An assessment of national poverty eradication programme on wealth creation in...Alexander Decker
This document summarizes a study that assessed the impact of Nigeria's National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) on wealth creation in Benue State. The study found that NAPEP's strategies have not significantly improved beneficiaries' lives. While some received skills training, few received follow-up loans or credits to start businesses. As a result, most beneficiaries reported that NAPEP had no real impact in reducing their poverty. The study concludes that poverty reduction strategies in Nigeria have generally failed due to problems like corruption, poor funding, weak monitoring and lack of stakeholder involvement in policymaking.
Declaration of Civil Society Organizations from the Arab Region on the Post ...Dr Lendy Spires
Declaration of Civil Society Organizations from the Arab Region on the Post 2015 framework Regional Consultation on the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda (Beirut, 14 March 2013) General Background In the year 2000, the Millennium Declaration (MD) put forward a set of challenges to global development efforts and that outlined a "collective responsibility to uphold the principles of human dignity, equality and equity at the global level". The Millennium Declaration called for global policies and measures, to address the needs of developing countries and economies in transition so that all can benefit from the positive effects of globalization. It contained a statement of values, principles and objectives for the international development agenda for the 21st century. Most importantly, the MD established a strong link between Peace, Security, Democracy, respect of Human Rights and development efforts seeking to achieve social justice, eradicate poverty and create employment. The Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) that followed were a set of negotiated, specific and measurable targets that focused on poverty, hunger, unemployment, education, health and infectious diseases, the status of women and the environment. The goals were mainly addressed to developing countries, while they included one goal (Goal 8) that addressed global collective cooperation to achieve the first seven goals. This 8th goal focused on global partnerships for development and aimed to advance an open and rule-based trading and financial system, address the needs of least developed countries, and deal comprehensively with the debt of developing countries. Furthermore, it entailed cooperation with pharmaceutical companies and the private sector so as to provide access to affordable and essential drugs and to make available the benefits of new technologies to developing countries1.
This document summarizes the key elements and process of the Global Fund's new funding model. It outlines the steps including country dialogue, development of national strategic plans, concept note submission, final funding decisions, grant-making, and implementation. It emphasizes the importance of meaningful involvement of civil society, communities, and key populations throughout these stages. The document provides advice for how these groups can engage in country dialogue, contribute to concept notes, and participate in grant oversight to help ensure funding requests have the greatest impact.
The document discusses the advocacy achievements of the Bridging the Gaps global partners from 2011-2014. It describes the program's establishment in 2011 with funding from the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs to achieve universal access to HIV services for key populations. Through the efforts of global and local partner organizations, nearly 700,000 people received HIV services, over 200 organizations engaged in human rights advocacy, and key population services were integrated into nearly 100 health facilities. The document provides details on the program's approach and a theory of change to guide advocacy work.
Poverty Alleviation: A Challenge for the Indian Governmentbeenishshowkat
I prepared this term paper project in my third semester of Masters in Political Science. Also, I referred to a number of other philosophers works in order to create a better project. I hope this will be of great help to anyone who views it. Thanks.
Unpaid care work disproportionately burdens women around the world, limiting their economic participation. This document outlines policy recommendations to address this issue from an OECD report. It recommends (1) designing development programs and policies that target reducing and redistributing unpaid care work; (2) increasing awareness and advocacy around recognizing unpaid care responsibilities; and (3) developing social protections like cash transfers and pensions that support caregivers without exacerbating gender roles. Monitoring impacts and engaging diverse stakeholders can help ensure policies effectively support both caregivers and care receivers.
Education and community_renewal-state_ed_board_ny-1985-26pgs-gov-polRareBooksnRecords
The document discusses establishing community renewal service systems located in schools in economically distressed areas. It proposes that schools serve as hubs that coordinate various services like education, job training, childcare, after school programs, and other social services. This comprehensive approach aims to address unemployment and other interrelated social, physical and economic needs of disadvantaged communities. Schools are seen as ideal locations because they are community institutions with available space and can help strengthen parent involvement and access to services.
Graduation from Poverty versus Graduating from Social Protection – setting t...UNDP Policy Centre
This document discusses the graduation approach, which provides an integrated set of interventions over time aimed at helping the poorest individuals engage in sustainable income-generating activities and improve their livelihoods. Evaluations show graduation programs have increased incomes and assets but not necessarily lifted all participants out of poverty. Impacts vary between individuals, with better-off participants at baseline experiencing larger gains. Graduation models are complementary to social assistance programs and can play a role in social protection systems by promoting long-term inclusion through services, assets, and training.
An assessment of national poverty eradication programme on wealth creation in...Alexander Decker
This document summarizes a study that assessed the impact of Nigeria's National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) on wealth creation in Benue State. The study found that NAPEP's strategies have not significantly improved beneficiaries' lives. While some received skills training, few received follow-up loans or credits to start businesses. As a result, most beneficiaries reported that NAPEP had no real impact in reducing their poverty. The study concludes that poverty reduction strategies in Nigeria have generally failed due to problems like corruption, poor funding, weak monitoring and lack of stakeholder involvement in policymaking.
Declaration of Civil Society Organizations from the Arab Region on the Post ...Dr Lendy Spires
Declaration of Civil Society Organizations from the Arab Region on the Post 2015 framework Regional Consultation on the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda (Beirut, 14 March 2013) General Background In the year 2000, the Millennium Declaration (MD) put forward a set of challenges to global development efforts and that outlined a "collective responsibility to uphold the principles of human dignity, equality and equity at the global level". The Millennium Declaration called for global policies and measures, to address the needs of developing countries and economies in transition so that all can benefit from the positive effects of globalization. It contained a statement of values, principles and objectives for the international development agenda for the 21st century. Most importantly, the MD established a strong link between Peace, Security, Democracy, respect of Human Rights and development efforts seeking to achieve social justice, eradicate poverty and create employment. The Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) that followed were a set of negotiated, specific and measurable targets that focused on poverty, hunger, unemployment, education, health and infectious diseases, the status of women and the environment. The goals were mainly addressed to developing countries, while they included one goal (Goal 8) that addressed global collective cooperation to achieve the first seven goals. This 8th goal focused on global partnerships for development and aimed to advance an open and rule-based trading and financial system, address the needs of least developed countries, and deal comprehensively with the debt of developing countries. Furthermore, it entailed cooperation with pharmaceutical companies and the private sector so as to provide access to affordable and essential drugs and to make available the benefits of new technologies to developing countries1.
This document summarizes the key elements and process of the Global Fund's new funding model. It outlines the steps including country dialogue, development of national strategic plans, concept note submission, final funding decisions, grant-making, and implementation. It emphasizes the importance of meaningful involvement of civil society, communities, and key populations throughout these stages. The document provides advice for how these groups can engage in country dialogue, contribute to concept notes, and participate in grant oversight to help ensure funding requests have the greatest impact.
