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

"Development is a right and that should continue but that perhaps paths where there could be a reconciliation of the objective of poverty reduction, enhanced standards of living, a life of greater dignity in developing countries can be reconciled with climate objectives by shifting the sources of energy away from the fossil fuels to the cleaner and lower carbon emissions.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

The immediate objective to reduce child poverty by a quarter is spelt out in one of the government's many targets.

ECONOMIST: Cutting child poverty will be expensive

Even where poverty reduction was a stated objective, little had been done to find out whether poverty had, in fact, been reduced.

ECONOMIST: The World Bank and global health

The most ambitious objective, "to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger" by 2015, certainly cannot be accomplished without innovative technology--which, in turn, cannot be developed when bans and excessive regulatory barriers impede innovation.

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