Poverty reduction

4.2.1. MDG 1 – Poverty Reduction and Job and Food Security Many studies on the MDGs have generally agreed that there is a correlation between an improvement in the economic performance (measured by GDP per capita, or PPP in some instance) with an overall increase in improvement of countries in reaching the MDGs. This is self-evident in the MDG 1: Eradicating Extreme Hunger and Poverty (Bourguignon et al. 2008, pp.13–14; Melamed 2010, pp.1–2). It has been noted that poverty reduction in particular is positively correlated with economic growth, due to the fact that growth could release a certain level of budget constraint (both public and private) that could then be used for other purposes (Bourguignon et al. 2008, pp.20–22). Interestingly, the…

3.15 Summary of literature review It reflects from the literature review that CCT and the PESP aim to short-term poverty reduction and long-term education development of the poor families. CCT implementing countries in general spend a substantial amount of its education budget on CCT programme. Bangladesh also spends around one-fifth of its education budget for implementing the PESP programme. The CCT in many countries target to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty and some of these…

when land is scarce and food insecurity is high. Also, farmers plant different varieties of food in one plot of land. Crops that take nutrients out of the soil are planted near other plants that return nitrogen to the land. As a result, Burundian farmers are able to continue the use of their land for many years. Furthermore, in 2012, the Government launched its second Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. This paper outlined these new agricultural practices and became the guidebook Burundian…

Extreme poverty is falling in all developing regions from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. An example of Sub-Saharan Africa, where rates are the highest and the proportion of people living on less than $1.25 a day fell from 47% in 1990 to 24% in 2008; the number of extreme poor in developing regions dropped from over 2 billion in 1990 to less than 1.4 billion in 2008. The goal of extreme poverty was cut to half its rate in 1990, it is projected that this will be achieved well ahead…

1. Summarize the problem/challenge of poverty in Saskatchewan. (300 words) In 2014, 14.8 percent of the population of Saskatchewan, i.e. 160,000 people, lived in poverty.[1] In 2010 only, poverty cost the province $3.8 billion in heightened service use and missing opportunities for contributions to the GDP and taxes.[2] Poverty is the lack of income and productive resources sufficient to ensure sustainable livelihoods. In the long run, living in poverty prevents people from taking advantage of…

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), implemented in September 2000 under the cooperation of all 191 United Nations member states are rooted in the concept of the eradication of poverty, and sustainable development. “The target of reducing extreme poverty by half has been reached five years ahead of the 2015 deadline” formally proclaimed Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of United Nations. However, a number of countries are shown to have not met their goals by the deadline due to high levels of…

Introduction Poverty reduction has been, since the late 1990s, at the forefront of the mainstream development agenda. The interest in poverty knew its momentum with the adoption of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and with the pledge of the main development organisations including the World Bank to “a world free of poverty”. Nevertheless, poverty eradication- even narrowly defined as income poverty- has failed and “remains one of the greatest challenges facing humanity” (UNDP, 2014) not…

One way is that they are interconnected, as the concept of environment in sustainable development is important in achieving other MDGs. Another rather explicit way is to see sustainable development as a one of the goals among the eight MDGs in order to foster global awareness and ask for global cooperation on the issue. Or, we can see the two as a rather contradictory theme, because for most developing countries, other MDGs like poverty reduction, education and improvement in health condition…

youth as a clear opportunity to shape the country’s future. The youth were a “paramount human resources for development and important factor for social change, economic development and progress”, possessing a strong potential that it would be senseless to ignore. The country admitted a strong will to offer responsibilities to the youth by integrating them and therefore creating “common objectives” that would drive the country. In terms of its economy, Rwandan living below the poverty line are…

The girls and women that become victims of trafficking are sexually exploited while living life as prisoners. As with many of Nigeria’s challenges, Nnadi (2013) observes that poverty is the main cause of sex trafficking. The lack of formal education and better job opportunities also contributes to Nigeria’s expanding sex trafficking industry. It is estimated, by the United Nations, that 2.5 million people a year are deprived of their human rights and freedoms (Nnadi, 2013). Government…