The right question is whether poverty and knowledge are mutually exclusive, and the answer given by Jamal's example is no, they are not, provided the knowledge is based on experience.
Various prominent government officials endorsed equitable access to basic education and thus the importance of bilingual education as basic human right as well as a strategy for poverty reduction.
Although ministers are right to say that work is the key to an exit from poverty, to stay out of poverty people have to stay in work.
The poverty-struck years of the Great Depression proved just the right time to launch the company's most successful game: one based on making lots of money.
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Quality primary education is not only a fundamental human right, but also an essential driver of human development, bringing benefits for health and poverty reduction.
She expressed concern about the Scottish government motion, highlighting concerns and arguments against the reforms the length and breadth of the UK, it was "not just progressive Scotland versus reactionary UK", rather a "right wing government pandering to a press agenda" with "cabinet millionaires that believe that poverty is somehow a lifestyle choice".
Entrepreneurship is a critical component for thriving economies, and although poverty is a vast and complex issue, these events represent a step in the right direction.
And unfortunately, the people who are most vulnerable are going to suffer right away, not to mention all the people who are just struggling to stay out of poverty.
For without getting the evidence right we cannot reach a conclusion as to which is the right method and thus risk concentrating resources on things that are ineffective rather than things which reduce poverty.
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"Just getting the macroeconomic fundamentals right isn't enough anymore, " says Masood Ahmed, head of the World Bank's Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network.
Kate Green, chief executive of the Child Poverty Action Group, said policies should not just be about getting people jobs, but getting them the right sort of jobs.
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