Category Archives: Poverty
UNRISD criticized progress towards MDGs
“An excellent book!” — Paul Wilmott Principles of quantitative development A recent surprising criticism from UN Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) in its 360 page report, Combating Poverty and Inequality, surfaced stressing “A number of critical issues and obstacles to overcoming poverty have not been addressed (in MDGs)”. The report focused on the need [...]
Philippines get $400m in Anti-Poverty Loan by ADB
Philippines – a country struggling to meet its poverty alleviation goals set in Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), received $400m as anti-poverty loan from the Asian Development Bank. The government will have 25 years to pay the loan, which carries an interest rate based on the ADB’s London interbank offered rate-based lending facility. There will also [...]
President Lula to fight poverty in Africa and Latin America
“I intend to take the knowledge acquired in the implementation of successful social programs to many African and Latin American countries that still fight extreme poverty and hunger, It’s sharing the good we’ve learned, to have solidarity with our brothers from other countries.”, these were the words of President Lula in his weekly newspaper column [...]
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