Organizations around the world are showing how microfinance methods can help lift poor people out of poverty.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

I mean there's a lot of agencies out there that specialize in third-world country brides, that are coming from poverty,uneducated, that kind of thing."

VOA: special.2011.02.14

But he said if people changed their mindset, there could be a world without poverty.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

More than one million people in the world, live in a extreme poverty.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

Before that, he worked on poverty issues at the World Bank.

VOA: special.2010.06.22

World Bank chief economist Justin Lin says the global slowdown has prevented up to 90 million people from moving out of poverty.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

Fosatti says he had no idea of the level of poverty that existed outside the developed world.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

On Saturday the finance ministers discuss IMF global operations and on Sunday they set a policy agenda for the anti-poverty programs of the World Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

The queen praised the United Nations for its role in reducing conflict, offering humanitarian assistance and tackling the effects of poverty in many parts of the world.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

Where the world's poorest countries are concerned, the G20 says that narrowing the development gap and reducing poverty are integral to a broader objective of achieving strong,sustainable and balanced growth.

VOA: standard.2010.06.27

"And indeed with that inter-mediation between wealth and poverty in the world you need to ensure that there are rules that are applied and you need to ensure that there is accountability."

VOA: standard.2009.06.10

Brennan said the Obama administration will also focus on factors that contribute to terrorism, such as poverty, and a lack of education and other opportunities for young people in many developing areas of the world.

VOA: standard.2009.08.06

The foundation official says that poverty in the developing world requires creative solutions, harnessing the power of both the non-profit and for-profit sectors, and nurturing innovators in developing countries, who may include future corporate founders and brilliant scientists.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

And in front of us, we have the possibility of sustained growth,helping billion, one billion people to get out of poverty,' The world economy has shown steady improvement since the second quarter of 2009, but Strauss-Kahn says the recovery has been uneven.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21