Tag: MDGs

Is It Crazy to Think We Can Eradicate Poverty?

May 1, 2013

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mwkruse

in Africa, Capitalism and Markets, China, Economic Development, India, Trends: Economic

New York Times: Is It Crazy to Think We Can Eradicate Poverty? … Fortunately, this deadly and cyclical form of poverty [living on less than $1.25 a day] is already on its way toward obsolescence, and much faster than many development economists expected. The first Millennium Development Goal — to halve the proportion of the…