Comments on: Priorities for helping the world’s poor http://www.defeatpoverty.com/2008/11/priorities-for-helping-worlds-poor.html A conversation on global economic issues, ideas & data to help us all become better contributors to defeating the scourge of extreme global poverty Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:26:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: What poor people really want | DefeatPoverty.com http://www.defeatpoverty.com/2008/11/priorities-for-helping-worlds-poor.html/comment-page-1#comment-307 What poor people really want | DefeatPoverty.com Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:59:52 +0000 http://www.defeatpoverty.com/2008/11/priorities-for-helping-the-worlds-poor.html#comment-307 [...] Lomborg of the Copenhagen Consensus (see my previous post on Priorities for helping the world’s poor), posted an OpEd in today’s WSJ entitled “The View from Vanuatu on Climate [...] [...] Lomborg of the Copenhagen Consensus (see my previous post on Priorities for helping the world’s poor), posted an OpEd in today’s WSJ entitled “The View from Vanuatu on Climate [...]

]]> By: Charissa http://www.defeatpoverty.com/2008/11/priorities-for-helping-worlds-poor.html/comment-page-1#comment-208 Charissa Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:30:00 +0000 http://www.defeatpoverty.com/2008/11/priorities-for-helping-the-worlds-poor.html#comment-208 what scares me is thinking what catastrophic event will take place before change is deemed necessary. the climate change we've already seen in our short lifetimes, genocide from governments all over the place...and still the plight of those in poverty is not a priority. really, what will it take? what scares me is thinking what catastrophic event will take place before change is deemed necessary. the climate change we’ve already seen in our short lifetimes, genocide from governments all over the place…and still the plight of those in poverty is not a priority. really, what will it take?

]]> By: gregor http://www.defeatpoverty.com/2008/11/priorities-for-helping-worlds-poor.html/comment-page-1#comment-193 gregor Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:57:00 +0000 http://www.defeatpoverty.com/2008/11/priorities-for-helping-the-worlds-poor.html#comment-193 i'm completely agree that we all have to do something about climate change. one simple thing i believe can be done is to make more people realize about the danger of climate change and also make them believe that they can take part to slow it down or even stopping it from happening. any one of us who's already understand about the danger of climate change should be an agent to make others understand about it too. i’m completely agree that we all have to do something about climate change. one simple thing i believe can be done is to make more people realize about the danger of climate change and also make them believe that they can take part to slow it down or even stopping it from happening. any one of us who’s already understand about the danger of climate change should be an agent to make others understand about it too.

]]> By: starkravingmoderate http://www.defeatpoverty.com/2008/11/priorities-for-helping-worlds-poor.html/comment-page-1#comment-191 starkravingmoderate Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:01:00 +0000 http://www.defeatpoverty.com/2008/11/priorities-for-helping-the-worlds-poor.html#comment-191 yeah, there seem to be so many issues and clarity on a macro level is what is most difficult to achieve.<br/><br/>I share your hopes for the next US administration, but the revolution we need is unlikely to take place volountarily. as the saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention, and as long as the poor have no voice on the global stage, radical change will not appear 'necessary'. yeah, there seem to be so many issues and clarity on a macro level is what is most difficult to achieve.

I share your hopes for the next US administration, but the revolution we need is unlikely to take place volountarily. as the saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention, and as long as the poor have no voice on the global stage, radical change will not appear ‘necessary’.

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