The SDGs Are Our Opportunity to Tip the Scale on Poverty

This month the journalpublished the first-ever randomized controlled trial of 21,000 cases of poverty reduction efforts around the globe. This landmark study by the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor proves the effectiveness of a multi-pronged, multiyear approach that can help end global poverty by 2030.
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This month the journal Science published the first-ever randomized controlled trial of 21,000 cases of poverty reduction efforts around the globe. This landmark study by the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor proves the effectiveness of a multi-pronged, multiyear approach that can help end global poverty by 2030.

In other words, we have proof positive that it's possible to end global poverty at the community level. Now what? The next step -- besides multiplying these efforts -- must be to apply locally successful strategies at the global level.

The CGAP study came as welcome news to my organization, which in 1991 pioneered the kind of comprehensive methodology evaluated in the study. The study also validated our own finding that microcredit doesn't work for the ultrapoor, but an integrated approach involving direct donations and income-generating activities can make a real difference.

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