Ending poverty 'requires US$70 billion in research aid' - SciDev.Net

Ending poverty 'requires US$70 billion in research aid' - SciDev.Net: "Ending poverty 'requires US$70 billion in research aid'
Ehsan Masood
30 September 2004 | EN

Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger is one of the Millennium Development Goals
Clive Shirley/WFP
The world's rich nations need to provide US$7 billion a year for the next decade to support research and development (R&D) relevant to the needs of developing countries, if they are serious about meeting a pledge to end extreme poverty by 2015.

This is among the recommendations contained in the draft of a summary report of the UN Millennium Project, an initiative carried out by an influential group of scientists, economists and public policy specialists convened by UN secretary general Kofi Annan."