Agenda 21 National Implementation Slides

Africa

A&P

Euro & NA

LA & Crb

W.Asia

No. Dat

Decision-Making

19

17

28

15

4

12

Programmes & Projects

8

10

15

7

3

57

Education

8

10

16

8

3

55

Cooperation

4

9

15

5

2

65

Combating Poverty

Chapter 3 of Agenda 21 recognizes poverty as a complex multidimensional problem, emphasizing that country-specific pro-grammes to tackle poverty have no uniform solution for global application. Strategies for combating poverty include various chapters of Agenda 21: in particular, Poverty; Demographics; and, Human Settlements. Strategies for alleviating poverty should be not only geographically and ecologically specific, aiming at specific vulnerable groups and taking into consideration the physically characteristics of ecosystem concerned, but also socio-economically specific, depending on each country’s social and economic structure.

Decision-Making
1. Coordinating Body on Combating Poverty
2-5. Participation of Major Groups with particular reference to: Women; Local Authorities; Indigenous People; and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Decision-Making.
Programmes & Projects
6. Housing Security Programmes for the Poor
7. Improvement of Infrastructure and Services
8. Programmes for the Advancement of Women
9. Financial Programmes for the Poor
10. Programmes to Generate Employment Opportunities
Education
11. Universal Access to Basic Education
Cooperation

12. Bi/Multilateral Assistance for Combating Poverty