Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

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…

Summary of the papers The first paper main objective was to assess effectiveness of a manualized parenting intervention in rural Uganda. This was done through a community based cluster randomized trial.Previuos researches had shown that most parenting interventions on maternal mental health did not reduce depression or did so under specific conditions which could not be sustained beyond 12 months. With researchers affirming that maternal wellbeing is crucial for child development (3&4) Informed…

In 2000, the UN came out with its Millennial Development Goals (MDGs) for world improvement. Prominent among these was the goal to halve world poverty by 2015. This may seem like a noble goal, and on face value it is, but the implementation and manipulation of the MDGs has decreased the true impact of “halving world poverty.” The MDG on world poverty has changed its goals throughout the years diminishing what it deems the “morally acceptable” number of poor from 828 million, to 1,329 million, a…

3. The volume of foreign aid is inadequate to reduce global poverty. According to Lovett (2016), in 2014, overall foreign aid has increase by 3.5% (compare to the volume in 2013), but the volume of aid for Least Developed Countries had fallen by 4.6%. Refugee crisis contributed to this increase (ibid.). The donor countries tend to count in donor countries refugee cost as part of their ODA (ibid.). This cost increased foreign aid by $1.8 billion (ibid.). So, if we exclude the in donor countries…

Poverty Poverty is defined as the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or support. There is poverty everywhere and not everyone knows what it is like to live in it. Not everybody gets access to health care, a home, a bed, food everyday, or even clothes. Poverty affects everyone and anyone. This is a big struggle all over the world and the rates are constantly increasing. In the articles, “The Rising Prevalence of Severe Poverty in America: A Growing Threat to Public…

are two types of poverty in the world. Firstly, there is absolute poverty which is when people don’t have the money to afford human needs such as food, drinking water, education, shelter and good health. Secondly, there is relative poverty. This is a condition where people don’t have enough income required to live a decent or average life. In Singapore, it is easier to find relative poverty. According to the Singapore government, Singapore does not have a proper definition of poverty.…

Measuring Poverty Sociologists and researchers have favoured two different approaches in defining poverty absolute poverty and relative poverty . The concept of absolute poverty is grounded in the idea of subsistence-the basic conditions that must be met in order to sustain a physically heathy existence. People who lack these fundamental requirements for human existence- such as sufficient food, shelter, and clothing – are said to live in poverty. The concept of absolute poverty is seen as…

“happily ever after” lifestyle. The word poverty is rated by the amount of money one person possess (U.S. Bureau of Census). Poverty can be broken up into two different categories: being poor and living in poverty because of life changing moment. Approximately, fifteen percent of all Americans are living in poverty (U.S. Bureau of Census). After a life-changing event like hurricane Katrina, nearly thirty percent of the people living in New Orleans lived in poverty (History.com Staff). How does…

Imagine a world where rivers are a clear blue, grasses green, and wildlife is abundant. Think about what it would be like if there was no poverty and everyone lived in harmony. All of this is possible through sustainable development. The standard definition of sustainable development is economic development without exhausting natural resources, but there is much more to it than that. With this economic growth comes the elimination of underprivileged areas and pollution. It also provides help to…

According to Ontario Human Rights Code, Code 13 Announced intention to discriminate noted that “A right under Part I is infringed by a person who publishes or displays before the public or causes the publication or display before the public of any notice, sign, symbol, emblem, or other similar representation that indicates the intention of the person to infringe a right under Part I or that is intended by the person to incite the infringement of a right under Part I.” (Code 13.1) There are a…