PEACEST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Poverty Trap
3 Apr 2018
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Places of extreme violence are places of extreme poverty. An army can never pacify a hungry, disease ridden, and impoverished population. We need to understand the challenge of extreme poverty not only as a matter of ethics and politics, but also as a matter of science. We can and must achieve a much clearer understanding of how to end poverty, based on the best scienti c evidence. We have powerful technology than can be mobilized, and which can make a remarkable difference at a remarkable speed . The use of technology: agronomy, medicines, transportation, education and family planning. We need public investment and international cooperation. The deep question is when the rich countries, with so much wealth, are so irresponsibly and relentlessly neglectful, when the amounts needed are so mall and the consequences of inaction are so catastrophic for all.
