Achieving The First Millienium Development Goal: Some Considerations In Eradicating Extreme Poverty And Hunger In A Resource Constrained Economy.

doi:10.5580/2bdb

Achieving The First Millienium Development Goal: Some Considerations In Eradicating Extreme Poverty And Hunger In A Resource Constrained Economy.

The Internet Journal of World Health and Societal Politics ◽

10.5580/2bdb ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

Keyword(s):

Resource Constrained ◽

Development Goal ◽

Extreme Poverty

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Policies to Eradicate Extreme Poverty in Chile

Journal of Health Management ◽

10.1177/097206340901100110 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 143-155

Author(s):

Bruno Bivort Urrutia ◽

Soledad Martínez Labrín

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Present Article ◽

Research Work ◽

Millennium Development Goal ◽

Community Networks ◽

Development Goal ◽

Extreme Poverty ◽

Low Level ◽

Community Or ◽

Depth Interviews

The present article analyses the association between the way in which public policy conceptualises poverty (in discourse and practice), the conception of poverty of people who live in extreme poverty conditions and the strategies they develop to affront it, in the light of their participation in the Puente Programme in Chile. The data emanate from research work carried out from a qualitative perspective using in-depth interviews with people considered to be living in extreme poverty and including a gendered analytic. The ‘Puente Programme’ is part of Chilean public policy aimed to reduce levels of poverty and extreme poverty, in consonance with the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) One as stated by the UNDP. Indeed, such policies seem to have had the effect of generating a self-perception of lack of opportunities, low level of agency in the solutions of their problems and consequently, fewer possibilities of achievement of the ends that they have in mind among the users. Also, we conclude that the strategies used by the Puente Programme have neither strengthened community association, nor helped to regenerate community networks. Additionally, the interviewed people do not feel empowered or improved in their citizenship capacities. Instead, what results is a sense of dependency on institutions. Finally, we postulate that the Puente Programme has not contributed to the development of a community or in subjective welfare.

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Climate Change Adaptation Mechanism for Sustainable Development Goal 1 in Nigeria: Legal Imperative

African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-42091-8_81-1 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-21

Author(s):

Erimma Gloria Orie

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Poverty Reduction ◽

Sustainable Development Goal ◽

Adaptation Measures ◽

Development Goal ◽

Extreme Poverty ◽

The People ◽

Reduction Strategies ◽

Environmental Shocks

AbstractDespite international efforts on poverty reduction in the last decade, poverty is rampant in many countries including Nigeria. Poverty remains a principal challenge for development in twenty-first century and a threat to achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 1, which is a global attempt, among others, to end poverty by 2030. Meanwhile, 13 out of the 15 countries where extreme poverty is rising are in Africa. According to the World Poverty Clock, Nigeria, by 2018, had the largest extreme poverty population of 86.9 million, thus making the people vulnerable to malnutrition, armed conflict, migration, and other socioeconomic and environmental shocks. Whereas these impacts are exacerbated by climate change (CC), unfortunately, Nigeria’s adaptation efforts are inadequate due to certain impediments. The chapter finds that Nigeria lacks the CC law to properly regulate institutional and policy interventions to impacts of CC. It argues that although adaptation as opposed to mitigation is interim, yet integrating adaptation measures into Sustainable Development (SD) framework and poverty reduction strategies is a potent means of addressing CC impacts on the poor and achieve SDG1 target. The chapter therefore recommends the establishment of CC law in Nigeria that incorporates adaptation measures in poverty reduction strategies and mainstreaming of CC issues.

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