The global population growth forecast increases that percentage to almost 70% by 2050. In 2018, more than 55% of the world’s population, according to UN data, was concentrated in urban areas. Protecting community life in cities: a key challenge for reducing inequality Written by Paco López, Professor from Pere Tarrés Faculty of Social Education and Social Work Eliminating poverty is not a utopian dream, it is a set of strategic policy choices by human agents. government is beginning to cut back on the programs that did so much good, now that the economic impact of the pandemic is lessening.
Human decisions about taxation, government transfers, and social spending can reduce poverty markedly. Simply put, there is no ironclad economic law of poverty that must doom some to misfortune. Yet, this changed during the pandemic as millions were prevented from falling into poverty despite the global recession and millions more were actually lifted out of poverty in the U.S. The United States spent less on combating child poverty than any of the world’s richest nations. ranked dead last among its twenty-seven peers. When looking at government spending specifically on family benefits, the U.S.
ranked twenty-third in the share of government spending as a percentage of GNP. Prior to the pandemic, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development reported that of its twenty-seven richest peer nations, the U.S. The United States has never been in the forefront of social welfare spending. Whether it was child tax credits, housing subsidies, unemployment insurance, earned income tax credits or social security payments to the elderly, the cumulative effect was a reduction in the number of people living in poverty, even as the economy was suffering a major downturn. The reason for this surprising state of affairs was the major expansion of social spending that was provided by the federal government. economy was undergoing significant reversals, the number of Americans living in poverty actually went down, and did so in a fairly dramatic way. During the worst of the pandemic’s effects on the U.S. It is a public policy choice more than bad luck, happenstance, or fate. International Day for the Eradication of Povertyįrom the vantage of a wealthy nation like the United States, the Covid-19 pandemic offered an important insight about poverty. Himes, OFM, Professor of Theological Ethics Contributions by experts – SACRU Universitiesīoston College (United States of America) The contributions represent the personal views of individual academics and are not intended as the official positions of SACRU and its partner Universities. SACRU is a network composed of eight Catholic Universities from four different continents. Inspired by its mission of global cooperation for the Common Good, the Strategic Alliance of Catholic Research Universities (SACRU) has collected some insights from its experts on the topic. The trend also concerns a percentage of employed workers whose salary is not enough to escape extreme poverty. The Covid-19 pandemic exacerbated the issue in several parts of the world.
Yet, in 2015 more than 700 million people still lived in extreme poverty and struggled to satisfy basic needs in health, education, and access to water. Ending poverty is the first Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) in the UN Agenda 2030. Three years later, in 1992, the General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA) officially declared October 17 th as the day to acknowledge the effort and the struggle of people living in poverty. The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty dates back to October 17 th, 1987, when more than a hundred thousand people gathered in Paris at Trocadéro, where the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed in 1948, to remember the victims of extreme poverty and violence. Experts from the Strategic Alliance of Catholic Research Universities (SACRU) have provided insights on ensuring dignity for all in practice International Day for the Eradication of Poverty: the global response lies in expansive and brave welfare policies The United Nations celebrate the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on Monday, October 17 th.
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