The events are categorized by color: ;xNLx;;xNLx;GREEN = Institutions ;xNLx;the steps taken by international institutions like the United Nations and the World Bank to combat global poverty;xNLx;;xNLx;PURPLE = Policies;xNLx;the multinational policies that framed the way poverty is thought of and addressed internationally ;xNLx;;xNLx;RED = Criticisms and setbacks;xNLx;- the complications that either hinder global development or push it in another direction;xNLx;;xNLx;Visit povertypitch.wordpress.com to learn more about the intersection of American business and global poverty
The World Bank was established during the Bretton Woods summit as an international institution aimed at post-war development in Europe.
World Bank President, Robert McNamara, focuses on the problem of urban poverty in his address to the Board of Governors during their annual meeting
Senior staff of the World Bank created a task force that reviewed the Bank's efforts to address poverty and suggested new strategies.
The United Nations released a development report that was focused on the development of human conditions rather than just economic growth.
A set of US policies were put in place to focus on government deregulation, and a shift to private contributions to economic growth.
Several transnational companies were criticized by activist groups for allowing their laborers work under inhumane conditions and environments.
World Bank releases a report entitled Poverty Reduction and the World Bank: Progress and Challenges in the 1990s.
Based on updated poverty data and accounts from the world's poor, the World Bank concluded that stronger efforts had to be made, and strategies redesigned.
World leaders gathered together to discuss the UN Millennium Declaration and establish concrete goals for the nations to address global poverty by 2015
This project was established by the United Nations to find concrete means to achieve the 8 Millennium Development Goals
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