1. Institute of Foreign Languages
Lecturer : Sopha Ratana
Group 3 : Un Chhang Som Socheat
2011~2012

2. I. Introduction
II. Effectively Combat Global Crisis
III. Make Ending Poverty
IV. The Millennium Development Goals
V. US. Commitment
VI. Conclusion
VII. Discussion Question

3.  This article was commissioned by the BWC (A
sister organization of the UNF)
 BWC purpose
 Strengthen relationship btw US and UN
 Encourage US leadership to enhance UN’s ability
 Engage policy makers, the media and American
public

4.  American efforts against poverty (USGDPP)
 Implemented by 12 departments, 25 different
agencies, and almost 60 government offices
 Need both an overall strategy and relevant
▪ skills and capacities to address global poverty
▪ Those are dispersed throughout the US and Private Co
 Focus on increasing US share of multilateral
funding Ex. UNICEF

5.  Investing in Open Political and Economic
System
 Promoting Education for All
 Improving Health System and Diseases
Prevention
 Open Space in the Global Market for Poor
Countries and Poor People

6.  Investing in Open Political and Economic
System
 Build civil society, empowering local government,
increasing voter participation, promoting free and
fair election
 In the long run, market economies and
democratic political system produce prosperity
 However, in Latin America at least it gained peace
 Economic and politic openness require govt will

7.  Promoting Education for All
 Planting seed for developments of other sectors
 Basic education leads to a 10 to 20% increase in
individual’s wage
 Improve their health and employability
 Promote democracy

8.  Improving Health System and Diseases
Prevention
 Poverty and health have reciprocal relationship
 Economic payoff of improving health can be
dramatic
▪ Ex: In Africa, malaria slows economic growth 1.3 %
/y, and when HIV/AIDS in a country reaches 8%

9.  Open Space in the Global Market for Poor
Countries and Poor People
 Trade=>growth
 Mutual support
 DA helps create competent
Gov’t

10.  The US development aid should eliminate
poverty.
 Increase aid will not end poverty, but Aid
remains important.

11. 1. Halve the number of people living in extreme
poverty and suffering from hunger
 GDP Growth per Employed Person
 Employment Rate
 Prevalence of underweight children under
five years of age
 Proportion of population below minimum
level of dietary energy consumption

12. 2. Achieve universal primary education
 Enrollment in primary education
 Completion of primary education
 Literacy of 15-24 year olds, female and male

13. 3. Promote gender equality in primary and
secondary education.
 Share of women in wage employment in the
non-agricultural sector
 Proportion of seats held by women in
national parliament

14. 4. Reduce the deaths of children under five by
two-thirds

15. 5. Reduce by three-quarters the number of
maternal deaths.
 Proportion of births attended by skilled health
personnel
 Contraceptive prevalence rate
 Antenatal care coverage
 Unmet need for family planning

16. 6. Halt and then reverse the spread of
HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
 Proportion of population aged 15–24 years with
comprehensive correct knowledge of HIV/AIDS
 insecticide-treated bednets
 appropriate anti-malarial drugs

17. 7. Reverse the loss of environmental resources
 Proportion of land area covered by forest
 CO2 emission
 Proportion of fish stocks within safe biological limits
 Proportion of total water resources used
 Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected

18. 8. Create a global partnership for development
 Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable,
non-discriminatory trading and financial system
 Address the Special Needs of the Least Developed
Countries
 Address the special needs of landlocked
developing countries and small island developing
States

19.  The US remains the largest aid donor in the
world.
 In 2005, the United States contributed only
0.22 percent of its wealth for official
development assistance

20.  20% of the federal budget is sent abroad as
foreign aid. But in reality only 1% +18% of
military and defense programs
 US =>debt cancellation for the poorest
countries and greatly increased support for
addressing HIV/AIDS

21.  The poverty has reduce over the time
1990= 29% => 2003 = 19%
- Life expectancy has jumped from 46 to 65
years
- birth rates drop from over 6 births per
woman in the 1950s to 2.6 births in 2004
- World food production has also increased

22.  There is no “one-size-fits-all”
 Liberalized trade and economic openness
 economic growth
 Investment in poor people and particularly
poor women is critical + voice
 Good governance and democracy

23. US considered as the largest aid donor in
the world to eliminate the poverty and help the
poor countries reach the MDGs. As the result,
the poverty has been decreased, people’s lives
has improved, and world has learned about
important lessons as the experiences to take
effective measure to combat poverty in
progress in the future.

24. Thank you !

25.  Why can’t some countries escape from poverty
even though the world have helped those
countries with certain key areas to combat
poverty?