- What are good practices in pursuing inclusive, broad-based growth that eradicates poverty, delivers opportunities for all, including through creating employment and decent work opportunities and ensuring access to financial services and technology?
- What are new evidence and innovations in poverty eradication efforts through integrated policies and programmes that address poverty in all its dimensions?
- What are ways in which opportunities have been expanded to empower persons living in poverty through participation in political, economic and public life?
- How can access to land, natural resources and other assets be ensured to facilitate and support poverty eradication, while reducing exposure and vulnerability to climate change and other extreme events?
Photo Credit: UN Photo/Pasqual Gorriz
Discussion Summary (Week 1: 23 – 26 March 2017)
I would like to thank everyone for their contributions so far. I am especially pleased with the many concrete suggestions put forward on how to eradicate poverty. I look forward to hearing more from all of you, as well as more interactions among participants.
The broad range of inputs included contributions on issues related to leadership, education, access to information, employment, support systems and the roles of NGOs and the private sector. Below is a summary of the key points made during the first week of discussion:
1. What are good practices in pursuing inclusive, broad-based growth that eradicates poverty, delivers opportunities for all, including through creating employment and decent work opportunities and ensuring access to financial services and technology?
2. What are new evidence and innovations in poverty eradication efforts through integrated policies and programmes that address poverty in all its dimensions?
3. What are ways in which opportunities have been expanded to empower persons living in poverty through participation in political, economic and public life?
4. How can access to land, natural resources and other assets be ensured to facilitate and support poverty eradication, while reducing exposure and vulnerability to climate change and other extreme events?
Today we are speaking about "circular economy", but poor countries are relegated to the role of "circular poverty". Poor people, is always expecting donations, but the practice of donations is an unending story, since it is only commensurated to the basic biologic needs. After donations, needs increase at more elvated range. Unfortunately, demographic amount also increases, but this is boundless.
The art of donation is closed in itself, being non-productive, like the money which is suddendly spent.
The only long-term and productive donation is education. The pity is that this doesn't appeal the corrupted governments.