Structural poverty

The President of the World Bank Group estimated in 1998 that more than 20 million people living in east Asia fell back into poverty last year, and where, at best, growth is likely to be halting and hesitant for several years to come.

1. The structural and conjunctural causes of poverty have been known for a long time, and include uncontrolled population growth and neo-liberal models of economic development.

1. Structural violence
2. Social hardships of economic reform
3. Countries in crisis

1. Unchecked poverty cycle

1. Child labour in cobalt mines

1. Structural unemployment
2. Structural rigidities in labour markets
3. Structural imbalances among and within the three largest market economies
4. Structural failure of integrated rural development
5. Deteriorating balance between financial assistance and structural adjustment

1. Integrating poverty alleviation in vulnerable areas into national development strategies

1. Poverty