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Implementation of the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997–2006) (2003), para. 13
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- 1. Stresses that eradicating poverty is the greatest global challenge facing the world today and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, in particular for developing countries, and that, although each country has the primary responsibility for its own sustainable development and poverty eradication and that the role of national policies and development strategies cannot be overemphasized, concerted and concrete measures are required at all levels to enable developing countries to achieve their sustainable development goals as related to the internationally agreed poverty-related targets and goals;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- N.A.
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- Mar 5, 2020
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International Labour Organization Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization (2009), para. 07
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- Recognizing that full and productive employment and decent work for all is one of the key elements of poverty reduction strategies that facilitate the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, and that it requires a multidimensional focus that incorporates Governments, the private sector, civil society, non-governmental organizations, representatives of employers and workers, international organizations and, in particular, the agencies of the United Nations system and the international financial institutions,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s (2001), para. 16
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- 4. Urges the implementation of the enhanced programme of debt relief to heavily indebted poor countries without delay and the cancellation of all the official bilateral debt of those countries in the context of poverty eradication, in return for a demonstrable commitment by them to poverty reduction as part of their overall development strategy, and requests the support of the international community for debt relief for African countries in a comprehensive and effective manner;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- N.A.
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- Mar 5, 2020
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International Year of Microcredit, 2005 (1999), para. 06
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- Bearing in mind the importance of microfinance instruments such as credit, savings and related business services in providing access to capital for people living in poverty,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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External debt crisis and development (2005), para. 18
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- 11. Also stresses the need to find a solution for the debt problems of heavily indebted low- and middle-income developing countries that are not eligible for debt relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative, and in this regard continues to encourage the exploration of mechanisms to comprehensively address the debt problems of those countries, which may include debt-for-sustainable- development swaps or multicreditor debt swap arrangements, as appropriate;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Prevention of armed conflict (2003), para. 40
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- 2. Calls in this regard upon Member States and the international community at large to support poverty eradication measures and the development strategies of developing countries;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Follow-up to the second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (2018), para. 28
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- 5. Also recognizes that efforts will need to be scaled up and sustained in order to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030 in landlocked developing co untries;
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- N.A.
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Human rights and extreme poverty (2003), para. 12
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- Recognizing that the eradication of extreme poverty is a major challenge within the process of globalization and requires coordinated and continued policies through decisive national action and international cooperation,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights (2016), para. 23
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- Emphasizing that the existence of widespread extreme poverty inhibits the full realization and effective enjoyment of human rights and that its immediate alleviation and eventual elimination must remain a high priority for the international community,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008–2017) (2008), para. 13
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- 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997–2006); 4F 5
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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The right to food (2002), para. 27
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- 15. Supports the recommendation that the High Commissioner organize a fourth expert consultation on the right to food, with a focus on the realization of this right as part of strategies and policies for the eradication of poverty, inviting experts from all regions;
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- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- N.A.
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008–2017) (2014), para. 23
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- Acknowledging that South-South cooperation is not a substitute for but rather a complement to North-South cooperation, and recognizing the contributions of South-South and triangular cooperation to the efforts of developing countries to eradicate poverty and pursue sustainable development,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Southern African Development Community (1996), para. 09
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- Noting with grave concern the recurrence of drought in the region and the increase of poverty as a result, especially in rural communities,
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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External debt sustainability and development (2010), para. 40
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- 20. Stresses that debt relief can play a key role in liberating resources that should be directed towards activities consistent with poverty eradication, sustained economic growth, economic development and the internationally agreed development goals including, the Millennium Development Goals, and in this regard urges countries to direct those resources freed through debt relief, in particular through debt cancellation and reduction, towards those objectives;
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- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008–2017) (2015), para. 45
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- 19. Reaffirms the importance of the eradication of poverty as an overarching objective of ongoing follow-up processes to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Triennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations system (2008), para. 138
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- 100. Invites the United Nations system and the Bretton Woods institutions to explore further ways to enhance cooperation, collaboration and coordination, including through the greater harmonization of strategic frameworks, instruments, modalities and partnership arrangements, in full accordance with the priorities of the recipient Governments, and in this regard emphasizes the importance of ensuring, under the leadership of national authorities, greater consistency between the strategic frameworks developed by the United Nations agencies, funds and programmes and the Bretton Woods institutions, while maintaining the institutional integrity and organizational mandates of each organization and the national poverty reduction strategies, including poverty reduction strategy papers, where they exist;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Implementation of the Declaration on InternationalDevelopment Strategy for the Fourth United Nations Development Decade (2003), para. 05
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- Reaffirming the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 1 in particular the targets and commitments relating to development and poverty eradication,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Specific actions related to the particular needs and problems of landlocked developing countries: follow-up to the second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (2015), para. 03
