Is it possible to end poverty in just over a decade? That’s the goal every nation in the world has signed up to as part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals to be achieved by 2030. This ambitious aim has come about because of the tremendous progress achieved already since 1990. Then, over one-third of the world’s population lived in extreme poverty. Now, it’s at a historic low where 1 in 10 people are poor. In this thought provoking talk Linda Yueh discusses what has accounted for the progress against poverty, asks whether it is likely to continue & whether we could be the first generation to witness a world without poverty? Dr. Linda Yueh is Fellow in Economics at St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford, Adjunct Professor of Economics at London Business School, and Visiting Professor of Economics at Peking University. She is a broadcaster, including for BBC Radio 4 and the World Service, and was the BBC’s Chief Business Correspondent and host of “Talking Business with Linda Yueh”, as well as Economics Editor at Bloomberg TV.
She is widely published and is the Editor of the Economic Growth and Development book series at Routledge. Her books include: Macroeconomics (with Graeme Chamberlin), Globalisation and Economic Growth in China (with Yang Yao), The Law and Economics of Globalisation: New Challenges for a World in Flux, This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]

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