Opinion: Poverty Eradication Goals are ‘a Cruel Joke”
The 2015 development agenda is leaning toward a goal of eradicating absolute poverty by 2030. The World Bank’s recently approved corporate strategy has the same goal. However, this target is absolutely meaningless for the Asia and Pacific region.
How do we define the eradication of absolute poverty? According to the prevailing characterization, reducing …
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