The document discusses the advocacy achievements of the Bridging the Gaps global partners from 2011-2014. It describes the program's establishment in 2011 with funding from the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs to achieve universal access to HIV services for key populations. Through the efforts of global and local partner organizations, nearly 700,000 people received HIV services, over 200 organizations engaged in human rights advocacy, and key population services were integrated into nearly 100 health facilities. The document provides details on the program's approach and a theory of change to guide advocacy work.
Poverty Alleviation: A Challenge for the Indian Governmentbeenishshowkat
I prepared this term paper project in my third semester of Masters in Political Science. Also, I referred to a number of other philosophers works in order to create a better project. I hope this will be of great help to anyone who views it. Thanks.
Unpaid care work disproportionately burdens women around the world, limiting their economic participation. This document outlines policy recommendations to address this issue from an OECD report. It recommends (1) designing development programs and policies that target reducing and redistributing unpaid care work; (2) increasing awareness and advocacy around recognizing unpaid care responsibilities; and (3) developing social protections like cash transfers and pensions that support caregivers without exacerbating gender roles. Monitoring impacts and engaging diverse stakeholders can help ensure policies effectively support both caregivers and care receivers.
Education and community_renewal-state_ed_board_ny-1985-26pgs-gov-polRareBooksnRecords
The document discusses establishing community renewal service systems located in schools in economically distressed areas. It proposes that schools serve as hubs that coordinate various services like education, job training, childcare, after school programs, and other social services. This comprehensive approach aims to address unemployment and other interrelated social, physical and economic needs of disadvantaged communities. Schools are seen as ideal locations because they are community institutions with available space and can help strengthen parent involvement and access to services.
Graduation from Poverty versus Graduating from Social Protection – setting t...UNDP Policy Centre
This document discusses the graduation approach, which provides an integrated set of interventions over time aimed at helping the poorest individuals engage in sustainable income-generating activities and improve their livelihoods. Evaluations show graduation programs have increased incomes and assets but not necessarily lifted all participants out of poverty. Impacts vary between individuals, with better-off participants at baseline experiencing larger gains. Graduation models are complementary to social assistance programs and can play a role in social protection systems by promoting long-term inclusion through services, assets, and training.
The document summarizes key data about Armenia and discusses its policies and practices for partnership between education, employment, and social services sectors. It notes that Armenia has adopted poverty reduction strategies including increasing public spending on education and social services. Partnership structures have been established between education institutions and businesses, but challenges remain such as rigid legal frameworks and a lack of action plans to strengthen these partnerships.
Poverty Alleviation and Rural Development Summit; 19-21 August 2014; African ...Nixon Ganduri
Overally, 70% of the South African poor live in Rural Areas (Government of South Africa 2000); where the most primary school completion is on average more than 20% lower, nearly twice as many children suffer from malnutrition, and maternal mortality rates are twice as high when compared with other countries. Some 5% of rural households report no cash income whatsoever. Despite being rural dwellers, more than one million African households have no access to demarcated arable land. While up to 12 % in South Africa depend on state pensions as their only source of cash income. As much as 26% of rural households entirely depend on remittances from urban centers for their cash income. Severe job losses in several industries are likely to have worsened the situation of late. Superimposed on this is the growing impact of HIV/AIDS on rural livelihoods. It is I guess an unfortunate reality that in a country like South Africa in which 20% of the population is HIV positive, 25.6% are unemployed, the sustainability of rural livelihoods is still not considered a priority issue as is meant to be by some stakeholders.
Strategy of bangladesh to face coronavirusM S Siddiqui
If widespread social distancing must be pursue, then effective steps must be made to get food, fuel, and cash into the hands of the people most at risk of hunger and deprivation. This is especially challenging in countries without well-developed social protection infrastructure. The government has taken a right decision based on economic benefits and support system to the needy people. Let us hope for the best.
32nd board meeting communities delegation country dialogue position paperclac.cab
The study analyzed engagement of key populations (KPs) in country dialogue processes in 11 countries. It found that while engagement of some KPs improved due to new Global Fund requirements, meaningful involvement of communities affected by TB, malaria, prisoners, MSM, transgender people, sex workers and people who inject drugs remained problematic. Political contexts, weak community systems, lack of support and punitive laws presented barriers. The report recommends the Global Fund enforce requirements on inclusive engagement, provide clear guidelines and resources to support capacity building, and require long-term investments in human rights and community strengthening in concept notes.
The document summarizes the key aspects of the Global Fund's New Funding Model (NFM) application process. It describes the NFM's emphasis on enhancing civil society and key population participation at all stages. It provides an overview of the application timeline and stages, including development of a National Strategic Plan, country dialogue, concept note submission and review, grant-making, approval, and implementation. It offers guidance for key populations and advocates on meaningful involvement at each stage, especially in developing robust epidemiological data and ensuring representation in country dialogue.
Social Policy Framework for Africa – adopted in January 2009 (ENG)UNICEF Algérie
African position towards Post-2015 agenda and equity.
Dr. Johan Strijdom, Head of Division, Social Welfare, Vulnerable Groups, Drug Control and Crime Prevention, Department of Social Affairs of the AUC.
Engagement of key populations in the funding model reportclac.cab
This document summarizes the results of a study assessing the engagement of key populations in the Global Fund's new Funding Model process in 11 countries. The study found that while the Funding Model requirements helped promote some involvement of key populations for the first time, engagement was often limited and tokenistic. Meaningful participation requires long-term capacity building and community system strengthening. The report recommends improved communication, enforcement of inclusive engagement standards, and investments in community capacity and advocacy.
Session VIII, I Gender and adaptation in Rwanda NAP Events
1) Rwanda has developed national frameworks and policies to promote gender integration in climate change adaptation, but more efforts are still needed. Women make up over half the population but are disproportionately impacted as most work in vulnerable agriculture sector.
2) Some achievements include projects increasing women's participation in adaptation activities like terracing and tree planting, as well as pilot projects in renewable energy and water harvesting. However, gaps remain such as a lack of gender considerations in its National Adaptation Programme of Action.
3) Recommendations include developing gender strategies and action plans for vulnerable sectors, building capacity on gender mainstreaming, improving data collection, and increasing financing opportunities for women's adaptation activities. Overall, mainstreaming gender is seen as
This document outlines the US Agency for International Development's (USAID) policy on promoting women's participation in international development efforts. Some key points:
1) USAID will integrate consideration of women's roles into all country strategies and projects to ensure development goals are achieved. This includes ensuring women benefit from programs in all sectors.
2) USAID will support women's institutions and programs where needed to effectively reach women due to cultural factors.
3) Increasing women's productivity is important for personal, family, and national well-being. USAID will support improving women's access to resources like land, training, employment, and technologies.
