While China has made substantial work of tackling the deepest poverty first, should it be holding itself to a higher standard? For example, the World Bank draws a higher poverty line for upper-middle-income countries, which tries to reflect economic conditions. China is now an upper-middle-income country, says the bank. About a quarter of China's population is in poverty, according to this metric.
For comparison, this is slightly higher than Brazil. And there is widespread income inequality. He said that was not enough to rent a room in a city. However, by any measure China has made huge strides to lift millions out of the toughest standards of living over the last few decades. Get in touch. Read more from Reality Check.
Atiqur Rahman Experience with rural poverty alleviation [ Powerpoint presentation ]. Paul Shaffer New thinking on poverty: Implications for poverty reduction strategies. Welcome to the United Nations. Toggle navigation. Justification The impact of globalization on poverty eradication has increasingly become the focus of attention of governments and international organizations.
Objectives of the EGM To review poverty reduction strategies and to examine the experience with rural poverty alleviation; To examine and exchange views on the impact of globalization on the reduction of poverty among the rural poor, and how the benefits of globalization are transmitted to the rural poor; To examine and recommend policy options to national governments in both low-income and high-income countries to enhance the benefits of globalization for the rural poor, and; To examine the role which the United Nations, in particular, can play in these processes Papers Summary of the proceedings of the meeting Report of the meeting Malcolm Bale Reaching the rural poor in a globalizing world Peter S.
An Asian perspective [ Powerpoint presentation ] Atiqur Rahman Experience with rural poverty alleviation [ Powerpoint presentation ] Paul Shaffer New thinking on poverty: Implications for poverty reduction strategies Peter Townsend The role of the United Nations: Directing global resources to the rural poor.
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You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. Your name. Email The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly. About text formats. Plain text Global and entity tokens are replaced with their values. At the level of organisations and institutions, commitment to poverty alleviation can be bundled, channelled and institutionalised, thereby becoming more than the sum of any individual parts.
Religious and faith-based social organisations, as well as churches and congregations, are engaged in a variety of ways in poverty reduction and the provision of social and health services and assistance Furness and Gilligan, ; Thornton et al. They do this both in the developed countries of the global North and in the developing countries of the global South, where different forms of organisation and degrees of institutionalisation and internationalisation can be found.
For example, a study involving case studies in Indonesia, Fiji and Samoa Thornton, Sakai, and Hassall, showed that the contribution of religious groups in providing disaster relief and welfare services to their members and advocacy for the poor is often present but not always comprehensive or positive.
The influence of religious groups in the public sphere and as institutions can also exacerbate unresolved tensions between different ethnic and secular groups. However, given the impact of limited state capacity, natural disasters and climate change, there is a clear need for effective partnerships between governments and religious groups to ensure the efficient and sustainable delivery of social services and to bring about social change for the benefit of those in poverty.
Among other things, FBOs differ greatly in their size and level of professionalisation. Some are well connected global players with highly professional structures and many resources, while others are local initiatives and smaller bodies e. In any case, FBOs have established themselves as important actors in the field of poverty alleviation on a global scale and became important partners for other NGOs and government institutions.
The role of religion in the fight against poverty is by no means uncontroversial and conflict-free whether within organisations or among their religious sponsors as well as in the theological discourses within these religions. To what extent religion should be socially active and how this can be justified within religion and theology continues to be a subject of vibrant debate Clarke, ; Togarasei, ; Noble, ; Rajkumar, An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
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