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Acronyms and abbreviations

Editorial: We can, and must, end poverty

Executive summary

What will it take to end extreme poverty?

Is it time for a new international poverty measure?

How to measure the many dimensions of poverty?

How do we get to zero on poverty – and stay there?

Local solutions for measuring poverty in Bangladesh, Guatemala, Indonesia, Mexico and Uganda

How are countries using social protection to benefit the poor?

What are the politics of poverty?

What can Africa learn from China's agricultural miracle?

What works on the ground to end poverty?

Local solutions for tackling poverty in Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Sri Lanka, Uganda and Viet Nam

The United Nations High-Level Panel's vision for ending poverty

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Accelerating poverty reduction through global public goods

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Development Assistance Committee members' ODA performance in 2012

European Union institutions

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Statistical annex

Technical notes: Notes on definitions and measurement

Glossary of development terms

Development Co-operation Report 2012. Lessons in Linking Sustainability and Development.

Development Co-operation Report 2011. 50th Anniversary Edition.

Development Co-operation Report 2010

How do we get to zero on poverty – and stay there?

Content Provider	OECD iLibrary
Author	Shepherd, Andrew
Abstract	Nearly half a billion people around the world are chronically poor. Chronically poor people are trapped in extreme poverty, which persists for many years and even across generations. Policy makers who really want to eliminate poverty for good need to design policies that not only get people out of poverty and vulnerability, but that also stop people slipping back into poverty, and that address the causes of chronic poverty. This includes paying serious attention to the large share of chronically poor who live in fragile states. Governments wishing to end chronic poverty need to offer social protection policies that provide an income floor for the chronically poor – as for example employment guarantees, social assistance schemes, conditional cash transfers, pensions, child and disability allowances, etc. They also need to undergo a root-and-branch re-orientation and reprioritisation of policies and programmes – especially in agriculture, education, energy and employment. And they need to clearly distinguish among policies to prevent impoverishment, help people escape poverty and address the root causes of poverty. Establishing a target for each of these trajectories would help to improve the quality of policies. What would such targets look like?Target 1: Increase and sustain escapes from poverty until extreme poverty is all but eliminated.Target 2: Reduce impoverishment to zero.Target 3: Reform institutions and eliminate social (including gender) discrimination, norms and inequalities that keep people poor.
Page Count	12
Starting Page	51
Ending Page	62
Language	English
Publisher	OECD Publishing
Publisher Date	2013-12-05
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Development
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter

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