'Woefully off track': global goals leave behind over half the world's children

Sustainability agenda that pledged to maximise every child’s chances undermined by lack of data in some countries, says Unicef report

More than half a billion of the world’s poorest children are invisible to the international organisations that could help them most.

Children worldwide are “uncounted” in development targets because they live in countries where the data required to monitor and evaluate key areas such as education and nutrition is unavailable, Unicef has warned.

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from Children | The Guardian http://ift.tt/2FmOUTm