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Fighting Poverty

In: Fighting Poverty Together

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  • Aneel Karnani

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Despite the tremendous economic growth around the world in the last thirty years, the number of people living in poverty has gone up, except in China. Thus, it seems clear that, while economic growth is necessary for poverty reduction, it is not enough: Prosperity has not “trickled down” to the poor. About two-fifths of the world population can be classified as poor, living on less than $2.00 per day, and about a fifth is considered extremely poor, living on less than $1.25 per day. UNICEF reports that 24,000 children die each day due to poverty, that is about 9 million children a year. The impact of poverty on children is heartbreaking.

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  • Aneel Karnani, 2011. "Fighting Poverty," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Fighting Poverty Together, chapter 0, pages 1-19, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-12023-5_1
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230120235_1
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