Overcoming human poverty : poverty report 2000 / United Nations Development Programme.

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Contents: Foreword—Acknowledgements—Acronyms and abbreviations—Executive summary—Chapter 1. The commitments to poverty reduction—Chapter 2. Developing national anti-poverty plans—Chapter 3. Linking poverty to national policies—Chapter 4. Linking countries’ international policies to poverty—Chapter 5. Governance : the missing link—Chapter 6. Pro-poor local governance : the neglected reforms—Chapter 7. The poor organize : the foundation for success—Chapter 8. Focusing resources on the poor—Chapter 9. Integrating key issues into poverty programmes—Chapter 10. Monitoring progress against poverty—Country profiles.

Summary: “A new global strategy against poverty needs to be mounted—with more resources, a sharper focus and a stronger commitment. Based on commitments made at the 1995 World Summit for Social Development, developing countries are being encouraged to launch full-scale campaigns against poverty. Yet despite having set ambitious global targets for poverty reduction, donor countries are cutting back on aid and failing to focus what remains on poverty”—(p. 8).