by Beth | Jul 27, 2002 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Did you know?… Facts culled from UN Human Development 2002 report .A sampling… • There have been great improvements in human political and civil rights: since 1980, 81 countries have taken significant steps in democratization, with 33 military regimes...
by Beth | Jul 27, 2002 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Reducing poverty depends as much on whether poor people have political power as on their opportunities for economic progress. UN Report on Human Development 2002Democracy has proven to be the system of governance most capable of mediating and preventing conflict and...
by Beth | Jul 16, 2002 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
According to one calculation, each European cow is subsidised to the tune of $US1 ($1.80) a day, which is the same amount the poorest 1.2 billion people on the planet have to live on every day.PROTECTIONISM IS FOR RICH COUNTRIES July 13, 2002Â AUSTRALIA July 11, 2002...
by Beth | Jun 21, 2002 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
SYDNEY, Australia, JUNE 20, 2002 (Zenit.org).- The Church stands alone in its efforts to highlight “the moral imperative” of addressing poverty, according to Harvard Law School professor Mary Ann Glendon. Glendon, who has been in Australia to deliver the...
by Beth | Jun 18, 2002 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
To Promote Development Is to Invest in Security, Council Says OTTAWA, JUNE 17, 2002 (Zenit.org).- Canadian bishops are urging the G-8 leaders to keep in mind the plight of the poorer nations, especially those in Africa, when they gather in Kananaskis, Alberta, on June...
