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Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Nora Lustig & Nicholas Stern	Broadening the Agenda for Poverty Reduction: Opportunity, Empowerment, Security Experience from the 1990s has led to a poverty reduction agenda that, in addition to promoting economic growth, addresses ingrained inequalities, institutional failures, social barriers, and other risks.
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Masood Ahmed & Hugh Bredenkamp	Supporting Poverty Reduction in Low-Income Developing Countries: The International Community's Response Despite developing countries' improved economic growth rates during the 1990s, poverty has remained firmly entrenched. How can developing countries, international financial institutions, and developed countries work together more effectively to reduce the incidence of poverty?
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Gupta, Hammond, Leete, & Swanson	Progress Toward the International Development Goals It is easy to lose track of the improvements that have occurred over time in the lives of poor people in many developing countries....
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Deepa Narayan	Poverty Is Powerlessness and Voicelessness The Voices of the Poor study aimed to understand poverty from the perspective of poor people and to illuminate the human experience behind the poverty statistics.
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Caroline M. Robb	How the Poor Can Have a Voice in Government Policy Development thinking has changed significantly in recent years. Policymakers have recognized the ability of the poor to make a valuable contribution to the analysis of poverty and are consulting them directly. This new participatory approach has resulted in a broader definition of poverty and better-informed public policies that are more responsive to the needs of the poor.
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Mahmood Hasan Khan	Rural Poverty in Developing Countries How does rural poverty develop, what accounts for its persistence, and what specific measures can be taken to eliminate or mitigate it?
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Robert Powell	Debt Relief for Poor Countries Efforts to lighten the debt burden of poor countries go back at least two decades. The most recent, the enhanced HIPC Initiative, will provide faster and deeper debt relief to these countries while encouraging them to use the funds saved to fight poverty and raise living standards.
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Kathryn McPhail	How Oil, Gas, and Mining Projects Can Contribute to Development Oil, gas, and mining projects could be a boon for developing host countries, yet their environmental and social costs often outweigh their benefits. Partnerships between project developers, governments, and local communities are crucial for projects to have a lasting development impact.
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Dani Rodrik	Growth Versus Poverty Reduction: A Hollow Debate
Salon.com December 21, 2000 Dawn MacKeen	The medical privacy debate Do Clinton's new guidelines go far enough?
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