World leaders confront gap between rich and poor at Financing for Development meeting

Many of the world’s nations are gathering starting Monday in Spain for a high-level conference to tackle the growing gap between rich and poor nations and try to drum up the trillions of dollars needed to close it.

The United States, previously a major contributor, pulled its participation, so finding funding will be tough.

The U.N. and Spain, the conference co-hosts, believe the meeting is an opportunity to reverse the downward…