Article entitled Quem são as 62 pessoas cuja riqueza equivale à de metade do mundo (Who are the 62 people whose wealth amounts to half the world), available on the website <http: />, reports that the richest 1% of the world already owns as much wealth as the rest of the world population and that the 62 richest people in the world have so much money and property as half of the world's population. The disparity of wealth between the inhabitants of the planet is also observed between the countries. 14 countries among 196 have 50.7% of world Gross Domestic Product- GDP (US$ 74.91 trillion). According to the Almanaque Abril 2015 (Almanac April 2015) these 14 countries are wealthy core capitalist countries (US, Japan, Germany, France, UK, Italy, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Austria and New Zealand). We live, therefore, in a world whose hallmark is the excessive concentration of wealth in few hands and in a few countries. This feature is inherent in capitalism. It is proven that economic progress alone is not sufficient to ensure social progress.
An assesesment of the impact of microfinance schemes on poverty reduction amo...Alexander Decker
This document analyzes the impact of microfinance schemes on poverty reduction among women in Ghana. It discusses how microfinance institutions and NGOs in Ghana provide financial services like credit, savings, and insurance to help poor households start small businesses to improve their incomes and escape poverty. The study found that access to microfinance had a positive and significant impact on household income. It concluded that microfinance plays an important role in improving household incomes and remains a key part of development strategies by providing affordable financial services to rural populations. However, more innovative microfinance schemes are still needed that better support asset accumulation and wealth creation for clients.
Tackling Poverty from the Roots – the Role of MediaKayode Fayemi
The document discusses the role of media in tackling poverty in Nigeria. It notes that poverty in Nigeria is widespread and deep, with over 70% of the population living below the poverty line. It argues that poverty is rooted in unequal power relations and mismanagement of resources. The media can play a crucial role in highlighting the scope and depth of poverty, and ensuring stakeholders comprehensively address it. The document outlines lessons for developing an effective anti-poverty strategy, including the need for conceptual clarity, local empowerment, reconciling economic and social development, problematizing the link between globalization and poverty reduction, and locating poverty reduction within democratic governance. It emphasizes that empowering local communities and decentralizing power is key to ultimately
Paper on PRAM J Shaw Proceedings Manila Seminar (December 2008)Jonathan Shaw
This document describes a collaboration between government agencies and educational institutions in Laos and Thailand to address poverty and capacity building needs in rural Laos. The collaboration developed a regional bachelor's degree program in poverty reduction and agricultural management delivered jointly by agricultural colleges in Thailand and a new university in northeast Thailand. The program aimed to provide professional training to 3000 district officers in Laos to improve their skills and ability to assist local communities in sustainably managing resources and reducing poverty. It was designed to have an immediate, measurable impact on poverty in rural Laos in line with the priorities of funding partners.
This document discusses the links between population dynamics, climate change, and sustainable development in Africa. It finds that Sub-Saharan Africa's population is growing rapidly, driven by high fertility rates, and is projected to double by 2050. Rapid population growth and climate change are exacerbating environmental degradation on the continent and undermining development efforts. The document examines these links through case studies of Kenya and Malawi and recommends that governments and donors invest more in integrated population, climate change, and development policies and programs. Addressing population challenges, such as by expanding access to family planning, can increase resilience to climate change impacts and help achieve sustainable development goals.
Beijing+20 Asia Pacific Regional Review Progress Dr Lendy Spires
This document provides a submission from the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development on progress in the Asia Pacific region since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in 1995. It summarizes key issues in several critical areas including women and poverty, violence against women, women's participation in decision-making, women and the economy, and women and the environment. In the critical area of women and poverty, it discusses how policies promoted by international financial institutions like privatization, trade liberalization, and austerity measures have negatively impacted women by increasing their unpaid care work, reducing public services, and making their livelihoods more precarious. It provides examples from countries like the Philippines, Indonesia, and China.
Adult and non formal education programmes of non-governmental organizations f...Alexander Decker
This document discusses two case studies of non-governmental organization (NGO) adult and non-formal education programs for poverty alleviation in Nigeria. The first case study examines Accord for Community Development's skills training program, which teaches vocational skills like soap making, welding, and electrical work. Trainees receive practical and entrepreneurship training to help them start small businesses. The second case study looks at Community Development Foundation's program combining literacy, numeracy, and livelihood skills training. Both programs aim to provide skills that improve incomes and lift people out of poverty. The document aims to identify lessons that can improve adult education programs for poverty reduction.
The document summarizes key data about Armenia and discusses its policies and practices for partnership between education, employment, and social services sectors. It notes that Armenia has adopted poverty reduction strategies including increasing public spending on education and social services. Partnership structures have been established between education institutions and businesses, but challenges remain such as rigid legal frameworks and a lack of action plans to strengthen these partnerships.
Poverty Alleviation and Rural Development Summit; 19-21 August 2014; African ...Nixon Ganduri
Overally, 70% of the South African poor live in Rural Areas (Government of South Africa 2000); where the most primary school completion is on average more than 20% lower, nearly twice as many children suffer from malnutrition, and maternal mortality rates are twice as high when compared with other countries. Some 5% of rural households report no cash income whatsoever. Despite being rural dwellers, more than one million African households have no access to demarcated arable land. While up to 12 % in South Africa depend on state pensions as their only source of cash income. As much as 26% of rural households entirely depend on remittances from urban centers for their cash income. Severe job losses in several industries are likely to have worsened the situation of late. Superimposed on this is the growing impact of HIV/AIDS on rural livelihoods. It is I guess an unfortunate reality that in a country like South Africa in which 20% of the population is HIV positive, 25.6% are unemployed, the sustainability of rural livelihoods is still not considered a priority issue as is meant to be by some stakeholders.
Strategy of bangladesh to face coronavirusM S Siddiqui
If widespread social distancing must be pursue, then effective steps must be made to get food, fuel, and cash into the hands of the people most at risk of hunger and deprivation. This is especially challenging in countries without well-developed social protection infrastructure. The government has taken a right decision based on economic benefits and support system to the needy people. Let us hope for the best.
32nd board meeting communities delegation country dialogue position paperclac.cab
The study analyzed engagement of key populations (KPs) in country dialogue processes in 11 countries. It found that while engagement of some KPs improved due to new Global Fund requirements, meaningful involvement of communities affected by TB, malaria, prisoners, MSM, transgender people, sex workers and people who inject drugs remained problematic. Political contexts, weak community systems, lack of support and punitive laws presented barriers. The report recommends the Global Fund enforce requirements on inclusive engagement, provide clear guidelines and resources to support capacity building, and require long-term investments in human rights and community strengthening in concept notes.
The document summarizes the key aspects of the Global Fund's New Funding Model (NFM) application process. It describes the NFM's emphasis on enhancing civil society and key population participation at all stages. It provides an overview of the application timeline and stages, including development of a National Strategic Plan, country dialogue, concept note submission and review, grant-making, approval, and implementation. It offers guidance for key populations and advocates on meaningful involvement at each stage, especially in developing robust epidemiological data and ensuring representation in country dialogue.
