REGIONAL DIALOGUE
Thursday, 23rd September 2010
10h00 – 17h00
Opportunities, synergies, challenges and constraints of partnerships and networks
Dialogue: The Peoples Budget Campaign – Lunch-Time Discussion
Date: Thurs, 23rd September 2010 Time: 13h30 – 14h00
To devise effective strategies to raise living standards, we need to understand the root causes of poverty. Ending poverty is not just about spending more and better it is about economic and political power. The government must step in to empower the poor economically and socially by improving social protection, redistributing wealth and redirecting the economy to create employment. That means that we need measures to give the poor greater access to jobs, productive assets and skills, ensuring greater investment in industries. Only this type of programme can reverse apartheid’s legacy of impoverishment. This workshop will start with an analysis of the achievements of the past 14 years, as well as the challenges that remain. Next we assess the role of fiscal policy in transforming the processes that produce and reproduce poverty. Finally, we propose an integrated poverty perspective in order to redistribute resources and enhance the power of poor people
Date: Thurs, 23rd September 2010 Time: 13h30 – 14h00
To devise effective strategies to raise living standards, we need to understand the root causes of poverty. Ending poverty is not just about spending more and better it is about economic and political power. The government must step in to empower the poor economically and socially by improving social protection, redistributing wealth and redirecting the economy to create employment. That means that we need measures to give the poor greater access to jobs, productive assets and skills, ensuring greater investment in industries. Only this type of programme can reverse apartheid’s legacy of impoverishment. This workshop will start with an analysis of the achievements of the past 14 years, as well as the challenges that remain. Next we assess the role of fiscal policy in transforming the processes that produce and reproduce poverty. Finally, we propose an integrated poverty perspective in order to redistribute resources and enhance the power of poor people
