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LOCATION:Room VII\, Palais des Nations\, Geneva\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:Dialogue on inequality\, poverty and trade in Africa and the least 
 developed countries
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:At the dawn of the new millennium\, developing countries achiev
 ed rapid economic growth\, supporting progress on economic and social deve
 lopment at the national level and a reduction in income gap between develo
 ped and developing countries. However\, in many African countries and the 
 Least Developed Countries (LDCs)\, the commodities-driven growth was not a
 ccompanied by commensurate poverty reduction\, while domestic income inequ
 ality remains high.Against this backdrop\, UNCTAD and the Geneva Office of
  the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) are organizing a dialogue on inequalit
 y\, poverty and trade in Africa and the LDCs with a view to identifying ac
 tionable policy measures to tackle inequality and poverty at the national 
 level. The event will be attended by government officials\, delegates of p
 ermanent missions based in Geneva\, representatives of international organ
 izations\, and development experts.&lt\;p&gt\;At the dawn of the new mille
 nnium\, developing countries achieved rapid economic growth\, supporting p
 rogress on economic and social development at the national level and a red
 uction in income gap between developed and developing countries. However\,
  in many African countries and the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)\, the 
 commodities-driven growth was not accompanied by commensurate poverty redu
 ction\, while domestic income inequality remains high.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&g
 t\;Against this backdrop\, UNCTAD and the Geneva Office of the Friedrich-E
 bert-Stiftung (FES) are organizing a dialogue on inequality\, poverty and 
 trade in Africa and the LDCs with a view to identifying actionable policy 
 measures to tackle inequality and poverty at the national level. The event
  will be attended by government officials\, delegates of permanent mission
 s based in Geneva\, representatives of international organizations\, and d
 evelopment experts.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unc
 tad.org/meeting/dialogue-inequality-poverty-and-trade-africa-and-least-dev
 eloped-countries
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