PHM-Exch> Rethinking Poverty - UN Report on the World Social Situation (RWSS)

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) <ruglucia at paho.org>
crossposted from: EQUIDAD at listserv.paho.org


 *Rethinking Poverty

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*UN Report on the World Social Situation (RWSS) 2010

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Available online at: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/rwss/2010.html

“  the report seeks to contribute to rethinking poverty and its eradication.
It affirms the urgent need for a strategic shift away from the market
fundamentalist thinking, policies and practices of recent decades towards
more sustainable development- and equity-oriented policies appropriate to
national conditions and circumstances. ….”

The Report makes a compelling case for rethinking poverty and
poverty-reduction efforts, saying that over-reliance on market forces and
economic liberalization have led to neglect of nationally designed and
developmentally-oriented strategies, to the detriment of the world’s poor.
The most important lesson, according is that governments need to play a
developmental role, integrating economic and social policies that support
inclusive output and employment growth, while attacking inequality and
promoting justice…..”
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