The claim that it could replace all taxes is reminiscent of the proponents of Land Value Taxation, the idea that Henry George outlined in Progress and Poverty.
But more than any other nation, the United States of America has underwritten global security for over six decades -- a time that, for all its problems, has seen walls come down, and markets open, and billions lifted from poverty, unparalleled scientific progress and advancing frontiers of human liberty.
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It also takes place in a region where the paradox of poverty and progress are sharply illuminated.
World leaders meeting in New York were due to endorse a 35-page declaration on overhauling the United Nations and progress towards tackling world poverty.
And while progress is being made in reducing extreme poverty, gaps between rich and poor are widening almost everywhere.
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Education is absolutely central to achieving all of our development goals - we know that progress in education is a vital tool in making progress in poverty reduction, heath and nutrition.
Analysts say one of the many causes of the lack of progress on curbing crime is widespread poverty and income inequality.
General Assembly will come together to determine how it will tackle poverty and set benchmarks to measure progress in economic development.
Green gestures, liberal noises on race and sexuality and a focus on public services and poverty all helped him to make progress.
Resource-rich countries such as Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria and Gabon were singled out as making less progress in combating poverty than other African countries with fewer natural resources.
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And if there is a weakness in our position, it is, in my view, that you need to construct an agenda that is about freedom, yes, and democracy, yes, but also about justice and about opportunity for people, which is why progress on poverty in Africa matters, in my view.
The problems of severe poverty, economic inequity, and drug cartels remained, but significant progress had been made.
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Cooper recognizes that the state has growing problems with child poverty and obesity, but she's encouraged by Tennessee's progress.
On the plus side, the foundation acknowledged that substantial progress had been made in improving energy efficiency in both new and existing homes and reducing fuel poverty among vulnerable groups.
These development challenges are intertwined in the lives of Malawians, and we must fight for progress on many fronts if we are to lift my country from poverty.
Bono, a previous TED Prize winner, gave a talk in the opening session on the dramatic progress that's been made in fighting diseases such as AIDS and malaria and in curbing global poverty.
On June 8th, the UN Development Programme released a statement showing that progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), which were supposed to cut extreme poverty in half and improve social indicators such as education and health care, has been pitifully slow.
But he said the author had lost touch with some of the events in Nigeria during time spent abroad and said a lot of progress had been made since President Obasanjo came to power, with fewer living in poverty.
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