Poverty

Développement, et ce que signifient-elles pour la Rest of the Field? Reste du terrain? -A Practitioner Survey -Une enquête Praticien Written by: Rédigé par: Jan Maes, Friend of SEEP Maes Jan, ami de SEEP Laura Foose, Facilitator Foose Laura, animatrice Poverty Outreach Working Group La pauvreté de sensibilisation du Groupe de travail SEEP Network SEEP Network July 2006 Juillet 2006 [pic] |Page 2 Page 2

ONCE UPON A TIME AFRICA Reality: poverty in Africa [pic] The African countries are among the poorest of the world. Africa is the second largest continent on earth, and occupy's 20% of the Earth's land area. From North to South, Africa is about 5,000 miles and from East to West it is about 4,600 miles. The population of Africa is slightly less than 14% of the total world population. About 50% of the world’s diamonds are produced in Africa and yet 32 of the 38 countries in Africa are highly

international confederation of 17 organizations working together with partners and local communities in over 90 pay One in three people in the world live in poverty . We are determined to change that by mobilizing citizen power against poverty. All around the globe, we strive to find practical and innovative solutions to help people get out of poverty and thrive . We save lives and help people affected by crises or disasters to rebuild their livelihoods . And we are fighting so that the poor are heard

Pauvreté Poverty is the lack of basic necessities that all human beings must have: food and water, shelter, education, medical care, security, etc. A multi-dimensional issue, poverty exceeds all social, economic, and political boundaries. As such, efforts to alleviate poverty must be informed of a variety of different factors. La pauvreté est le manque de nécessités de base que tous les êtres humains doivent avoir: nourriture et d'eau, logement, éducation, soins médicaux, sécurité, etc Une question

indienne. India is at the same time one of the very poor country and where growth rate is highest in the world. This poverty of mass strikes generally less urban than rural areas. despite this poverty, the Indian population is increasing every year  . Altough of various improved methods of cultivation there, there is still a lot of huger in the villages. To face this problem of poverty, the government has set up the system of the microcredit. This system allows the poor to be able to make loans and to

Bretton Woods Institutions which were created in 1944 to rebuild a wartorn Europe after WW2. •The Two years later, the Bank issued its first loan: US$250 million to France for postwar reconstruction •From 1968-1981 it focused largely on poverty alleviation. •In the 1980s and 1990s its main focus was both debt management and structural adjustment. THE WORLD BANK’S ROLE It provides financial and technical assistance to developing countries ORGANIZATION • Board of Governors

et enfin les difficultés méthodologiques liées aux méthodes de modélisation en équilibre général. Abstract : Globalization and Poverty : Fragileness of Computable General Equilibrium Models In the debate between “pro” and “anti” globalization one of the main questions deals with the effects of trade liberalization on developing countries, and especially on poverty. The argumentation on this point is very controversial since it is impossible to answer this question simply by looking back to the

to some criticisms………….16 2/ the powerful relationship of nations is the main criticism of the free trade…………………………………………………………………………………………..17 III/ which solutions can be found? ……………………………………………………..……18 A/Globalization and increase of poverty and disparities……………………………………..19 1/ the world average income per capita has strongly increased, but in a very irregular way according to countries……………………………………………...…………………………20 2/quality of life…………………………………………………………………..……………21 B/ How

no cash income. However risks exist because the bank has little recourse against defaulting borrowers.  Help for the development of a country’s financial system  It is believed that this system will give a chance to poor people to get out of poverty: providing poor people the capital they need to open their own business or to expand it  However there is low information concerning the benefice of microfinance. In fact, over-borrowing can be a danger for poor people  Lending money to poor people

development debts to pay, little or nomoney will be available for post-disaster development.They are at the mercy of rich countries for debt cancellation and for adequate long-term aid. • Those living in poverty have no safety nets. Forexample, if they lose their crops because of drought, thosein poverty have little or no savings to buy food. Poorpeople in poor countries do not have insurance to rebuildtheir homes after disasters. Their governments do nothave the resources for disaster relief. • If