to the Metaculus prediction community.