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- Reaffirming the overarching goal of the Vienna Programme of Action of addressing the special development needs and challenges of landlocked developing countries arising from their landlockedness, remoteness and geographical constraints in a more coherent manner and thus contributing to an enhanced rate of sustainable and inclusive growth, which can contribute to the eradication of poverty by moving towards the goal of ending extreme poverty,
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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The right to development (2009), para. 19
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- Stressing that poverty eradication is one of the critical elements in the promotion and realization of the right to development and that poverty is a multifaceted problem that requires a multifaceted and integrated approach in addressing economic, political, social, environmental and institutional dimensions at all levels, especially in the context of the millennium development goal of halving, by 2015, the proportion of the world’s people whose income is less than one dollar a day and the proportion of people who suffer from hunger,
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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External debt and development: towards a durable solution to the debt problems of developing countries (2008), para. 13
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- Stressing the importance of addressing the challenges of those heavily indebted poor countries that are facing difficulties in reaching the completion point under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative, and expressing concern that some heavily indebted poor countries continue to face substantial debt burdens and need to avoid rebuilding unsustainable debt burdens after reaching the completion point under the Initiative,
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- Economic Rights
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Global health and foreign policy: health employment and economic growth (2017), para. 54
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- 11. Notes that challenges in global health still remain and demand persistent attention and that this urgently requires the fulfilment of commitments to strengthen the global partnership for development, and emphasizes in particular in this regar d North-South cooperation, the importance of South-South and triangular cooperation and the exchange of best practices, as well as capacity-building and the transfer of technology on mutually agreed terms, to address health inequities in the context of poverty eradication and sustainable development, in line with national priorities;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Implementation of the Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008–2017) (2018), para. 75
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- 37. Emphasizes that international public finance plays an important role in complementing the efforts of countries to mobilize public resources domestically, especially in the poorest and most vulnerable countries with limited domestic resources;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Combating sand and dust storms (2019), para. 03
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- Reaffirming its resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, in which it adopted a comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of universal and transformative Sustainable Development Goals and targets, its commitment to working tirelessly for the full implementation of the Agenda by 2030, its recognition that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, its commitment to achieving sustainable development in its three dimensions – economic, social and environmental – in a balanced and integrated manner, and to building upon the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals and seeking to address their unfinished business,
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- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Enhancing international cooperation towards a durable solution to the external debt problems of developing countries (2003), para. 28
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- 10. Emphasizes the need to help bring about initial recovery in heavily indebted poor post-conflict countries, in coordination with the international financial institutions, to help clear, as appropriate, the arrears of those countries vis- à-vis international financial institutions;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Enhancing international cooperation towards a durable solution to the external debt problem of developing countries (1996), para. 08
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- Stressing the urgent need for further assisting developing countries, in particular the poorest and heavily indebted countries, especially in Africa, in their efforts to improve their debt situation in view of their continued very high level of total debt stock and servicing burdens,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Role of microcredit in the eradication of poverty (1998), para. 02
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- Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General on the observance of the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty (1996) and recommendations for the rest of the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006), 1
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
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- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Towards global partnerships (2010), para. 09
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- Underlining the fact that cooperation between the United Nations and all relevant partners, including the private sector, shall serve the purposes and principles embodied in the Charter of the United Nations, can make concrete contributions to the realization of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, as well as the outcomes of major United Nations conferences and summits and their reviews, in particular in the area of development and the eradication of poverty, and shall be undertaken in a manner that maintains the integrity, impartiality and independence of the Organization,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Implementation of the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1999), para. 30
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- 21. Reaffirms the importance of agreeing on a mutual commitment between interested developed and developing country partners to allocate, on average, 20 per cent of official development assistance and 20 per cent of the national budget, respectively, to basic social programmes, and welcomes the efforts made to implement the 20/20 initiative, which emphasizes that promoting access for all to basic social services is essential for sustainable and equitable development and is an integral part of the strategy for the eradication of poverty; 4 22. Decides that the themes for the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty in 1999 and 2000 shall be, respectively, “Women and the eradication of poverty” and “Globalization and the eradication of poverty”;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Women
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Commodities (2016), para. 04
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- Reaffirming its resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, in which it adopted a comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of universal and transformative Sustainable Development Goals and targets, its commitment to working tirelessly for the full implementation of this Agenda by 2030, its recognition that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, its commitment to achieving sustainable development in its three dimensions — economic, social and environmental — in a balanced and integrated manner, and to building upon the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals and seeking to address their unfinished business,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Enhancing international cooperation towards a durable solution to the external debt problem of developing countries (2000), para. 04
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- Welcoming and emphasizing the importance of the efforts of debtor countries, despite the great social cost often involved, in pursuing economic reform, stabilization and structural adjustment programmes aimed at achieving stability, raising domestic savings and investments, attaining competitiveness to take advantage of market access opportunities where available, reducing inflation, improving economic efficiency and addressing the social aspects of development, including the eradication of poverty as well as the development of social safety nets for the vulnerable and poorer strata of their populations, and encouraging them to continue in these efforts,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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