Full coverage: Poverty

19.10.2006 Madhya Pradeshin asukkaat löivät muun maailman tällä viikolla osallistumisellaan Stand up -kampanjaan köyhyyttä vastaan. Tempaukseen osallistui Madhya Pradeshissa huikeat 3,3 miljoonaa asukasta, mikä on suurin määrä osallistuja yhdeltä alueelta koko maailmassa.

19.10.2006 The boat may be rising but it’s not lifting everyone. Economic growth might have been spectacular since 1993 — that is, post economic reforms — but it seems to have trickled down rather slowly. A soon-to-be-released official report has estimated that poverty declined by a mere 0.74% during the 11-year period ended 2004-05.

19.10.2006 The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Muhammad Yunus, regarded as the father of microcredit, comes at a time when microcredit has become something like a religion to many of the powerful, rich and famous. Walden Bello, winner of the Right Livelihood Award, 2003 comments in 'The Nation'.

19.10.2006 The people of Madhya Pradesh have topped the world in creating a new Guinness World Record. A whopping 3.3 million residents of the state joined the "Stand Up Against Poverty" event this week, which is the largest figure from a single region across the world.

19.10.2006 The Bank's Development Outreach features a special report aimed at raising debate and sharing perspectives on understanding the relationship between human rights and economic development

19.10.2006 A Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) needs assessment report has reckoned that the government should mobilize almost double the current level of foreign assistance for the next decade if the goals are to be achieved.

18.10.2006 All'indomani della grande mobilitazione mondiale "Stand up", che ha visto alzarsi in piedi 23 milioni di persone in tutto il mondo contro la povertà, il Presidente della Repubblica Giorgio Napolitano ha inviato alla Campagna un messaggio nel quale ricorda che "gli Obiettivi del Millennio affermano l’obbligo della realizzazione di elementari diritti umani. Siamo quasi a metà del cammino indicato nell’anno 2000 e la sfida resta ardua. Ci sono segnali incoraggianti - nota il Presidente- ma donatori e beneficiari possono e devono fare di più, nella consapevolezza che è interesse di tutti accelerare le tappe del percorso intrapreso per vincere povertà e sottosviluppo". La coordinatrice esecutiva del Segretario Generale delle Nazioni Unite sugli Obiettivi del Millenno ha sottolineato che "il record che vogliamo realmente stabilire è quello di porre fine alle promesse disattese e all’indifferenza nei confronti della povertà".

18.10.2006 In churches and schools, in slums and outside posh hotels, on Indian cricket fields and in Mexican football stadiums, close to 24 million people participated in the United Nations-led “STAND UP AGAINST POVERTY” initiative to remind world leaders of their promises to eliminate extreme poverty by 2015.

18.10.2006 MOHAMMED YUNUS of Bangladesh has shown that poor women can take the lead in development. When Mr. Yunus first started Grameen Bank, he started giving loans to men, but the repayment rate was poor and Grameen Bank could not grow. He then observed that women were borrowing and repaying much better than men, and he allowed women to take the lead.

17.10.2006 Tämän vuoden teema vuoden kansainväliselle köyhyyden vastaiselle päivälle, Yhteistyössä ulos köyhyydestä, korostaa tarvetta aidolle, globaalille köyhyydenvastaiselle allianssille, johon sekä kehittyneet että kehitysmaat ottavat osaa aktiivisesti. Vaikka äärimmäinen köyhyys väheni merkittävästi vuosien 1990 ja 2002 välillä, 28 prosentista 19 prosenttiin, edistys on ollut epätasaista sekä alueiden että maiden välillä.

17.10.2006 The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty falls on 17 October 2006. The UN conmemorate this year on the theme of "Working Together out of Poverty".

15.10.2006 NEW YORK, Oct 14 (IPS) - This weekend, thousands of people around the world will literally "Stand Up Against Poverty" as part of campaign organised by the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) to lobby for government action on fair trade and the set of pledges known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

13.10.2006 Raising awareness about the problem of hunger mobilizes energy to find a solution. In 1997, FAO launched TeleFood, a campaign of concerts, sporting events and other activities to harness the power of media, celebrities and concerned citizens to help fight hunger.

13.10.2006 A landless Dalit labourer saw three members of the family die of hunger. He received his job card for the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme on October 6, a day after they died.

11.10.2006 Growth means there is more money and political will to tackle obstacles to eradicate poverty, says Bank.

10.10.2006 Politicians, planners, policymakers, development workers and other stakeholders from the South Asian countries are converging in Kathmandu to discuss the progress made on their commitment to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and developing a roadmap to eradicate extreme poverty.

06.10.2006 Monet suuryritykset eivät edelleenkään kunnioita lahjonnan kieltäviä lakeja toimiessaan kehitysmaissa, todetaan Transparency Internationalin tuoreessa raportissa. Esimerkiksi Maailmanpankki on nostanut viime aikoina korruption kitkemisen keskeiseksi edellytykseksi kehitykselle ja köyhyyden vähentämiselle.

06.10.2006 Utilisation variations across states need to be clearly understood, and all design defects corrected, before the scheme is extended beyond its present coverage of 200 districts, says Indira Rajaraman & O.P.Bohra

03.10.2006 WASHINGTON, DC, Oct 3 (OneWorld) - Call them the Religious Left: Church leaders are seeking to rally ''values voters'' ahead of next month's elections in a nationwide crusade to raise the minimum wage.

03.10.2006 Maailmassa yli miljardi ihmistä asuu suurkaupunkien läheisyydessä olevissa slummeissa. Maanantaina vietettiin maailman asumiselle omistettua päivää (World Habitat Day). YK kehotti hallituksia ryhtymään mittaviin toimenpiteisiin, jottei slummien asukasmäärä kaksinkertaistuisi seuraavien 30 vuoden aikana.