I would argue that these programs nicely balanced a variety of policy objectives: antipoverty yes, but also tax fairness for parents. |
In Canada, MAKE POVERTY HISTORY is a coalition of more than '000 development NGOs, labour unions, antipoverty groups and religious organizations. |
The head-count index limits our understanding of poverty and misestimates the efficacy of antipoverty policies. |
In that capacity he played a leading role in the passage of a minimum wage act, antipoverty acts, and bills supporting manpower training and federal aid to education, about 50 major pieces of social legislation in all. |
More recently, at the Summit on the MDGs in New York in late September, the General Assembly reiterated the importance of education for achieving the antipoverty goals. |
In the Republic of Ireland, specific targets and programmes have been announced for a ten-year antipoverty effort. |