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[2mba]

It will never work! Big Ideas for a big problems never works! A big problem like Poverty in Africa and for that matter anywhere starts with just 1 person. I've seen Band aid, Live aid Bono aid and the list goes on. Big Ideas like this mean big business & it will be lucky if 10% gets to the poor and needy. But along the way the organizers will make heaps & heaps and argue heaps. If you want to give find a Missionary who lives in the poverty and give to him or her...there are plenty around.

[GlobalPovertyProject]

Agreed - there's no one big idea that will end extreme poverty.

Extreme poverty is complex and nuanced, and so our actions in response to it need to be complex and nuanced.

Our presentation introduces some of these ideas, and sets out a framework for how we can support the world's poor to solve the problems themselves, one at a time.

[optimusprimo69]

In the book Dead Aid, former World Bank economist Moyo describes the inherent problems of continually providing aid to Africa, and the cycle of dependency condemning third world countries to long-term poverty instead of empowering them to engage in constructive nation building. We are not the first generation that could have eradicated extreme poverty so I hope we are the ones that can make significant inroads to eradicate the agricultural subsidies that have kept aid unproductive up till now.

[GlobalPovertyProject]

Great observation - agricultural subsidies and other barriers certainly limit the effectiveness of aid, and our ability to end extreme poverty depends not just on how much aid we give, but how we engage with Africa and those in extreme poverty in all regards.

For us as everyday citizens, it means that ending poverty is about doing more than making donations, important though that is. The products we buy, the media we consume, the time we give and the choices we make in our democracy all matter.

[Gr33nWAR]

Donate all the money you like, it wont get rid of poverty. (you may notice poverty exists in "first world" countries too) Charities and Fund raising is a band-aid solution and although it doesn't solve the problem, it does make some people and organisations very rich. If you want to end poverty, invest and build infrastructure and educate the population... Unfortunately for them, there is more money to be made by deliberately keeping "developing countries" poor.

Activist =/= Action

[GlobalPovertyProject]

Inequality will always exist - there will always be people who are richer and poorer.

But, in a world with so much prosperity, there is no reason - ethical, social, political or economic - that 1.4 billion people continue to live in extreme poverty, or on less than the purchasing power of US$1.25 a day.

It's this sort of poverty that we talk about in the presentation, and it's this sort of poverty that we have the opportunity to end within a lifetime.

[huntforthelifeofrs]

if there were 100 people on earth if you had a bed and a closet your in the top 75% of the richest people in the world

[orangebus333]

It's true that the rich in India are getting richer, but it shouldn't be forgotten that there are still 15 million street children in the country, or that malnutrition rates in India are worse than any African country. You have my full support! I hope this really brings about some change!

[vthilton]

With sharing the world's resources there will be world justice. With world justice there will be world peace. With world peace there will be a world left. Feed the little ones. The world's future is in humanity's hands. The problem is in our own world's backyard.

[timboincorporated]

Not meaning to be cynical, but as soon as a few more billion have enough money to buy cars and use more energy the poverty issue will be the last one we think about.

The planet isn't big enough to handle all of it's population living well. We will also run out of food and energy quickly and it will be harder to adapt as much of the money will have been spent on the issue of poverty.

First we need to be able to handle everyone on the planet living well.

[MoujiSan]

Tony Blair !!

Are you joking!!!

What has this liar done to Iraq!!!

[MoujiSan]

this is so ambiguous!

there needs to be focused goals

eg.

stop debt on foreign loans....

This just justifies "tecnocrats" "expertcrats' to talk, but never really achieve it...

No offence to Hugh, his heart is in the right place for sure....

But try the World Social Forum in Brazil, not the World Economic forum in Switzerland....

Read some John Pilger about the danger if these entertaining/mass media efforts to "stop poverty"...

peace

[Spange666]

what are you doing? do you live in luxury compared to other. do you have a disposable income.

what do you spend that on, movies, clothes, expensive fast food, entertainment. ?

or stopping poverty.

'Let deeds not words be your adorning'.

