Each New Year invites reflection — not only on what lies ahead, but on what truly matters. As some of you are aware, I am working with ChatGPT to eventually bring my poverty reduction into the knowledge pool of AI. Over the past months, work on the Poverty Reduction Knowledge Portal has continued more quietly …
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Blessed Christmas
Christmas comes to us each year as a reminder that hope often arrives quietly, not with power or spectacle. The story of Christmas is not one of abundance, but of humility — a child born into poverty, welcomed by ordinary people, and entrusted to those who had little by the world’s standards. In my years …
Holidaying in Europe
God gave us a unique opportunity to spend three weeks in October with our daughter’s family in Europe. The primary reason for our visit was to attend our grandson’s graduation in his Master’s in Business Entrepreneurship. Watching him walk up the stage at Erasmus University in Rotterdam and receive his degree was a solemn moment …
Intro Blog 1: Why This Blog Series.
A Lifetime in Poverty Reduction For more than half a century, my life and work have been intertwined with one central question: how do we actually reduce poverty? I have seen poverty not as an abstract number in an economist’s table but as a daily struggle for millions of families—for food, for dignity, for opportunity. …
A Pause Before Moving Ahead in Reducing Poverty Portal
Dear friends, After a short pause, I am glad to return to my blog series on poverty reduction. Sometimes, taking a step back gives clarity on how best to move forward. From now, I will begin sharing each chapter of the Poverty Reduction Knowledge Portal in blog form. These shorter blogs will make the ideas …
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Creative Commons: How Readers Can Freely Use and Share This Work with Credit
Since everyone is not used to Creative Commons, I have added this post so that readers can understand and apply as needed. As more blogs will appear and Povverty Reduction is promted to be used and shared, this blog will contribute to that process.
POVERTY REDUCTION: God’s Call in My Life
When I first wrote about God’s call in my life, it was a personal reflection — an attempt to put into words what has been, for me, an unshakable inner direction. Over the years, that call has been the compass guiding nearly five decades of work in POVERTY REDUCTION — starting from a Nepali village, …
Reducing Poverty: Tamil Nadu, India Leads the Way
Economists over the years have been grappling with different models of economic development for reducing poverty, focusing on one over the other. Tamil Nadu, one of India’s states, which is larger than several countries in both geographic and population aspects, has been making significant strides in reducing poverty throughout the state. In this blog, I …
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A Divine Call to “Speak for the Poor’
“Abel, I need your help with the work I lead.” That was the call from my friend and classmate, Dr Daleep Mukarji. He knew that over the seven years since graduation from Christian Medical College, Vellore (CMC), I had gained valuable clinical experience in patient care. He wanted me to take over the health work …
Welcome back to my Blogs
My blogging has not been as regular as it should have been. I have randomly shared my thoughts as I came across them. There’s so much that I would like to share, but I have not sat down to plan and prepare my blogs. I was sure that I would not start till I had …
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