Social Policy Framework for Africa – adopted in January 2009 (ENG)UNICEF Algérie
African position towards Post-2015 agenda and equity.
Dr. Johan Strijdom, Head of Division, Social Welfare, Vulnerable Groups, Drug Control and Crime Prevention, Department of Social Affairs of the AUC.
Engagement of key populations in the funding model reportclac.cab
This document summarizes the results of a study assessing the engagement of key populations in the Global Fund's new Funding Model process in 11 countries. The study found that while the Funding Model requirements helped promote some involvement of key populations for the first time, engagement was often limited and tokenistic. Meaningful participation requires long-term capacity building and community system strengthening. The report recommends improved communication, enforcement of inclusive engagement standards, and investments in community capacity and advocacy.
Session VIII, I Gender and adaptation in Rwanda NAP Events
1) Rwanda has developed national frameworks and policies to promote gender integration in climate change adaptation, but more efforts are still needed. Women make up over half the population but are disproportionately impacted as most work in vulnerable agriculture sector.
2) Some achievements include projects increasing women's participation in adaptation activities like terracing and tree planting, as well as pilot projects in renewable energy and water harvesting. However, gaps remain such as a lack of gender considerations in its National Adaptation Programme of Action.
3) Recommendations include developing gender strategies and action plans for vulnerable sectors, building capacity on gender mainstreaming, improving data collection, and increasing financing opportunities for women's adaptation activities. Overall, mainstreaming gender is seen as
This document outlines the US Agency for International Development's (USAID) policy on promoting women's participation in international development efforts. Some key points:
1) USAID will integrate consideration of women's roles into all country strategies and projects to ensure development goals are achieved. This includes ensuring women benefit from programs in all sectors.
2) USAID will support women's institutions and programs where needed to effectively reach women due to cultural factors.
3) Increasing women's productivity is important for personal, family, and national well-being. USAID will support improving women's access to resources like land, training, employment, and technologies.
Article entitled Quem são as 62 pessoas cuja riqueza equivale à de metade do mundo (Who are the 62 people whose wealth amounts to half the world), available on the website <http: />, reports that the richest 1% of the world already owns as much wealth as the rest of the world population and that the 62 richest people in the world have so much money and property as half of the world's population. The disparity of wealth between the inhabitants of the planet is also observed between the countries. 14 countries among 196 have 50.7% of world Gross Domestic Product- GDP (US$ 74.91 trillion). According to the Almanaque Abril 2015 (Almanac April 2015) these 14 countries are wealthy core capitalist countries (US, Japan, Germany, France, UK, Italy, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Austria and New Zealand). We live, therefore, in a world whose hallmark is the excessive concentration of wealth in few hands and in a few countries. This feature is inherent in capitalism. It is proven that economic progress alone is not sufficient to ensure social progress.
An assesesment of the impact of microfinance schemes on poverty reduction amo...Alexander Decker
This document analyzes the impact of microfinance schemes on poverty reduction among women in Ghana. It discusses how microfinance institutions and NGOs in Ghana provide financial services like credit, savings, and insurance to help poor households start small businesses to improve their incomes and escape poverty. The study found that access to microfinance had a positive and significant impact on household income. It concluded that microfinance plays an important role in improving household incomes and remains a key part of development strategies by providing affordable financial services to rural populations. However, more innovative microfinance schemes are still needed that better support asset accumulation and wealth creation for clients.
Tackling Poverty from the Roots – the Role of MediaKayode Fayemi
The document discusses the role of media in tackling poverty in Nigeria. It notes that poverty in Nigeria is widespread and deep, with over 70% of the population living below the poverty line. It argues that poverty is rooted in unequal power relations and mismanagement of resources. The media can play a crucial role in highlighting the scope and depth of poverty, and ensuring stakeholders comprehensively address it. The document outlines lessons for developing an effective anti-poverty strategy, including the need for conceptual clarity, local empowerment, reconciling economic and social development, problematizing the link between globalization and poverty reduction, and locating poverty reduction within democratic governance. It emphasizes that empowering local communities and decentralizing power is key to ultimately
Paper on PRAM J Shaw Proceedings Manila Seminar (December 2008)Jonathan Shaw
This document describes a collaboration between government agencies and educational institutions in Laos and Thailand to address poverty and capacity building needs in rural Laos. The collaboration developed a regional bachelor's degree program in poverty reduction and agricultural management delivered jointly by agricultural colleges in Thailand and a new university in northeast Thailand. The program aimed to provide professional training to 3000 district officers in Laos to improve their skills and ability to assist local communities in sustainably managing resources and reducing poverty. It was designed to have an immediate, measurable impact on poverty in rural Laos in line with the priorities of funding partners.
This document discusses the links between population dynamics, climate change, and sustainable development in Africa. It finds that Sub-Saharan Africa's population is growing rapidly, driven by high fertility rates, and is projected to double by 2050. Rapid population growth and climate change are exacerbating environmental degradation on the continent and undermining development efforts. The document examines these links through case studies of Kenya and Malawi and recommends that governments and donors invest more in integrated population, climate change, and development policies and programs. Addressing population challenges, such as by expanding access to family planning, can increase resilience to climate change impacts and help achieve sustainable development goals.
Beijing+20 Asia Pacific Regional Review Progress Dr Lendy Spires
This document provides a submission from the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development on progress in the Asia Pacific region since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in 1995. It summarizes key issues in several critical areas including women and poverty, violence against women, women's participation in decision-making, women and the economy, and women and the environment. In the critical area of women and poverty, it discusses how policies promoted by international financial institutions like privatization, trade liberalization, and austerity measures have negatively impacted women by increasing their unpaid care work, reducing public services, and making their livelihoods more precarious. It provides examples from countries like the Philippines, Indonesia, and China.
Adult and non formal education programmes of non-governmental organizations f...Alexander Decker
This document discusses two case studies of non-governmental organization (NGO) adult and non-formal education programs for poverty alleviation in Nigeria. The first case study examines Accord for Community Development's skills training program, which teaches vocational skills like soap making, welding, and electrical work. Trainees receive practical and entrepreneurship training to help them start small businesses. The second case study looks at Community Development Foundation's program combining literacy, numeracy, and livelihood skills training. Both programs aim to provide skills that improve incomes and lift people out of poverty. The document aims to identify lessons that can improve adult education programs for poverty reduction.
