Tag: extreme poverty
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Fighting poverty in emerging markets
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Economist: Fighting poverty in emerging markets Lessons from Brazil, China and India … Between them, Brazil, China and India account for half the world’s poorest people and an even bigger share of those who have escaped poverty. In 1981, 84% of China’s population was below the poverty line of $1.25 a day (in 2005 prices);…
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The Power of Grassroots Leaders
Social Edge (Daphne Nederhorst): The Power of Grassroots Leaders Effective Solutions to End Extreme Poverty can be Found among the Unsung Grassroots Leaders in the world's poorest countries. Over the last 50 years, countries around the world have tried to reduce the number of people living in extreme poverty. Collaborative efforts of nations have also…
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Mission Yearbook Rebuttal
Presbyterians have a long tradition of praying for ministry around the nation and worldwide using The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study. Today's entry is about ministry in Asia and the Pacific. The entry includes the following: In the last decade, the Asia and Pacific region has experienced major shifts in both international and ecclesiastical…
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Fighting Poverty: Findings and Lessons from China’s Success
World Bank: Fighting Poverty: Findings and Lessons from China’s Success Across China, there were over 400 million fewer people living in extreme poverty in 2001 than 20 years previously. By 2001, China had met the foremost of the Millennium Development Goals — to reduce the 1990 incidence of poverty by half — and it had…
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Global poverty to halve by 2015, Africa seen lagging
Reuters: Global poverty to halve by 2015, Africa seen lagging WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The world is on course to halve extreme poverty by 2015, but Africa will fall far short of the U.N.'s Millennium Development Goals, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday. … …The 2008 Global Monitoring Report, released ahead of…
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The world’s silver lining
The Economist: The world's silver lining (Note: To my Emergent friends in particular, specifically those who are enamored with Brian McLaren's Everything Must Change, and the popular video clip by the radical left Tides Foundation called The Story of Stuff. Here are the consequences of our modern economy (or as McLaren refers to it, "The…
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Number of desperately poor in Africa has ‘levelled off’ – UN
IRIN: Number of desperately poor in Africa has ‘levelled off’ – UN NAIROBI, 2 July 2007 (IRIN) – The 2007 report on progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) is pessimistic on Africa’s chances of achieving the targets overall, but notes that the number of extreme poor has increased only marginally – from 296…
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Rapid Victories Against Extreme Poverty
Scientific American: Rapid Victories Against Extreme Poverty Jeffrey Sachs Around one billion people live in extreme poverty, suffering from economic deprivation so severe that they must struggle daily for survival. Extreme poverty is sometimes defined as living on under $1 a day, but more accurately it is the lack of reliable access to basic needs,…