More than 1B people out of poverty – UN

More than one billion people worldwide have been extricated from poverty since countries all over the world committed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) 15 years ago, according to the United Nations (UN).

In a report, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said there have been “profound achievements” in reaching MDG goals and lessons learned in the past 15 years can be harnessed to usher these goals into a new era.