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| UN says wealthy failing the poor |
| 2008-09-05 |
| The world's wealthiest countries are failing to deliver on their promises to give money to the world's poorest nations, a UN report says. Because people in poor countries are incapble of generating wealth themselves. The UN report on progress towards the millennium development goals says this is threatening targets for drastically reducing world poverty by 2015. You cannot reduce poverty by giving people money. They have to generate wealth. It is even less likely that you can reduce poverty by giving money to 3rd world bureaucrats. We've been doing it for at least 60 years and it hasn't worked yet. The UN report says there has been some improvement but not enough. Where's the improvement? World leaders signed up to ambitious goals eight years ago aimed at reducing poverty, hunger and disease by 2015. Now the UN report says wealthy countries are not living up to the commitments they made at the Gleneagles summit in 2005 - and aid needs to be increased by $18bn a year. Who's going to provide that dough? And who's gonna receive the boodle? Although progress has been made on debt relief for the poorest countries, assurances given on trade and development have not been honoured. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 Ricky, that describes Siem Reip, Cambodia to a T. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-09-05 11:18 |
| #8 The US is shipping nearly $1 trillion of its wealth overseas each year. We've done more than enough to enrich everyone else and its well past time to stop this insanity. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-09-05 09:52 |
| #7 Looks like a job for an international "community organizer". And I'm sure there are many willing to step up. Just try to not get killed in the stampede. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-09-05 08:45 |
| #6 translation: "Our cut is not meeting expectations" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-09-05 07:44 |
| #5 "the UN report says wealthy countries are not living up to the commitments they made" Kyoto Syndrome? |
| Posted by: Darrell 2008-09-05 07:35 |
| #4 "UN failing to provide booze and income stream protection to drunk, worthless NGO losers who failed have to succeed in private sector." To sum up. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2008-09-05 05:45 |
| #3 The UN report says there has been some improvement but not enough. "Anton at the bar at Le Palace Hilton in Geneva has finally learnt to mix a proper Bloody Mary (we were *quite* firm with him the last time), but the Tounedos Rossini are simply wretched. We really must have a word with the chef - his staff have been skimping on the truffles lately." |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2008-09-05 01:26 |
| #2 The worlds poorest counties are failing the wealthy by not removing their corrupt leadership who syphon aid off and implement socialist policies the ensure poverty and ignorance. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-09-05 00:53 |
| #1 "The world's wealthiest countries are failing to deliver on their promises to There. Fixed it. |
| Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2008-09-05 00:46 |