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You are correct. Empowering people ends poverty much faster than handouts. In fact, there is an opinion piece from 2017 in the Guardian titled "Obsession with
by sah2ed 8y ago
You are correct. Empowering people ends poverty much faster than handouts.
In fact, there is an opinion piece from 2017 in the Guardian titled "Obsession with ending poverty is where development is going wrong" [0] that argued for a reframing of the "end poverty" approach in developing economies like India to something like "enabling prosperity".
[0]: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2017/feb/08/obsession-with-ending-poverty-is-where-development-is-going-wrong https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals...
- 0815test 8y agoOne of the most effective ways of "empowering people" who are living in extreme poverty (as with many in India) is actually to provide them with starting capital, with no strings attached. Job creation can be useful of course, but self-employment is surprisingly common among the very poor.
- thecleaner 8y agoThis doesnt make sense without actually developing their skills first. That's really the second stage of the parent conment's idea.
- Nasrudith 8y agoThe reason seems to be self-perpetuation really - it isn't that work in itself is some great virtue (we should strive to maximize output not input) but because continuous gains and losses add up over time.