Combating Poverty
Programme Area
Enabling the poor to achieve sustainable livelihoods
Basis for action
3.1. Poverty is a complex multidimensional problem
with origins in both the national and international domains. No uniform
solution can be found for global application. Rather, country-specific programmes
to tackle poverty and international efforts supporting national efforts, as
well as the parallel process of creating a supportive international
environment, are crucial for a solution to this problem. The eradication of
poverty and hunger, greater equity in income distribution and human resource
development remain major challenges everywhere. The struggle against poverty is
the shared responsibility of all countries.