Effect of cooperative societies on poverty alleviation among rural farm house...ResearchWap
Cooperative societies have the potential to alleviate poverty among rural farm households in Yewa Division of Ogun State, Nigeria. The document discusses how poverty is a major problem in Nigeria, especially affecting rural areas where access to services, education, and jobs is limited. Cooperative societies could help address this by providing opportunities for employment, income generation, and access to resources through group-based ownership and management. The study aims to understand the socioeconomic characteristics of respondents, examine the levels of poverty, determine poverty's causes, analyze how cooperative membership influences poverty status, and identify constraints cooperatives face in reducing poverty. It seeks to demonstrate how cooperatives can further help policymakers reduce rural poverty through self-employment and collective action models.
Peduli is a Government of Indonesia initiative managed by The Asia Foundation to promote social inclusion. It works with 79 civil society partners across 26 provinces and 84 districts to improve access to services, economic opportunities, and participation in community processes for marginalized groups. This program snapshot examines Peduli's emerging approaches, including positioning inclusion as a local governance issue, adopting systems-based approaches, and establishing coalitions for inclusion. By thinking and working politically through locally led and adaptive solutions, Peduli and its partners have made gains in mobilizing social change for excluded communities in diverse contexts.
Peduli is a Government of Indonesia initiative managed by The Asia Foundation to promote social inclusion. It works with 79 civil society partners across 26 provinces and 84 districts to support marginalized groups' access to public services, economic opportunities, and participation in community processes. This program snapshot examines Peduli's emerging approaches, including positioning inclusion as a local governance issue, adopting systems-based approaches, and establishing coalitions for inclusion among marginalized groups, local leaders, volunteers, and ascending levels of government. By thinking and working politically through locally-led and adaptive solutions, Peduli and its partners have made gains in mobilizing social change and improving outcomes for marginalized communities in diverse contexts.
F DEVELOPMENT CARAVAN BOOKLET FINAL MAY 2012 (2) - CopyMarthe Muller
The document discusses the Development Caravan model of poverty eradication in South Africa. It notes that while the government has implemented various policies and programs to address poverty, gaps emerged such as a lack of a comprehensive definition of poverty, incapacitation of families, and lack of social cohesion and targeted approaches. The Development Caravan model aims to fill these gaps by providing a basket of services to targeted poor families to rebuild communities and promote self-reliance through civil society participation and mobilization of resources. It emphasizes a multidimensional view of poverty and capacity building at local levels.
The document discusses social inequality in the Philippines and the government's role in addressing it. It defines social inequality as differences in opportunity, status, and treatment among members of society. It also notes that the government has identified widening inequality between rich and poor regions. The government has established several programs through different agencies to help alleviate inequality, such as conditional cash transfers, education initiatives, health networks, and agrarian reform. Reducing social inequality requires combined efforts from the government, organizations, and individuals.
This document discusses collaboration between government organizations and non-governmental organizations in India to improve agricultural extension and rural development. It provides examples of different models of NGO and GO collaboration, including NGO involvement in government programming, joint training activities, and group formation efforts. It also outlines some challenges to collaboration, such as different priorities between NGOs and GOs, lack of experience and capacity, and issues around control and sustainability. Overall, the document advocates for closer working relationships between NGOs and GOs while also recognizing limitations to collaboration.
This document discusses principles for how development should happen after 2015 based on participatory research with people experiencing poverty in 29 countries. It calls for a post-2015 framework that recognizes the rights and priorities of those in extreme poverty and marginalization. It emphasizes that change must occur through more democratic and accountable relationships between citizens and governments. Sustainable change requires addressing the multiple and intersecting inequalities that characterize extreme poverty, through a holistic people-centered approach. The document recommends basing the post-2015 framework on rights and meaningful participation of the poorest in policymaking to improve accountability.
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The description of the grant to be used in this paper includes the promotion and foster of community partnerships to reduce homelessness in various communities. In essence, the project is intended to engage both provincial and territorial government levels to join the effort of aligning homelessness investments and priorities with the ultimate goals and objectives to prevent and reduce the aspect of homelessness especially in many youths (Forchuk, 2018). To elaborate, the grant is a unique program based on community affairs with the ultimate goals of eliminating if not reducing homelessness issues within various communities. Moreover, the project is aimed to accomplish this by encouraging funders to directly provide their support and funds to about sixty designated communities across all territories and provinces that are possible to reach. The most appropriate hyperlink for identifying RFP is: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6054288/
One of the significant factors that make this grant to be worth and for one to gain the confidant of pursuing it is the fact that it has been witnessed working for other countries. For instance, the grant was implemented in Canada in 2011, where it served over three hundred projects and managed to raise over fifty-five million Canadian dollars. The funds were well utilized by focusing them on, especially youth and young adults of age fifteen to twenty-eight. Based on that, it is a potential grant that I believe if well managed it is worth to take the risk as it guarantees the reduction of homelessness.
For evaluation purposes, several questions were identified to assess whether the grant was aligned with the objectives and goals of eliminating or reducing the aspect homelessness in various communities within the country. Furthermore, there were designed questions that aimed at assessing the progress of the program in its implementation including coordination, communication, reporting, adherence to housing first principles, monitoring as well as an assessment of early outcomes of the grant.
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Strategies of Reducing Poverty in Jordan
Dr. Mamdouh Hail al-Srur
Al-alBayt University
Abstract
This study aimed at identifying the proposed strategies and polices of the Jordanian government in order to
reduce poverty in Jordan for recognizing overlaps in legislation, programs and projects of public and private
institutions, which are working directly in the field of poverty in Jordan, and identifying the goals of
governmental and private institutions.
The study is consisted of all official and non-official institutions working directly in the field of poverty, and also
shows the lack of variable strategies and policies for reducing poverty, and finally in the light of the study
findings, the researcher recommends a number of recommendations.
1.1 Introduction
Investigating social welfare is a common responsibility; is a demand for all social classes, several institutions
such as associations and civil organization, and also ministries, governmental and official institutions to achieve
social welfare for citizens. Appearing duplications, repetition, sometimes opposes and inconsistencies in its
work, which led for wasting of resources and few capacities, and in perspective of the importance of achieving
economic and social welfare; the Kingdom has invested a large part of its resources to provide the basic needs of
citizens, and raise standard living.
The phenomena of poverty is one of phenomena’s that define the general features of any economy of other
countries, it’s a common Phenomenon in all countries ,whether its advanced or backward ,a familiar issue in
terms of economic and social Phenomena for all people ,civilizations and societies in all ages. The phenomena
of poverty is multifaceted and deep-rooted and the variety of concepts depending on societies and cultures.
However, it means only one thing for those who suffer from; a deprivation either economic disadvantage or a
deprivation of opportunities for living freely with respect.
Jordan Suffering from many economic problems since 1983 resulting of the low price of oil , which led to a
decline of Arab support to Jordan and reducing the external employment of Jordan.
