Global Leaders Reach Deal on Funding U.N. Development Goals - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Global Leaders Reach Deal on Funding U.N. Development Goals - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: "Following three days of contentious talks, leaders from rich and poor countries struck a deal Thursday on a new framework to finance the United Nations' goals to end poverty and hunger and meet other ambitious development targets by 2030, reports the Thomson Reuters Foundation. The agreement hammered out at a conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, rests largely on developing countries increasing domestic tax revenues  rather than relying on foreign aid.

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