Brazil lays down anti-poverty agenda for the G20

Brazilian Social Development Minister Wellington Dias said he was encouraged by the results of a G20 meeting about the creation of a Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, one of the linchpins of Brazil’s agenda for its turn presiding the Group of 20, the world’s top economic forum.

“We conclude this step here in Brasília with much more firmness for [mutual] understanding” towards the approval of a so-called “basket” of best practices in the upcoming alliance, Mr. Dias told a press conference.

Brazil presented its policies on poverty and hunger to G20 delegations last week. The Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva administration has proposed launching a Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty in November 2024, during the G20 summit of heads of state and government in Rio de Janeiro.

Mr. Dias added that approval of the terms is expected in July during an upcoming ministerial meeting in Rio. “We are leaving Brasília very excited … we really feel the enthusiasm of the [G20] delegations representing the countries and of all the organizations with the objectives of this task force.”

The alliance is a tool for reaching the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations in 2015. The first two goals involve eradicating extreme poverty...