It also resulted in the developing of the economic recession that has prevailed in the region, the eighties century
showed that on one hand the reducing of national income. On other hand the decline of Jordanian dinar value
which was the reason of the low rate of Jordanian individual income and increasing the phenomena of poverty in
all over the kingdom which caused a gap between poor and rich in all over the kingdom, with the relative
difference from one country to another.
1.2 Problem and questions of the study
Despite of the significant improvement that has occurred on indicators of poverty since 1997, the rate of poverty
is still high, as (14.4%) of Jordanians live below the poverty line in 2012.
National agenda and the (We are All Jordan) document has indicated the effective way of reducing poverty in
Jordan by coordinating of all parts of working in field of facing poverty in public, private and the voluntary
sectors. Expectations of the national agenda through its strategies seeking in reducing the poverty rate to reach
10% in 2017, so national agenda and (We are All Jordan) document agreed on a group of challenges that are
facing the efforts to combat poverty; they are:
The Lack of coordination between institutions working for this field, the need for accurate and updated
information constantly about poverty in Jordan, the presence of a defect in the targeting ways in some programs,
weakness of the following up and evaluation of programs and projects which aimed at combating poverty and
unemployment, and coordination and participation by partners in making plans and strategies which aimed at
combating poverty and unemployment.
Defining the rules of institutions working in field of poverty contribute reducing waste of resources, capabilities
and overlap between the institutions. Standing at intersections and overlaps between institutions in field of
poverty is a great importance in order to achieve optimal targeting of the poor on one hand on other hand to
prevent duplication and waste of resources.
Focusing on integrative role of public institutions directly in field of poverty, one of the most important ways to
get rid of poverty, and according to the goal of this study, it will answer the following questions:
1. What are the programs and services that offered by the public and private institutions directly in the
field of poverty?
2. What are the partial and total objectives and tasks of the public and private institutions directly in the
field of poverty?
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3. What are the difficulties and challenges faced by public and private organizations?
4. What are the extents of diversity programs and services offered in the social solidarity institutions of
Jordan?
1.3 Study Objectives
The study aimed at:
1. Identifying overlaps and redundancy of the intersection and legislation programs and projects of
public and private institutions in the field of poverty, by suggesting appropriate solutions and
actions to activate the performance in reducing poverty.
2. Recognizing the goals and tasks of governmental institutions which are working directly in the
field of poverty.
3. Identifying the programs and services provided by governmental institutions which are working
directly in the field of poverty.
4. Identifying the aspects and fields of overlaps and redundancy, and the intersection between the
programs and services for public organizations which are working directly in the field of poverty.
5. Setting up the non-intersecting and non-overlapping goals, services and programs that are between
public organizations which are working directly in the field of poverty.
6. Identifying methods of activation and integration of the partnership between the public sector
organizations which working directly in field of poverty, away from the intersection and
duplication and overlap.
1.4 Methods and Procedures
1.4.1 Study population and study sample
The study population and the study sample include all formal and informal institutions which are working
directly in the field of poverty in Jordan.
1.4.2 Methodology
Scientific approaches that is capable of measuring the impact, achievements, analysis roles, intersections quality
and quantity. And everything related to the institutions such as: participatory research, structural interviews and
analyzing the fundamental institutions. So that, the study covers the roles and intersections of governmental
institutions which are working for reducing the phenomena of poverty by strategies, policies, legislation,
activities and events, goals and tasks, plans and programs, sectorial references, data, the geographical distance
and inclusiveness, difficulties and challenges, sources of funding, coordination with partners, and follow-up and
evaluation, are the data sources, as the data analyzed in this study has been collected through documents and
published studies.
1.5 Strategies and policies for reducing poverty
Polices of poverty start developing as strategies in the end of the eighties, developing in the nineties and in the
beginning of the third millennium including overall policies; It is directed to all citizens including poor and non-
poor people.
Sectorial policies / partial: targeting a specific category such as the poor and cumbered macro and sectorial
policies scattered over five themes in order to contribute the alleviation of poverty.
1.5.1 Study Discussions
There are many strategies and polices in the field of general administration and good governance, social
protection and welfare, social assistance network, also in the development of human resources and economic
development, participation approaches, as the strategies and polices standing against poverty based on five areas:
1. General administration: General administration has many fields of the oriented intervention in facing
poverty starting from democracy, transparency, and the applying the laws and regulations fairly.
2. Partnership between the three sectors: Emphasizing that, participation does not mean only participation
of citizens, but to achieve the three governmental sectors, the private sector and civil society for being
poles, must cooperate to create a partnership with each other to achieve the anti-poverty efforts.
3. Establishment process: For preparing or developing individuals, institutions and poor communities
which usually lack capacities and skills to be aware of the surrounding dynamics power, and helping at
developing them to be able to control their lives and increase their productivity.
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4. Social protection: These policies are expensive and less useful as a means to sustain reliable in facing
poverty and through this context interventions polices so these cases serving food poverty more than
others, where no other sources depending on. It is field of reducing of famine and suffering, as in aid
funds and programs of the traditional social solidarity.
5. Human resources: Social policies that specialize in human resources development and improvement,
dealing with intervention, directed to human capital-investment primarily (education, training and
awareness-raising) raise the empowerment of the ability of poor people to gain more development,
increasing the productivity, as social services have an effective influence in productivity and
employment by investment.
The experience of other countries has shown that there is no contradiction between social investments and
achieving greater economic growth. The most important fields are the following:
1. Education and training field: related to education and training in all national economic sectors and the
conditions of the community, it’s also a key of social progress looks at the large positive contribution to
this field in the alleviation of poverty through policies and procedures.
2. Population policy field: population growing leads to make increasing dependency rate which reflected
aggravation of poverty in large communities that increase the population growing on economic
development where high birth a low death rate.
3. Economic development field: These polices depend on giving the poor more job opportunities and
productive assets, which is the sustainable way for getting rid of poverty , By raising the level of
individual’s income and productivity .the most effective themes and policies to alleviate poverty and
unemployment, it’s also the development capacities by raising the rate of economic development
accelerating the development, which the way of increasing gross domestic product growth, individual’s
income and services .
4. Maintenance of stability and economic development: achieving the economic stability by the objective of
government in maintaining inflation rate at an acceptable level .expecting that the achieving of economic
stability, resulting an increasing in the growth rate and individual right of the national income. That leads
to increase the employment and a decrease in the unemployment rate.
1.5.1 Monetary Policy
Working at providing the finance of projects that help the poor, as establishment of the social assistance funds,
including employment, National Assistance, Alzakah and other public and private lending funds
1.5.2 Developing the Capacity of the Government
The process of reforming the civil service represents as a cornerstone (essence way) in facing poverty since
improving the performance of government agencies to stay away from corruption and cronyism and central
represents a major step in the direction of providing the right climate for investment and reform.
1.5.3 Achieving a Fair Distribution of Income
These strategies aimed at reducing income inequality as complementary way to the process of increasing the rate
of developing in facing poverty or against poverty and unemployment, an achieving of these strategies, it is
necessary to take a number of policies and procedures in fields of taxation, social services, and wages (renting).
