Caycompass.com reports about a Latin American summit: Latin American leaders have called for greater attention to poverty and social problems at the 20–nation Rio Group summit, in a largely symbolic declaration that was light on specific remedies. An agenda devoted to alleviating hunger, poverty and other social ills was considered more likely to establish common […]
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Albany, NY Conference Addressing Poverty and Hunger Issues
Capital News 9 recently reported on a conference held in Albany, NY to address urban poverty and hunger issues: This weekend, the Times Union reported that urban poverty in the Capital Region is growing exponentially. Local community members met Sunday to address this and other hunger issues at the annual Faith and Hunger Network Conference. […]
Working Poor Need Help to Beat Poverty
Carl B. Visser writes that the working poor need help to beat poverty: People work hard to get out of poverty. To stay out, some families need the kinds of strategies and supports that will make a long-term impact on their ability to get to the next level and continuously closer to true self-sufficiency. Individuals […]
Pray For Me Brother by Rahman
A.R. Rahman’s English single “Pray For Me Brother” will be the UN’s anthem for its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) campaign. Music has the power to inspire people. I hope this song inspires the world to increase the efforts to end poverty, hunger, and homelessness. Unfortunately, at the current pace, we cannot reach the MDGs.
Economic Growth Alone Won’t End Poverty
In a recent article, Yuba Nath Lamsal describes Nepal’s commitment to meet the UN’s MDGs. In it, she makes a very valuable point about global poverty which I now quote: “Faster economic growth is a key to reducing poverty. However, economic growth alone does not reduce or alleviate poverty which has been the case in […]
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