Goal 1 reducing feminized poverty

Reducing poverty and the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger

Some Success Stories of VIVAT Members in Reducing Poverty

These achievements would contribute to enhancing economic growth and reducing poverty, reducing child mortality and improving maternal health, and reducing the spread of HIV.

What technology can we really apply to reducing global poverty?

General description Reducing poverty is a shared objective of the international community.

On the other hand, not enough progress has been made in reducing poverty.

Reducing extreme poverty is not the same thing as making progress towards development.

Security is fundamental to people's livelihoods, reducing poverty and achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

Growth is an important poverty reducing force, and trade is the engine of growth.

Her country supported UNIDO's policies aimed at reducing poverty in the least developed countries.

Countries were far from meeting the MDGs, even the first goal of reducing poverty.

Poor hygiene, sanitation and water exacerbate poverty by reducing productivity and elevating health care costs.

It provides a good basis for our difficult task of reducing poverty and inducing growth.

Other priorities of the Government included reducing poverty and increasing wages for the public sector.

The result of this was that public policies had a limited impact on reducing poverty.

(c) How can grass roots innovations be promoted through South South cooperation in reducing extreme poverty?

The challenge facing all those who are interested in Africa is not the challenge of reducing poverty.

Further, improving access to modern energy services is critical for both reducing poverty and protecting the environment.

It had thus made significant progress in meeting the main Millennium Development Goals of reducing poverty and hunger, providing universal primary education and reducing the gender gap in education, and reducing the incidence of malaria, tuberculosis and HIV AIDS.

The results of poverty reduction efforts had been mixed, but he was convinced that the Millennium Development Goal of reducing poverty by half by 2015 remained achievable.

The key to reducing poverty was sustainable development strategies that included investment in rural areas and social services.

Wade, R. (2004), Is globalization reducing poverty and inequality? , World Development, vol. 32, no. 4., pp. 567 589.

It will be recalled that, in September 2000, world leaders committed themselves to reducing poverty and improving people's lives.

We have committed ourselves to challenging goals, in particular to reducing extreme poverty by half by the year 2015.

Benin believed that the contribution of the Convention to Combat Desertification to reducing extreme poverty must be better analysed.

At the same time, reducing poverty requires going beyond the necessary but not sufficient condition of accelerating economic growth.

Since then, considerable awareness has been created among Governments and public opinion alike of the absolute priority of reducing poverty.

And, finally, we know from our own experience that reducing poverty needs strong economic growth and a vibrant private sector.

There is a general consensus that TNC performance can have a positive impact in reducing poverty in host developing countries.

These eight goals range from eradicating extreme poverty, providing universal primary education, and reducing health threats, to ensuring environmental sustainability.

Malaysia's poverty index now stood at less than five per cent and, in the coming years, its development policies would focus on reducing extreme poverty to zero per cent by 2009.

Decides to maintain UNCDF as an independent organization focused on reducing poverty and achieving the MDGs in the least developed countries

The representative of UNDP stated his full satisfaction with the report and called for further efforts to achieve results in reducing poverty.

The question should then be what are the policies required for reducing poverty and how trade can play a supportive role therein.

Education for girls has a proven role in reducing poverty, improving the health of women and their children, preventing HIV AIDS, reducing incidents of harmful practices such as female genital mutilation and early marriage, and increasing self confidence.

The representative of Cuba emphasized the importance, for promoting entrepreneurial activity and reducing poverty in LDCs, of access to information and communication technology.

Many of the talks yesterday talked about improving the quality of life, and reducing poverty, and essentially increasing life expectancy all around the globe.

Recognizing that microcredit and microfinance programmes can generate productive self employment and assist people in eradicating poverty and reducing their social and economic vulnerability,

Recognizing that microcredit and microfinance programmes can generate productive self employment and assist people in eradicating poverty and reducing their social and economic vulnerability,

Development is much more than reducing extreme poverty it involves a technological revolution, the creation of a middle class and the rule of law.

Furthermore, comparative experience shows that the more diversified an economy's structure, the greater the role of trade in achieving growth and in reducing poverty.

Rather than wait for a rising tide to lift all boats, policymakers should consider direct policy interventionsto reduce poverty. A direct attack on poverty can yield a double dividend in reducing human misery, it could spark growth, thereby creating more political space for direct poverty reduction.

It had adopted a people oriented social development policy aimed at expanding employment, reducing poverty, eliminating inequality and promoting access to health care and education.

The cost of achieving the Millennium Development Goals include eradicating extreme poverty and hunger (Goal 1) achieving universal primary education (Goal 2) eliminating gender disparity at all levels of education (Goal 3) reducing child mortality (Goal 4) and reducing maternal mortality (Goal 5).