1.5.4 Empowerment and Participation
Empowerment and participation are regarded as an important field in developing and empowering poor, also to
plant self-confidence inside them in their local societies, in order to decrease poverty and provide sustainable
living for them. In addition to increase productivity, work priorities and stop the transmission of poverty and
unemployment through generations, if he has capacity and participation, he will become more able to decrease
his poverty from being a spectator.
As shown above, there are great similarities between the institutions of social solidarity in terms of the programs
that are provided to beneficiaries; clearly obvious most of the institutions of social solidarity are providing social
service programs, such as:
Programs specialized in health care of orphans and handicaps (21) institution; special programs (loans
productive projects, institutional capacity, empowerment of women) (20) institution; while there is only one
institution offers special programs loans commercial housing ; due to the expensive coast and long time for such
programs comparing with other programs and the lack of variety in the programs offered by the same institution
as the number of programs, ranging from (1-6) programs, just one institution offers (6) programs which are the
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most variety between institutions of social solidarity in Jordan, while other (45) institutions provide only one
program, indicating to the lack of interest of variable strategies and programs are offered by the institutions of
social solidarity in Jordan.
1.6 Results and Recommendations
Depending at the study of all available sources as publications, Web sites, and official reports published about
the surveyed institutions, at the end, the study found the following conclusions and recommendations:
First, intersections and repetition: the intersection in field of legislation: shows that each institution or a special
system of law governs the work, not in theoretical side with any applicable lows to (of) other institutions, except
of aid programs provided by the National monetary support Funds and the Zakat Fund. Although Zakah Fund
Services are limited for specific groups in Islamic law, there is an intersection between Development and
Employment Fund, and the Agricultural Credit Corporation for providing productivity loans, with the institution
that provides loans for projects in agricultural productivity only. Whereas the intersection of polices filed, the
Ministry of Social Development intersects with monetary support fund of indirect monetary support polices, in-
kind assistance of some types of clothing and furniture. The Ministry of Development also intersects with the
Ministry of International Planning and Cooperation in supporting charities and productivity programs, with the
Zakat Fund in the field of / indirect in-kind support, and with the institution of Housing and Urban Development
in the field of housing the poor. While Development and Employment Fund intersects with the lending
institution in supporting agricultural programs and lending productivity and productive families; demonstrating
the absence of a unified national policy and the central policies which unite and prevent duplication and
inconsistency. The intersection of programs and projects: the intersection of this filed is the most prominent and
the most common one , which shows the types of programs and projects that happen, including the intersection.
About the intersection of tasks and goals according to legislation: As we explained previously in the axis of the
legislation, the goals and tasks set out in the legislation, they do not interrupt and do not generally overlap
between the two funds with the exception of national monetary support fund and Zakat.
The intersection of the center of plans and programs: all ministries and institutions have their own plans and
correspond with these plans and include programs and projects through the national agenda and (We are All
Jordan) document, showing the presence of the integration of theory, because the executive program of the
national agenda and (We are All Jordan) document are a national program for governmental official strategies.
Sectorial references: All of these ministries and departments are fully governmental departments and
government-referenced standardized, based on the laws and regulations in force in the Kingdom, and this type of
integration and administrative.
Second, general results: After reviewing the reports of ministries and institutions in this study, in addition to the
studies reports and the international research group has been reached to the following results:
The findings of this study and its results which previously mentioned, demonstrate the existence of the
phenomenon of duplication and intersection, resulting waste in material and human resources and loss the time
on trying to fix it without delay which leading to exacerbate the negatives, some of the literature, research and
studies that have been prepared in the Hashemite Kingdom, which addressed the issue of poverty. Noted that it
was considered the poor in one-sided look, focusing on material dimension as main reason of poverty, but the
perception of unilateralism look confined mostly to access the accurate determination of the causes of poverty.
It’s more useful to look for multi-faceted sides of poor which means realizing the problems surrounding the
poor, not only shortage of material, as an evidence of participatory dimension in access to the concept of
poverty. And comprehensive vision of poverty helps policy makers to fix and combat poverty in developing of
inclusiveness plans in term of enforceability to measure the impact of programs and projects, the need for a
central point unites the concepts and implications used in field of social protection, which is one of the essentials
needs in the current period.
In addition, and to complete the lack of data which related to poverty and geographical distribution, socio-
economic characteristics of the districts and communities of the Kingdom and where they are, in order to follow
the poor especially those who have no access to services through the demographic and geographic and social,
descriptions and services help in targeting areas and groups with high rates of poverty. There is no disagreement
and conflict between these institutions and the lack of complementary sectorial data by specialized service
institutions such as the Ministry of Education related to education of poor, and the Ministry of Health regarding
to health care data for the poor and housing data to housing them.
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Weak coordination and integration between the institutions and organizations working in field of social
solidarity and fight against poverty at the level of setting goals, Despite of the existence of the Coordination
Commission for Social Solidarity entrusted by legislation as a coordinating tool for this sector and weak
planning, implementation and following-up at the local level , because there is a gap between the process of
program and project planning, so starting the implementation some of these projects were late , leading to
duplication and waste of resources and capabilities, and the weakness of the periodic evaluation of the sources
and uses of funds for facing poverty .
It also has been mainly provided monetary support by the National monetary support fund also Zakat Fund
provide cash support for families to a lesser extent, and this requires more coordination between the two funds,
in order to prevent repetition and duplication of programs, and the weakness of the adoption of granting cash
support fund on the electronic database, the National Aid Fund is still depended on paper forms that filled by the
one who asks about help which undermines the credibility of the provided data, the weakness of follow-up
process for productive projects in order to make sure that he was exploiting the loan for the purposes intended
neither only financial follow up nor to adopt the index repayment as the success of the loan .
There are also no clear mechanism for targeting the poor in pockets of poverty, no clear standards regarding the
identification of the target class of the poor and poverty levels ,the Weak attention of preparing of economic
feasibility studies for some projects and the absence ones , also the weakness of popular participation in planning
for projects and programs aimed at combating poverty and unemployment, the limited and weak education
programs and raising awareness of the value of work particularly among women and workers’ rights and the
relevant laws, reducing of consumption patterns which are not suitable for citizens’ income by focusing on
family upgrading in order to enhance the value of work . productivity and self and self-reliance, limited and
weak education and awareness programs for members of society through the importance of productive role of
women, since it has an effectiveness on developing the women and her family socially healthy and
economically . through Skipping the problem of low community participation witnessed by the specific
institutions of poor programs weak harmonization of some productive projects with the needs of the local
community, which did not observe the actual the market need, the quality of local resources, the number of jobs
provided by the project and the presence of competitors in the market, especially from the private sector, in
addition to the ability of marketing the products of these projects. Targeting the projects of the study designed to
combat poverty in the pockets. The ownership of participatory productive projects implemented in those areas
which do not accrue to workers in these projects or the local community, but to devolve community
representatives and members of the association and they are not necessarily to be poor.
