Transcription of Disability, poverty and development
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IssuesDFIDD epartment forInternationalDevelopmentDisability, povertyanddevelopmentThe Department for International development (DFID) is the British government department responsible for promotingdevelopment and the reduction of poverty . The government elected in May 1997 increased its commitment to developmentby strengthening the department and increasing its policy of the government was set out in the White Paper on International development , published in November central focus of the policy is a commitment to the internationally agreed target to halve the proportion of people livingin extreme poverty by 2015, together with the associated targets including basic health care provision and universal accessto primary education by the same seeks to work in partnership with governments which are committed to the international targets, and seeks to workwith business, civil society and the research community to encourage progress which will help reduce poverty . We also workwith multilateral institutions including the World Bank, United Nations agencies and the European Commission.
Disability & Poverty Box 1: The International Development Targets The UK Government is committed to a set of internationally agreed development targets: Economic Well-being a reduction by one-half in the proportion of people living in extreme poverty by 2015 Human and Social Development universal primary education in all countries by 2015
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