Eradicating poverty is a political choice
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More than half of the target population has not been able to access a lifesaving South African social assistance transfer aimed at alleviating extreme poverty amongst working-age adults.
Joint Statement of USP2030 and Olivier De Schutter, UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights – for FfD4
The confession, as such, is important, but even more important is the lesson of how people fall into the trap of mainstream literature.
Confessions of a [former] true believer in poverty targeting – Development Pathways
Progress in poverty reduction, a first step towards eradication, is fragile …
Many low-income countries (LICs) continue to slip further behind the rest of the world. Meanwhile, people in extreme poverty have been increasing again after decades of decline.
More Poverty for the Poor | Inter Press Service (ipsnews.net)
How helping the poor becamebig business
As the European elections loom, legislation addressing the root causes of poverty must move to the top of the agenda.
Fighting poverty: directive on minimum income needed (socialeurope.eu)
Contractionary economic trends since 2008 and ‘geopolitical’ conflicts subverting international cooperation have worsened world conditions, especially in the poorest countries, mainly in Africa, leaving their poor worse off.
Conditions and prospects are so bad that two well-known globalisation cheerleaders have appealed to rich nations for urgent action. Former IMF Deputy Managing Director and World Bank Senior Vice-President, Professor Anne Krueger and influential Financial Times columnist Martin Wolf warn ominously of the dire consequences of inaction.
Article by Jomo Kwame Sundaram
Look at the charts of the World Bank: 2023 was noty positive at all. More poverty, more inequality, ‘development work more complicated’…
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