Discoursive Alibis: Human rights, millennium development goals and poverty reduction strategy papers

Development ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Mathews
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Reduction Strategy ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Poverty Reduction Strategy

Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 1 in Ogun State, Nigeria : Lessons from the Millennium Development Goals Poverty Reduction Strategy

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-105
Author(s):  
Durokifa Anuoluwapo ◽  
Dominique Uwizeyimana
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Poverty Level ◽  
Continuous Increase ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Reduction Strategy ◽  
Ogun State ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Poverty Reduction Strategy

There is no gainsaying the fact that one of the objectives of the Sustainable Development Goals is to end poverty in all its form by 2030. However, the continuous increase in poverty level has generated a lot of debates among policymakers and scholars while government keeps formulating policies to avert the situation. Thus, with SDGs in view, the study took into cognizance the MDGs before it and what hindered it from the full actualisation of its goal, specifically MD Goal 1a “eradicate extreme poverty”. Using quantitative data, the study examined the implementation of MDGs and pinpointed the factors that affected the implementation of the MDG poverty reduction strategy. These factors include corruption, lack of awareness, politics of poverty, non-poor targeted, etc. On this basis, the paper suggests that, if Ogun State will achieve SDG1 by 2030, factors such as good leadership, identification of the poor, awareness and infrastructural opportunities will need to be addressed.

The Millennium Development Goals and the Politics of Global Poverty

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Global Poverty ◽  
International Affairs ◽  
Water Privatization ◽  
Relative Priority ◽  
Reduction Strategies ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Political Dimensions

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), endorsed by 189 governments at the Millennium Summit, propose a concerted global effort to reduce the incidence of severe poverty and many of its most serious manifestations over a twenty-five-year period. The MDGs offer crucial insights into the politics of poverty and poverty reduction in international affairs. Their political dimensions can be analyzed in terms of agency, the nature and limits of accountability, the use and manipulation of quantitative goals for political ends, the dangerous illusion that MDG objectives can be accomplished in large part by mobilizing more development assistance, and the MDGs’ distinctly apolitical approach to the structural causes of poverty. The MDG initiative should be situated in three ongoing streams of debate and discussion: the debate over the relative priority of growth and of human development for poverty reduction; the tension between the assertion of rights and the enunciation of donor-driven goals as the political engine of poverty reduction; and the debate over the roles of markets and of state direction and regulation. While the MDGs concentrate on increasing aid flows to reduce the incidence of poverty and its manifestations, international trade and finance arrangements too often impede rapid progress. This is evident in water privatization, trade rules, and anti-retroviral medicines for HIV/AIDS patients. A way forward is to integrate the MDGs more deeply with human rights guarantees. Donors, for example, must take seriously the 2002 Draft Guidelines for the application of human rights to poverty reduction strategies.

scholarly journals Recent trends in the implementation of trade and development strategies in developing countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-389
Author(s):  
Antonina Popova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Social Services ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Reduction Strategy ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
Economic Strategies ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Poverty Reduction Strategy

Globalization in the 21st century, like any profound process occurring in society, brings both new opportunities and risks. One tool that helps countries overcome continued economic uncertainty is strategic planning. Despite the fact that the scientific community is still debating whether the state should coordinate a country’s economic processes, in practice the number of strategic trade and economic initiatives is constantly growing. This article analyses trends in the design of trade and economic strategies in developing countries from 2000 to 2015, reasons for growing interest in implementing such initiatives, and changes in the structure of strategic documents. Calculations are based on systematic and graphic analyses of data published by the International Trade Centre and the World Bank. The results of this analysis show that increasing interest in implementing trade and development initiatives in the 2000s was preceded by a World Bank policy aimed at alleviating the burden of high-indebted by poor countries. This policy required beneficiaries to have a poverty reduction strategy (e.g. the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers — PRSP). The development of PRSPs helped to create and/or restore institutional mechanisms needed to implement such initiatives, which had been lost back in the 1980s. The promotion of the global development goals—Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 2000–2015 and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2015–2030, adopted by 193 UN member states — served as a trigger for scaling up the development of strategic initiatives. Such initiatives adopted in developing countries, with the support of international organizations, were focused mainly on solving the food and nutrition problems and improving basic social services. Their successful implementation improved existing planning practices and increased the effectiveness of state institutions in developing countries. At the same time, the first positive results returned faith in the effectiveness of these strategic programs for the development of a country’s economy. This created an impulse for the capacity of developing countries to implement later trade and economic strategies without the support of third organizations, giving them the autonomy to allocate resources in high valueadded sectors. Nevertheless, despite all the efforts in developing countries, the weak points of these initiatives remain poor elaboration of action plans and the lack of financial resources to achieve stated objectives.

Lessons from Georgia’s neoliberal experiment: A rising tide does not necessarily lift all boats

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitri Gugushvili
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Economic Reforms ◽  
Social Effects ◽  
Coalition Government ◽  
Reduction Strategy ◽  
Poverty Reduction Strategy ◽  
Household Survey Data

Between 2004 and 2012, Georgia implemented one of the most comprehensive packages of neoliberal economic reforms ever. These reforms have certainly helped to spur growth, but their social effects remain under-researched. To narrow this gap, this article investigates the effects of growth on poverty in Georgia using the official household survey data. The analysis shows that contrary to popular expectations, poverty has decreased only slightly throughout this period and remains high despite a number of progressive measures adopted by a successor coalition government. These findings provide further evidence on the inappropriateness of the neoliberal model as a poverty reduction strategy.

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