It would be an understatement to say that poverty reduction is one of the most important
goals of our time. Much has been written on this topic, and the fight against world poverty is …

Over 20 years ago Philip Sadler, then head of a leading British business school, wrote
Managerial Leadership in the Post-Industrial Society. In it he predicted that business would …

Article 25: Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-
being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care. Article …

A discourse on poverty and the necessity of reducing its magnitude, if not eradicating it, has
become fashionable today. It is a discourse of charity, in the nineteenth-century-style, which …

Almost a decade into the 21st century, absolute poverty is still pervasive outside the
industrialized world. Helping poor people in poor countries improve their levels of living is …

Poverty reduction has become a top priority for international development; new norms, facts
and findings on global poverty are gradually becoming part of the established economic …

This book presents innovative approaches to reducing poverty through the commitment,
involvement, and leadership of individuals, for-profit businesses, and not-for-profit …

Since it defined the concept of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP), the World Bank
has officially made the fight against poverty one of its major priorities. Poverty reduction is …

In the mid-1960s, just prior to the establishment of the Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP)
at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the first generation of poverty researchers, primarily …

Reference is increasingly being made among economists, and more widely, to a
'Washington Consensus' on poverty in developing countries. It refers not only to a perceived …