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Francine Mestrum looks at poverty reduction in relation to the major trends of the poverty reduction policies of international organizations. She presents an overview of economic and social development policies before 1990 together with a brief overview of structural adjustment policies and a critical analysis of the emergence and the conceptualization of poverty in the 1990. She concludes with a critical analysis of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) raising questions for the third world and for rich countries.
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This article is based on a speech delivered by Francine Mestrum at the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty Vrije Universiteit Brussel Conference on Development 17 October 2005.
See Development 48.1 for a detailed discussion on the MDGs.
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Looks at major trends of poverty reduction policies of international organizations
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Mestrum, F. Global Poverty Reduction: A new social paradigm?. Development 49, 62–66 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.development.1100246
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