POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES

Poverty Reduction Strategies

Poverty Reduction Strategies

In recent years, ambitious targets to reduce poverty in the world in general and Canada in particular have been approved by the international community. A renewed focus on increasing economic growth in the developing world has also emerged. Growth is clearly an important condition for large-scale poverty reduction, at least provided that the poor can benefit from these increases in growth. Creating opportunities for economic progress and empowering the poor to participate in this process are widely recognized mechanisms to achieve these objectives (Dercon, 2006, 136).

This process of growth and poverty reduction has ...