| AUTHOR | |
| ORGANIZATION | United Nations Research Institute for Social Development |
| TYPE | Thematic Report |
| DATE | 2010 |
| TOPIC | Child poverty and disparities |
| LANGUAGE | English |
Combating Poverty and Inequality is published just as global leaders meet to review and recommit themselves to a set of goals for reducing poverty agreed, under vastly different circumstances, a decade ago. The optimism of the new millennium is now overshadowed by the effects of multiple, interrelated crises. Progress in many areas appears threatened and resources are more constrained.