"Eradicating poverty is an ethical, social, political and economic imperative of humankind"
General Assembly Resolution 51/178
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UNEP Publications online
UNESCO Poverty Research Institute database DESA SG Report Review of the first UN Decade for the Eradication of Poverty SG Report on the centrality of Employment in poverty eradication SG report on Cooperatives in social development GA resolution on the first UN Decade for the Eradication of Poverty Report of the World Social Situation: The Inequality Predicament Millennium Development Goals Report 2006 World Economic and Social Survey: Diverging Growth and Development Blue Book on Building Inclusive Financial Sectors for Development The 2005 World Summit Outcome Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the MDGs UNCTAD The Least Developed Countries Report: Developing Productive Capacities Economic Development in Africa
OHRLLS Breaking Barriers - Gender Perspectives and Empowerment of Women in Least Developed Countries
UNICEF Child Poverty in Rich Countries 2005 Report Card No. 6 Progress for Children: A Report Card on Nutrition, No.4 The State of the World’s Children 2006: Excluded and Invisible Principles and Practicalities in Measuring Child Poverty for the Rich Countries Child Poverty and Changes in Child Poverty in Rich Nations in Rich Countries since 1990 A Portrait of Child Poverty in Germany The Impact of Tax and Transfer Systems on Children in the European Union Alternative Tax-benefit Strategies to Support Children in the European Union Social Monitor 2004 on Economic Growth and Child Poverty in the CEE/CIS and the Baltic States UNRISD Targeting and Universalism in Poverty Reduction Globalization" and Social Policy in a Development Context: Regional Responses Gender and Education: A Review of Issues for Social Policy Social Policy in a Development Context Social Indicators and Welfare Monitoring Disempowering New Democracies and the Persistence of Poverty Approaches to Globalization and Inequality within the International System Methodological and Data Challenges to Identifying the Impacts of Globalization and Liberalization on Inequality Gender Equality: Striving for Justice in an Unequal World Improving Knowledge on Social Development in International Organizations I Improving Knowledge on Social Development in International Organizations II Social Knowledge and International Policy Making: Exploring the Linkages WFP Publications of WPF Policy Unit World Food Programme Annual Reports Hunger Map 2005 WFP in Africa (Facts, figures and partners) Are we reaching the hungry? WFP working in partnership Concrete steps towards a millennium free from hunger World Hunger Series 2006 (Full report and an overview) Global School Feeding Report 2005 The Essential Package Engagement in Poverty Reduction Strategies Engagement in Poverty Reduction Strategies [Corr.]
UNDP How to Make Poverty History: The central role of local organizations in meeting the MDGs Measuring Democratic Governance: A Framework for Selecting Pro-Poor and Gender Sensitive Indicators En Route to Equality: A Gender Review of National MDG Reports Fiscal Decentralization and Poverty Reduction Human Rights-Based Approach to Poverty Reduction – Analytical Linkages, Practical Work, and UNDP New Global Poverty Count Poverty among women in Latin America: Feminization or over-representation? MDG-Based PRSPs Need More Ambitious Economic Policies Poverty-Environment Partnership 2005-09: Sustaining the Environment to Fight Poverty and Achieve the MDGs: The Economic Case and Priorities for Action Pro Poor Urban Governance: Lessons from Life Inter-country Comparisons of Poverty Based on a Capability Approach: An Empirical Exercise Taking Gender Equality Seriously: Making Progress, Meeting New Challenges Governance for the Future: Democracy and Development in the Least Developed Countries World Resources 2005: The Wealth of the Poor – Managing Ecosystems to Fight Poverty