[wackyredge]

atleast tell your friends about this video... lol

[wackyredge]

love the comment. great job. much love

[MrZenic]

what are the rich doing? Do they really need all the luxury in the world? How much more shall the disparity between the rich and poor will grow..

[bldmeyer]

Have a read of a book called "The Bottom Billion" by Paul Collier. It will provide you great insight in to how we could begin to address the complexity of the myriad of issues plaguing the bottom billion.

The reason why the "HOW" has not been found is because the answer is not simple, nor is it easy to achieve. No one who understands this would ever say so.

The "HOW" will be achieved by perseverance and a drive to achieve sustainable change.

It is a complex issue, but it can be done.

[07751434]

Give money and tell others to. Every bit helps. Caritas has a 'hope giver' program where you give money automaticaly every month. This way less the administrators of caritas get less of your money and more money gets to the people you want it to get to. check it out.

[fdoric6]

The richest 1% of the worlds population owns more than the bottom 95% and the bottom 50% own just 1%. These imbalances cannot be overcome within the framework of the system that created them—CAPITALISM. Appealing to the despots responsible for this mess is futile and inane.

[rubygirlfly]

Part 3

I appreciate the intention, but cant help to feel our desire for social justice has been hijacked by governors of our economic world.

Please do keep going, but please make sure you are asking the right questions as you proceed.

[rubygirlfly]

Part 2

Poverty is sad. look in our own backyards and you will see we have not done that great a job in finding a solution.

People feel dissatisfied, for communities to work we have different roles that we rate & reward with money? I dont think our rating system works very well?

We buy things we dont need & with food under lock and key (available only at a price) we can make ourselves feel better (by going outside of the natural order of the world) but at what cost to our overall survival?

[rubygirlfly]

I cant help wondering if we have lost our way?

A revolution to make the world a better place, & we are selling capitalism as a model? I dont understand.

The focus on how much a person spends a day, the push for a standardised infrastructure (education, health and welfare) so we can train the young people of these societies to be dutiful consumers. Is the aim to create a homogeneous world where really we don't have any differences anymore?

[Lopt88]

Talk, talk, talk. Just start in your neighborhoods! help around home and local communities and soon you will see it flow over the edges into these places!

I personally am going to change the world, are you?

[MissAzmira]

Its amazing how many fools have commented on this and dont have a clue. They should be the ones who make sure they dont breed lol ! Inform yourself further b4 commenting on such serious issues. Or instead of just criticising come up with some ideas for action. Instead of exuses for sitting on your your ass!

[Gr33nWAR]

I am all for eradication of poverty but HOW do you intend to do this?

I see a lot of talk and wank about how poverty is a problem and we can help but no one says HOW.

So tell me, how?

[mmmail1969]

I'm not a big fan of the "aid industry". Yes, the West can help. But the modern world does "stuff" well, food, medical supplies etc. What is really needed in many developing parts of the world, is more accountability by the govts themselves. Local warlords and similar inflict great suffering on their own or neighbouring peoples - no amount of aid/financial support can change some peoples hearts! Best wishes for your efforts.

[GlobalPovertyProject]

Population management is a challenge, but it is a global one.

From an ethical point of view, the steps taken to stablise global population should be applied equally to all people in all countries.

This would mean that we're saying we should sterilise all people, which I think is something that would face significant resistance.

The best way of reducing fertility rates and population growth is to ensure that girls get to go to school, and that communities are lifted out of poverty.

[GlobalPovertyProject]

This challenge - of money saved from loan repayments being spent on arms - is something that has been incorporated into the way debt forgiveness works.

To qualify for debt relief through the IMF and World Bank's multilateral debt relief initiative (MDRI), countries need to meet a range of criteria related to good governance.

Debt relief done right can make real differences to the world's poor - in Tanzania, it's enabled huge re-investment in health and education.

[GlobalPovertyProject]

In the interviews that we've conducted - with people in extreme poverty, those working to support them, and with policy-makers - there's a strong sense of people wanting to 'help themselves.'

All around the world, people are studying, working and trading their way to a better life in incredibly challenging situations. But, there are three big barriers holding them back, and which we explore in the presentation - governance, money and trade rules.

Come to a presentation to find out more.