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G8: Zero poverty, still a mirage. They now have a second chance

Five years ago, Oxfam has been part of the largest movement ever occurred under the title 'Make Poverty History'. The campaign had a list of ambitious and realistic to ask for 'More and better aid', a 'Fair Trade' and 'Debt Relief'. The activists of 'Make Poverty History' called on G8 leaders to write an important piece of history, providing the necessary steps to eliminate poverty once and for all global, broad mobilization has led to concrete actions by governments which have created a real and lasting change in the lives of many people.

We asked donor countries to provide at least $ 50 billion more in aid, to set a binding plan to achieve a cost equal to 0.7% of national ADEQUATE INCOME for aid, and we asked them to do ensure that aid is most effective for the poorest people. France, Germany, Italy and Japan have failed to find the money they have promised to help the poor. Italy is the black sheep of the group. The Canada is also back, but closer to the finish line. The UK - which took the most ambitious - is on track to meet its promise in 2010, also promised to reach the target of 0.7% of national ADEQUATE INCOME aid from 2013 onwards. The United States kept their promise - but only because the promised sum was still very low - the U.S. did not even minimally close to the target site by the UN anticipated expenditure of 0.7% of national aid ADEQUATE INCOME.

not all requests made by the activists of 'Make Poverty History' have been retained. Nevertheless we managed to commit the G8 promise in a truly historic. This year the weather to keep it expires, and the news has already arrived: the G8 has not kept its promises . And 'now clear that while debt relief and some increases in aid have created substantial benefits for the poorest in the world, about 40% of the promised aid has not yet been delivered. This means that there is a gap of $ 20 billion in the promise made by the G8 - enough to allow each child to go to school, or to save millions of children from malaria.

Even more outrageous is the fact that only $ 11 billion of the $ 25 billion promised to Africa reached the mainland. This is the poorest continent in the world, despite what the G8 has failed here than in other parts of the world. While in Nigeria suffer from hunger again, the money they cost real lives.

We have already achieved much - but there is still much to do. We must invest in the future. Now.