Mr Cameron said there needed to be a renewed focus on tackling the causes of poverty - highlighting the importance of reducing corruption, promoting the rights of women and minorities and backing freedom of expression and association.
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Studies continue to indicate that one of the contributing causes of poverty, illegitimacy, crime, inadequate education and other socioeconomic problems is the absence of married, committed parents in a family.
"One of the great causes of this generation is the eradication of child poverty, " he said.
The Indonesian Government has identified adult illiteracy as one of the major causes of this relatively high poverty prevalence.
Analysts say one of the many causes of the lack of progress on curbing crime is widespread poverty and income inequality.
In seeking to explain the motivations behind terrorism, commentators have regularly expounded upon the supposed root causes of poverty and lack of education.
The minister appeared surprised by the members' comments and stressed that tackling the longer term causes of poverty in Wales was a Welsh government priority.
The startup determined seven causes of poverty, including: slavery, orphans, disaster, medical, hunger, water, and abuse.
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And it is tackling the long-term causes of child poverty through policies aimed at pre-school children in poor areas, and a new programme designed to cut teenage pregnancy.
And if he does tackle them successfully, the big causes of human suffering disease and poverty will be automatically alleviated.
Importantly, businesses have the ability to alleviate the root causes of social ills (incarceration, addiction, poverty, etc.) by providing employment opportunities.
Concluding, he said, as a mark of its commitment to addressing socio-economic problems that often served as the root causes of conflicts, his organization had established a special fund for poverty alleviation in Member States and a special programme for the development of Africa.
The World Bank, as part of its campaign against poverty's causes and effects (see article), vowed a few years ago to boost malaria funding, but the money proved to be a trickle.
It is too glib to argue, as some do, that poverty, disease and the hopelessness of life in the third world are the root causes of terrorism.
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While its influence on big-ticket issues in the region is declining, the U.S. has redoubled efforts to tackle their root causes, such as poverty, hunger and disenfranchisement of women.
He said Russia would work with the West to help tackle terrorist financing and support networks for extremists, as well as tackling causes of terrorism, including poverty and instability.
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