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Poverty reduction is more effective if governments identify major risks preventing sustained escapes from poverty.
Read MoreThe Labour Party's Development Strategy is a "welcome combination of vision and policy", but it should go further. Read reflections from Chronic Poverty Advisory Network's Andrew Shepherd.
Read MoreCPAN is currently working on evaluating the key set of policies in the 31 countries with more than 5 million extremely poor people in 2011, that have the potential to get equitable progress underway during the first 5 years. The goal is to contribute to national and international discussions regarding priority actions and practical first steps to ensure that no one gets excluded from the progress toward zero poverty.
Read MorePoverty exacerbates the risk of exclusion of adolescents through stigma, poor access to services and lack of social networks. By promoting societies in which no adolescent is left behind and moreover in which adolescents are allowed to thrive, we can help prevent the transmission of poverty to the next generation of children.
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