Impact of poverty

Consequently, market access on concessionary terms would have a significant impact on poverty reduction and wealth creation.

Please provide information on rural women living in poverty, and on the impact of poverty alleviation projects carried out by the Government, especially of projects targeted at women.

Disasters have a tremendous detrimental impact on efforts at all levels to eradicate global poverty the impact of disasters remains a significant challenge to sustainable development.

The poverty which particularly affects rural areas has a negative impact on the sustainable management of natural resources.

Poverty impact the demonstrable effect of the project on improving the quality of life of poor communities and individuals

Initial conditions are so low that only high and sustained growth levels may have a noticeable impact on poverty reduction.

The informal sector is a critical area that requires immediate policy attention, which would have direct impact on poverty reduction.

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Accordingly, the impact of increased competition brought about by opening up on growth, income distribution and poverty has been crucially different.

The decisive influence of China and India's economic growth on the overall levels of economic expansion has had a huge impact on global poverty levels.

Ms. Gunasekera (Sri Lanka) said that the degradation of ecosystems had a direct impact on poverty creation and the escalation of conflicts.

One reason is that Africa s recent growth rates, while high by international standards, remain too low to have a substantial impact on poverty.

Note 2 A proposal was made to add Disasters have a huge detrimental impact on efforts at all levels to reduce global poverty .

Poverty, disease, pollution, terrorism and violence have a worldwide impact and they are all interconnected.

Can impact investing do more to reduce global poverty than so many previous efforts, all of which have struggled to have any impact at all?

Such policies had a profound impact on life in the occupied territories, where the economy had shrunk, leading to higher unemployment and wider poverty.

(t) Highlighting the fact that the majority of persons with disabilities live in conditions of poverty, and in this regard recognizing the critical need to address the negative impact of poverty on persons with disabilities,

We are making every effort to control inflation, because we know that high oil prices have a negative impact on economic growth and poverty reduction.

The estimates took into account various scenarios involving the impact of economic growth and the reduction of inequality on poverty in Guatemala between 2006 and 2015, as well as the impact of additional social policies on the indicators associated with the other targets.

The study Industrial Clusters and Poverty Reduction Towards a Methodology for Poverty and Social Impact Assessment of Cluster Development Initiatives was published in 2004 and addresses the relationship between industrial clusters and poverty reduction.

Deeply concerned that the majority of indigenous peoples in the world live in conditions of poverty, and recognizing the critical need to address the negative impact of poverty and inequity on indigenous peoples by ensuring their full and effective inclusion in development and poverty eradication programmes,

Two Global Interactive Dialogues were convened on the Mainstreaming of national action programmes and their contribution to overall poverty eradication and on Land degradation desertification and their impact on migration and conflicts.

Yet, the international community allows poverty to destroy lives on a scale before which the impact of all of the world's natural disasters pales into insignificance.

Recognizing also the positive impact that youth participation in the global economy and in social and economic development can have on the eradication of poverty and hunger,

134. Reaffirms that the effectiveness of operational activities should be assessed by their impact on the poverty eradication efforts, economic growth and sustainable development of programme countries

67. Reaffirms that the effectiveness of operational activities should be assessed by their impact on the poverty eradication efforts, economic growth and sustainable development of recipient countries

In that report the Government provided information on its strategy against poverty and exclusion, which specifically sets out to address their impact upon migrants and ethnic minorities.

Recognizing that close attention should be paid to the impact of economic reforms on the poor and, in this context, that the country owned poverty reduction strategy papers linked to the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative should contribute to poverty reduction,

Outside efforts can help reduce poverty, but it is, ultimately, the efforts of low income countries themselves to sustain strong economic performance, improve governance, and develop stable and effective institutions that will have the most important impact on reducing poverty.

The UNCTAD report notes that the diversification of agricultural production has a real impact on poverty reduction, which is itself a key element in any desertification control strategy.

There is a general consensus that TNC performance can have a positive impact in reducing poverty in host developing countries.

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Aware that there are at least 650 million persons with disabilities worldwide and that the majority of them live in conditions of poverty, and in this regard recognizing the critical need to address the negative impact of poverty on persons with disabilities,

Nevertheless, the region still faces challenges in enhancing the contribution of microfinance initiatives to ensuring further poverty reduction, including the sustainability of microfinance, a lack of accountability and transparency and qualitative and quantitative assessment of the impact of microfinance on poverty reduction policies.

As a result, the impact on poverty was substantial it is estimated that 61 per cent of Palestinian households were living under the poverty line of 350 per household (comprising 2 adults and 4 children) per month by the end of 2004.

But the fact is that India s massive economic reforms, which began in earnest in 1991, have had a far greater impact on poverty, and indeed on the incomes of several disadvantaged groups, including women.

Unless the world refocuses economic policies to address the adverse impact of economic inequality on growth and poverty reduction, the poor and the privileged will continue to live worlds apart.

As 75 per cent of the world's poor live in rural areas where agriculture is the main stay of the economy, raising agricultural productivity has real impact on poverty reduction.

The strategy was the outcome of intensive consultations with governments, civil society, private sector, and development partners in 47 countries, reflecting an unprecedented global consensus on the critical impact of good governance on poverty reduction.

On the contrary, the situation was not at all conducive to effective governance or to effective allocation of financial resources. The result of this was that public policies had a limited impact on reducing poverty.

Government contributions to the 10 year review and appraisal of the implementation of the Platform for Action confirmed that the impact of poverty on women is greater and more serious than on men and that poverty affects more women than men (see E CN.6 2005 2 and Corr.1).

Nevertheless, many challenges remain for enhancing the contribution of microfinance initiatives, especially for the sustainability of microfinance and for the qualitative and quantitative assessment of the impact of microfinance on poverty.

It is no longer a short term external shock it is having an impact on growth, inflation, the balance of payments and public expenditure to fight poverty in a lasting way.

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