CIAO DATE: 11/99

Persistent Poverty in Developing Countries: Determining the Causes and Closing the Gaps

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary

   

  Report of Conference Discussions and Recommendations by Meghan O’Sullivan

• Part I
  • Introduction
  • Trends in Poverty, The International System, and International Opinion
  • Market Plus: The Best Approach to Achieving Growth and Addressing Poverty
  • The Obstacles to Achieving Pro-Poor Growth: Why the Poor Are Still Poor
     

• Part II
  • Building Partnerships: Strategies for Surmounting Obstacles
    
  • Examining Political Systems: Putting Recommendations in Context
    
  • Prioritizing Needs: General Recommendations
     

• Part III
  • Specific Proposals
    
  • Conclusions
     

   

  Speeches

• Persistent Poverty in Developing Countries: Opening Address
  Moeen Qureshi

• The Case for Hope: Keynote Address
  Jimmy Carter
   

   

  Discussion Papers

• Will Global Advance Include the World’s Poor?
  Michael Walton

• Why Are Some Countries and Some Populations Still Poor?: Internal Economic, Social and Political Factors
  Donald McHenry

• Institution Building and the Role of the State in Overcoming Poverty
  Carol Graham and Moises Naim

• International Institutions and Poverty: A New Approach
  Jacques Attali

   

  Suggested Readings