The meeting brings together international experts to discuss ways of fighting inequality in middle-income countries. These countries are facing needs and demands linked to extreme poverty, while their importance in the international community and global governance is growing.

Gonzalo Robles, Secretary-General of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), said: “Although available data shows a reduction in extreme poverty, the fact is that relative poverty has increased and, as a consequence, so has inequality.

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