Development Initiatives

To eliminate poverty, we need to do more than just create growth and opportunity. We must also recognise and deal with poverty’s multidimensional nature, and put an end to exclusion and exploitation. And we need to acknowledge that addressing poverty is relevant in every country.

At Development Initiatives, we believe that an end to poverty involves building a global stop-poverty guarantee – and that underwriting this guarantee is the proper role of reformed aid.

The six-part guarantee – a right for everyone – involves continuing work on access to health services and education, ensuring enough drinking water and adequate sanitation, and creating opportunities for a minimum level of income. But this important work is not enough. To really end poverty, we need to add two more building blocks: making freedom from insecurity a reality, and supporting access to the transformative power of information

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