Resulting through groups of similar services provided by specific institutions which concerned with social
interdependence which means there is a duplication in the provision of these services for each beneficiary
whether on the level of the individual / organization or Assembly. After reviewing the purpose and tasks of the
coordinating entity for social solidarity, finding that the authority on the one hand based on the coordination
between institutions working in field of social solidarity and not in relation to its services, on the other hand that
the objective and tasks of coordinating entity in the forming policies , strategies and comprehensive study
programs of institutions working in field of social solidarity and the following -up does not depend on surveys,
but rather depends on the specific database and clear from the relevant institutions working in field of social
work or contributing in this work based on the national number. an urgent need for the existence of a central
working to coordinate the efforts of social protection in all aspects, work to prevent duplication and waste of
resources and facilities , and seeking to integrate efforts to achieve national goals.
1.6.1 Recommendations
Emphasizing what was mentioned in the national agenda and (We are All Jordan) document, as a necessity in
forming a national council for development and facing poverty, emerging a specialized unit dealing with the
development of database for statistics information, studies of poverty and the poor. It’s also the available
updated services and opportunities and made it available to the public and to monitor and analyze phenomenon
of poverty developments in Jordan, preparing detailed studies aimed at developing a clear understanding of the
causes of poverty and mobility and its properties, publishing annually a poverty report to assist in measuring the
developments and achievements in order to contribute policy-making and design programs to fix problem roots
and meet it according to approach to be the foundation and the first reference in providing decision-makers and
the public with scientific and practical information to reduce this phenomenon.
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In addition to assuming the task of preparing a comprehensive strategy aimed at building an effective social
safety network, coordinating with non-governmental organizations concerned with issues in the facing (against)
poverty, the government has tried implementing this initiative through the establishment of the Coordination
Commission for Social Solidarity, and most of the tasks entrusted to the Authority which mentioned above.
This Authority working at achieving this initiative through a variety of programs and projects such as the
modernization project of the national database for social solidarity, and coordination program gave effect to
programs and projects contained within the strategy to combat poverty through local development to coordinate
efforts to combat poverty in poor pockets and the establishing of an early warning system of social, is also
working on updating the national strategy to combat poverty.
the need of stopping the intersections, duplication and redundancy in fields of which the study about or
mentioned ,and the presence of an official centralized is responsible about it , in order to avoid duplication ,
waste of resources and capabilities, Becoming responsible for the task of putting overall national strategy y,
plans and programs for the coordination mechanism , it is necessary to assign a corporate mandated to formally
and legislative development of a national strategy for poverty and coordinate the efforts of organizations
working in the sector of social solidarity , facing poverty and evaluation , the need for this role and vacuum still
exist , emphasizing at the importance of it through the national agenda that has been prepared by coordinating
entity for social solidarity formerly study showing intersections between institutions which working in field of
social solidarity and facing poverty emphasizing at the absence of conflict or similarity of the role played by the
coordinating entity for social solidarity and other institutions which working in this sector.
activating the electronic link with the all staff which working in field of combating and combating processing
poverty and promoting social solidarity as Mutual base and Data Bank in order to achieve immediate
coordination at the level of decentralization of implementation,
collecting consistent data by studying and analyzing it in order to adopt for estimating poverty indicators
annual periodically or semi-annual , so through poverty indicators published periodically and the same
methodology an state apparatus of monitoring and evaluation of programs of economic and social efforts to
possibly control poverty, and coordinating the efforts of internal funding (Ministry of Finance, Ministry of
planning and International Cooperation, Ministry of Social Development, the Ministry of Awqaf , development
and Employment Fund, the private sector and the civil and voluntary) and external (agencies funded such as
AID. EU. JICA. etc.) to ensure non-duplication and waste of resources.
Adopting the principle of centralized planning and policy at the level of the Kingdom and the decentralization of
implementation for all devices operating directly facing poverty and promoting social cohesion by ensuring
coordination at the level of policy and legislation, stimulating the private sector as a partner and a commitment
to the responsibility for social towards the sector of social solidarity and the adoption of the foundations of social
responsibility and institutionalized, working at increasing the spread of microfinance services in poor
communities, and provide the necessary support for small enterprises and institutions which working in field of
microcredit in order to encourage and develop the institutional structure and to improve their performance in
providing services development, awareness of the importance of microcredit as an effective tool to combat
poverty and mitigation, and to emphasize the importance of the role of the royal initiatives to contribute to the
treatment and facing poverty (royal Donations of housing, supporting the poor student, royal helps to provide
seats for the children of university of Areas with few opportunities, school bag, winter coat, school nutrition,
good parcels of Jordan, health insurance, ....).
Ensuring the efficiency of the roles of institutions which working in field of social solidarity and in reducing
attrition of its resources, suggesting to take over the coordinating entity for social solidarity, or in collaborating
with a specialist consultant shall restructure some existing institutions that provide services in field of social
solidarity by limiting the type of provided services so that specializes in some fields and evaluate efficiency of
the institutional analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of each of them in order to design a special program
enhancing institutional capacity, and ensuring the implementation of the policies and mechanisms approved by
Trustees of the entity , requiring the reduction of the poverty rate in Jordan through (with ) an effective manner,
and the presence of obligatory coordination between all actors in facing poverty processing in both the public
and private sectors and the voluntary sector, in order to prevent fragmentation of efforts, and requires the
development of social policies for the transition from the concept of social welfare to the concept of social
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development and enhance productivity, The need to develop a clear understanding of the fundamental causes of
poverty and its properties, in order to target the poor . to su up the recommendations , there is a need for a
systematic and effective mechanisms to stop the cases of the intersection, duplication and redundancy between
institutions working in field of social solidarity, at the macro level , Mesa-level and local Micro-level. N o
development for this need ,ensuring coordination and integration between programs and institutions of social
solidarity, but the existence of the development of a legislative and administrative as given to Coordinating
authority for Social Solidarity, or any . It is no doubt that the legislative abolition of this situation and
administrative independent force as is raised today, will lead to the abolition of the powerful political tool,
however, that the government is able to achieve the coordination and complementary efforts working in field of
social solidarity within a (unity ) single umbrella, so when the problem is solved ,losing a tool and a mechanism
was still needed by the sector of social protection and in facing poverty, in order to fill the void time , and
achieve complementary roles of planning, coordination and research as well as monitoring , evaluation of
programs and projects aimed at combating poverty and promoting social solidarity. This is also in line with the
recommendations of the national agenda and (We are All Jordan) document, contributing to the achievement of
the Millennium Development Goals in the Kingdom.
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