Achieve lasting peace.
Ending all wars and conflicts is a tall order, but conflict is one of the biggest contributors to poverty , and ending poverty will ultimately become a political issue and part of a larger peacekeeping mission. While estimates around data for the country vary, Syria ’s poverty rate has increased from approximately 12% in 2007 to 83% in 2019. On the other hand, the end of conflict in Cambodia helped to grow its middle class: The country’s poverty rate dropped from 47.8% in 2007 to 13.5% by 2014. Talal* a Concern livelihoods program participant in Tabqa, Syria. (Photo: Gavin Douglas/Concern Worldwide)