[EQ] Rethinking Poverty - UN Report on the World Social Situation (RWSS)

Rethinking Poverty

UN Report on the World Social Situation (RWSS) 2010

Available online at: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/rwss/2010.html

“  the report seeks to contribute to rethinking poverty and its eradication. It affirms the urgent need for a strategic shift away from the market fundamentalist thinking, policies and practices of recent decades towards more sustainable development- and equity-oriented policies appropriate to national conditions and circumstances. ….”

The Report makes a compelling case for rethinking poverty and poverty-reduction efforts, saying that over-reliance on market forces and economic liberalization have led to neglect of nationally designed and developmentally-oriented strategies, to the detriment of the world’s poor. The most important lesson, according is that governments need to play a developmental role, integrating economic and social policies that support inclusive output and employment growth, while attacking inequality and promoting justice…..”

 

Content

Executive Summary Full Report Chapters of the Report Preface Chapter I: Rethinking poverty: which way now? Chapter II: Poverty: the official numbers Chapter III: The poverty of poverty measurement Chapter IV: Deprivation, vulnerability and exclusion Chapter V: Macroeconomic policies and poverty reduction Chapter VI: Economic liberalization and poverty reduction Chapter VII: Labour-market and social policies and poverty reduction Chapter VIII: Poverty reduction programmes Chapter IX: Rethinking poverty reduction interventions Bibliography Key Points

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