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  2. Poverty reduction - Wikipedia

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    Poverty reduction, poverty relief, or poverty alleviation is a set of measures, both economic and humanitarian, that are intended to permanently lift people out of poverty. Measures, like those promoted by Henry George in his economics classic Progress and Poverty , are those that raise, or are intended to raise, ways of enabling the poor to ...

  3. Rural development - Wikipedia

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    For example, distributing bicycles was one of the key strategies used by China to reduce rural poverty in the 20th century. [9] Eradicating rural poverty through effective policies and economic growth is a continuing difficulty for the international community, as it invests in rural development.

  4. List of Sustainable Development Goal targets and indicators

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    1.a.2 Proportion of total government spending on essential services (education, health and social protection) C010a02 1.b Create sound policy frameworks at the national, regional and international levels, based on pro-poor and gender-sensitive development strategies, to support accelerated investment in poverty eradication actions

  5. Sustainable Development Goal 1 - Wikipedia

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    Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 a day [5] The full text of Target 1.1 is: By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently defined as living on less than $2.15 per person per day at 2017 purchasing power parity. [16]

  6. Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper - Wikipedia

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    They detail a country's plan to promote growth and reduce poverty through implementation of specific economic, social and structural policies over a period of three years or longer. [ 7 ] [ 1 ] PRSPs provide lending organizations, like the World Bank and the IMF, assurance that aid receiving countries will utilize aid to pursue development ...

  7. Rural poverty - Wikipedia

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    For example, distributing bicycles was one of the key strategies used by China to reduce rural poverty in the 20th century. [4] Eradicating rural poverty through effective policies and economic growth is a continuing difficulty for the international community, as it invests in rural development.

  8. Rural community development - Wikipedia

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    Colleges and Universities, many located in rural communities, have also played a key role in rural community development throughout United States history. The Morrill Land-Grant Act of 1862 provided funding for agricultural education. Since the passage of the Morrill Act, there has been significant demographic changes in the population of ...

  9. Rural economics - Wikipedia

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    For example, distributing bicycles was one of the key strategies used by China to reduce rural poverty in the 20th century. [20] Eradicating rural poverty through effective policies and economic growth is a continuing difficulty for the international community, as it invests in rural development.