http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=22237&LangID=E
From the above LINK article by the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty, Philip Alston – Website: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Poverty/Pages/SRExtremePovertyIndex.aspx - on the International Day for Eradication of Poverty
“If you are a victim of torture, the chances are significant that you are also poor. The same applies if you are a woman or a child who is a victim of domestic abuse. As a poor individual, you are more likely to be arrested and prosecuted for crimes and, if you are, you are less likely to be able to afford a lawyer. The poor experience additional barriers when they want to vote and often have virtually no influence on political decision-making. In short, people in lower socio-economic classes are much more likely to get killed, tortured or experience an invasion of their privacy, and are far less likely to realize their right to vote, or otherwise participate in the political process. Development and human rights organizations, as well as Governments, mostly ignore violations of the civil and political rights of the poor, with terrible results.
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https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/Extreme-Poverty.pdf
Tackling Inequality & Corruption While Promoting Political Will, Can Help Overcome Global Poverty.
By: Geovanny Vicente-Romero* – October 19, 2017
Inequality
In the world there is land for all of us to live, and therefore, there should be resources for all. This is not always the case and it has never been, since wealth is not distributed equally nor equitably. We have regions like Latin America and the Caribbean that are considered the most unequal in the world. According to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, this situation prevents inclusive growth of the region. The OECD also has this view, which is why we need to locate the pockets of extreme poverty, as well as pay equal wages to men and women because when women progress, we all progress.
Corruption
In Colombia alone, corruption accounts for 50 billion pesos, approximately US$1 billion per week. Imagine global corruption figures. Unlike the celebrated Robin Hood who robbed the rich, corruption means, plainly, robbing the poor. In 2016, the International Monetary Fund, IMF, published a report entitled, "Corruption: Costs and Strategy to Mitigate it," in which they recognize that the annual cost of corruption is equivalent to 2 percent of the planet's gross domestic product, totaling more than US$2 billion per year. IMF Director Christine Lagarde at that time noted that, "the indirect costs we do not know are more debilitating." For this reason, we need radical transparency and accountability; there is no turning back.
Political Will
Where there’s a will, there’s a way! Political will is what it takes to make the impossible possible. Interest and passion for meaningful change can catalyze a new world order that provides opportunity for all. Just imagine all the money the world could save from corruption, and the landmark achievements we could accomplish with the political will to distribute these funds to help reach the people who need it most.
*Geovanny Vicente-Romero is the founder of the Dominican Republic Center of Public Policy, Leadership and Development (CPDL-RD).
Извор: WUNRN – 20.10.2017
