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. …
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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, …
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