Full Coverage: Poverty

31.12.2007 Thousands of Ranchis held a mass rally at Port Blair to demand their tribal identity and rights. Currently 13% of the Andaman and Nicobar population, these tribes were first brought to the islands as labourers to clear jungles for settlements.

28.12.2007 You can now get a return on your investment and also help fight global poverty. Online auction giant eBay’s new micro lending website lets people invest in entrepreneurs in poor communities around the world to help them build better lives for themselves while also earning modest returns.

27.12.2007 The United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking invites UN agencies, international organisations and other stakeholders to create an active online community to exchange and share knowledge on ways to combat this global crime. UN.GIFT encourages participants to engage in e-discussions, showcase positive projects, practices, and stories of courage, and draw on its various resources.

26.12.2007 There are many countries in the world, which have done far better in terms of human development even without touching growth rates as high as India’s, says P. Sainath, rural affairs editor of The Hindu and recipient of Ramon Magsaysay Award.

21.12.2007 Using video conferencing to procure quality seeds, fertiliser and access market-related information to sell their products is becoming popular among Indian farmers. In ten districts of northern state of Rajasthan, the state government has recently installed the facility.

20.12.2007 Balilla käynnistetty neuvotteluprosessi ei riitä pysäyttämään ilmastonmuutosta, jos kauppa- ja investointipolitiikka ei seuraa perässä, osoittaa Kehitysyhteistyön palvelukeskuksen tuore raportti (pdf).

19.12.2007 Countries in South Asia like Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal will receive ADB assistance of US$ 21.2 million to develop ICTs in their respective countries. It will promote inclusive growth and help reduce poverty.

18.12.2007 Indian capital New Delhi is busy transforming itself into a modern city before the Commonwealth Games to be held in 2010. In the process, Delhi’s poor are being uprooted and left alone to fend for themselves.

17.12.2007 Palestine will require "significant aid" over the next couple of years in order to avert a dangerous plunge in poverty levels, says a new report issued by an international development bank.

17.12.2007 Monen zimbabwelaisen elanto on nykyään kiinni salakuljetuksesta: Sambiaan ja Botswanaan virtaa esimerkiksi alkoholia – ja yhä useammin myös ihmisiä.

15.12.2007 While delegates to the Bali climate conference tried to hammer out an agreement to preserve the planet for future generations, in New York delegates to a UN General Assembly Special Session wrestled with another pressing problem: how to meet the promise of "A World Fit for Children" made by world governments in 2002.

14.12.2007 Hyvin toimivien ja vakaiden työmarkkinoiden merkitys voisi olla entistä voimakkaammin esillä suomalaisessa kehityspolitiikassa, toivoi Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskuksen hallituksen varapuheenjohtaja Pekka Ristelä SASKin syysseminaarissa keskiviikkona.

14.12.2007 World Food Programme has drawn attention towards seven countries in the world, which are vulnerable to hunger. Two of them are in South Asia – Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

13.12.2007 The “Menu for Hope” is an on-line lottery conceived as a fund-raising campaign. The World Food Programme has welcomed the initiative, saying that it makes a unique connection between impoverished African farmers and people with fascination for food in the developed world.

13.12.2007 The poor of Karachi in the Sindh province of Pakistan face evictions from the main city. They are being thrown out on the outskirts to make way for global capital and emerging middle class.

12.12.2007 For the Tharu, a group of people native to southwestern Nepal, freedom from years of bonded labor initially meant being kicked out into a completely foreign society, forming small communities on marginal land, and falling deeper into poverty. Now, youth programs that promote education are empowering the Tharu's younger generations to repair the injustices and indignities of the preceding generations.

11.12.2007 The United Nations 'framework convention' on climate change currently going on at Bali, Indonesia is halfway through and yet no breakthrough is in sight, says Anil Netto. The official view, however, is one of optimism that progress has been made in laying the ''building blocks'' for a future agreement.

07.12.2007 The ILO and the Bill & Milinda Gates Foundation have come together to help develop new kinds of insurance for low-income people in impoverished countries across the world. Thirty-four million US dollars given by the Gates Foundation will create the Microinsurance Innovation Facility that will provide grants and technical assistance to organisations working with the poor.

06.12.2007 The right to decent work of persons with disabilities, a new report by ILO calls for renewed efforts to support people with disabilities in the world of work. Many among approximately 470 million disabled persons of employable age often face disproportionate levels of poverty and unemployment.

05.12.2007 A three-day conference on poverty eradication began in Indian capital New Delhi. Organised by Development Alternatives and Price Waterhouse Coopers, the conference aims to highlight the achievements of seven-year long largest civil society initiative, known as Poorest Areas Civil Society (PACS) programme, to eradicate poverty.