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In 2000, almost every world leader committed to a set of goals to transform lives across the planet -- ending poverty, ensuring access to education and better health care, and protecting women's rights and the environment -- all by 2015. In the years since, progress has been uneven.
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    School girls in Kenya © Julius Mwelu/IRINSchool girls in Kenya © Julius Mwelu/IRIN
    08/28/2008

    NEW YORK, Aug 27 (OneWorld) - A new study released by the World Bank this week has raised concerns among humanitarian workers worldwide as more people are now believed to be living in impoverished conditions than previously thought.

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