It is this degree of poverty that is a social liability, not the people who happen to be poor. They represent an immense, untapped human potential for increasing economic growth. There is a critical, and often unrecognized relationship between social equity and economic growth one can contribute to the other, especially in the least developed countries. In these countries, one-third to one-half of the population suffer from hunger or malnutrition;...
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The World Bank and the World’s Poorest
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McNamara,Robert S.; Haq,Mahbub Ul; Jaycox,Edward V. K.; Christoffersen,Leif E.; Rovam, Yves; Gordon, David L.; Noor,Abdun; Yudelman,Montague.
The World Bank and the World’s Poorest (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099107105062439348