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Drawing on the Millennium Declaration , the UN system, World Bank and OECD drew up a set of eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with associated targets and indicators. All 191 United Nations member states have pledged to meet the MDGs by the year 2015. The first Goal is to Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger; its targets are to halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day and the proportion of people who suffer from hunger.
 
 
 
 
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27-08-2008 According to World Bank’s newly released estimates, there are 1.4 billion people in the developing world who are living in extreme poverty, of which about 600 million are in South Asia alone. With soaring food and energy prices, combating global poverty has become even more challenging.
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Image: More people have fallen below poverty line/ Photo credit: Reuters
 
 
 
 
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05-09-2008 For a small group of men, sewers of Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka are ‘goldmines’. They eke out their living by finding small bits of the precious metal accidentally brushed off into drains from nearby jewellery shops. Though a dirty business, it is enough to make ends meet.
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Image: A gold workshop / Photo credit: BBC
 
 
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03-09-2008 At a time when people in India’s impoverished state of Bihar are inundated with the waters of Kosi river, Mihir R. Bhatt, director of All India Disaster Management Institute refers to the ideas at a recent regional Commonwealth roundtable. His suggestions will hopefully make India a safer place by going beyond relief, rescue and rehabilitation.
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Image: Rescue operation on/ Photo credit: AP/ BBC
 
 
Poverty is pronounced lack of or no access to economic resources such as land capital and credit. The barriers to pursuing these opportunities are the key obstacles to over come extreme poverty. Access to assets and opportunities is constrained by low rates of economic growth, inequality, social exclusion etc.
 
 
Despite economic achievements in terms of economic performance, however, the region continues to be home for more than two-fifths of the world’s poor. Hunger is but an extreme manifestation of poverty. Freedom from hunger is a basic human right and it has been one of the core objectives of the MDGs.
 
 
The generation of adequate employment opportunities for our growing labour force is one of the central objectives of south Asian to combat poverty and reduce extreme hunger. Proper policy initiative and the collective efforts will help region to address MDG-1 and will have qualitative addition in the lives of disadvantaged.
 
 
Agriculture is the mainstay of the economies of the South Asian countries. Heavy dependence on agriculture combined with low productivity largely contributes in widespread poverty and poverty in the region. To address the issue of livelihood and food security this sector needs to be strengthened by strong policy support.
 
 
Poverty is defined as an income (or more broadly welfare) level below a socially acceptable minimum and micro finance and Micro enterprises Micro-Enterprises play a critical role in the economic development of any economy, but particularly in those are that undergoing a transition.
 
 
There is growing acceptance of importance of ICT that can provide new and more efficient method of production, bringing unattainable market within reach of the poor people and improving delivery of government services.
 
 
Human survival depends on a continuous adequate and suitable livelihood, but the world today is afflicted with hunger, poverty and disease. Extreme poverty, unemployment leads to a severe migration Therefore, there is a need for a comprehensive strategy addressing the issues, which are leading to migration.
 
 
Multi-Stakeholder Partnership (MSP) is an important component to address issue like poverty in the South Asian region. To address MDGs it is important for all players to come together and act responsively to make the poverty history.
 
 
 
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03-09-2008 Network for Social Accountability has prepared a policy brief on recent budgetary provisions in India for the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan. The paper: Of Dalits and their Money analyses several anomalies from reduced allocation to improper utilisation of funds meant for one of the most impoverished communities of the country.
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Image: Protest demonstration organised by NCDHR in New Delhi/ Photo credit: NSA
 
 
 
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OneWorld South Asia's Seventh Annual Regional Meeting on February 8-9, 2008, at New Delhi, focused on Southern voices and perspectives on the Climate Change debate.
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