MDG poverty commitments

World Bank: MDG poverty commitments unlikely to change

World leaders will reaffirm their commitment to halve the number of people living in poverty by 2015 in line with the Millennium Development Goals, but the effects of the global economic crisis are likely to keep them from promising to set any additional targets, the World Bank says in a report. The Bank backed efforts to help poor countries accelerate development within already existing funding commitments such as trade benefits and infrastructure capacity building.AlertNet.org/Reuters (9/16)