Internationally referenced researchers discuss social policies to overcome multidimencional poverty.
Brasilia, 18 November: Can there be a world without poverty? What are the public policies that lead to overcoming it and when it is possible to say a country that has overcome poverty? These questions are at the centre of discussion at the first International SeminarWWP – A World without Poverty, held on Tuesday (18) and Wednesday (19) November in Brasilia.
James Foster (professor at George Washington University), Ana Ravenga(Senior Director of the Poverty Global Practice at the World Bank Group),Magdy Martinez-Solimán and Selim Jahan (experts on poverty at the United Nations Development Programme), Murray Leibbrandt (professor at the University of Cape Town), and Kaushik Basu (Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank), are among the guest speakers.
The Minister of Social Development and Fight against Hunger, Tereza Campello, will present the achievements of the Brazil Without Extreme Poverty Plan, which has already lifted 22 million people out of extreme poverty.
In addition to encouraging discussion about overcoming poverty, the Seminar will discuss models of management and coordination of social policies and strategies for inclusive development. The Seminar takes place at an important moment in the debate concerning extreme poverty around the world. The United Nations is preparing to set the new Sustainable Development Goals which will replace the MDGs and be pursued globally. The targets will be set in less than a year, in September 2015.
The first International Seminar WWP – A World without Poverty – is sponsored by the Brazilian Learning Initiative for a World without Poverty (WWP). The WWP is the result of a partnership between the World Bank, the Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger of Brazil (MDS), the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA), the Secretariat of Strategic Affairs of the Presidency of the Republic (SAE /PR) and the UNDP’s International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG). The Seminar is also supported by the Rio +Centre.
“It’s an important time to discuss poverty. The world is preparing to set new goals for sustainable development, with targets for overcoming poverty. Having seen the results we achieved in Brazil in combating poverty in its various dimensions, we know this is possible.”
Tereza Campello, Minister of
Social Development and Fight against Hunger (MDS)
“Brazil is going through profound changes with respect to an increase in income growth, employment and productive assets, such as education among the poor. This is just the beginning, you always need to think about the next generation of social policies: the Bolsa Familia 3.0?
Marcelo Neri, Minister of
Strategic Affairs Secretariat (SAE).
“The Learning Initiative for a World Without Poverty (WWP) is a hub of knowledge that brings together key partners, dedicated to supporting, learning and sharing Brazil’s experience in poverty reduction, both internally – in Brazil and among the partners – and more broadly, sharing these lessons with countries around the world.”
Deborah Wetzel, Director of the
World Bank Brazil.
“The WWP provides an opportunity to discuss the progress of Brazil toward the eradication of extreme poverty. The topics of this seminar contribute to the debate on the Sustainable Development Goals as well as to building a more just and inclusive world.”
Jorge Chediek, UNDP Resident Representative in Brazil and
Director of IPC-IG.
Details:
First International Seminar – A World Without Poverty
When: 18 and 19 November, 2014
Opening hours: from 9:30am
Where: Teatro Oi, Hotel Royal Tulip Brasília Alvorada, Brasília (DF)
Programming: http://mundosempobreza.mds.gov.br/index.php?lang=en
Follow the seminar (in English):http://www.crosshost.com.br/flashvideo/21291
Live TV broadcast: NBR TV
Live streaming broadcast: www.wwp.org.br
Social networks: #mundosempobreza and #worldwithoutpoverty
This article is available in Portuguese and Spanish.