Discover New Words Quiz 24

In spite of a practically universal consensus on the need for poverty reduction, there are noticeable divergences when it comes to concrete proposals to this end. The expression universal consensus means…

International institutions such as the United Nations, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are engaged in defining and measuring global poverty, as well as in overseeing programs aimed at reducing it, albeit to varying degrees of success. The word overseeing means…

Both of these definitions of poverty have come under fire for placing too much emphasis on economic status while overlooking factors such as personal and community empowerment, as well as the extent to which people can freely exercise their civic, political and social rights. The expression come under fire means…

Instead, she argues, this deluge of funds has served to keep the African continent in a state of ‘aid dependence.’ The word deluge means…

For nations whose economies lag behind others’, free market policies could actually force them further into poverty. The expression lag behind means…