Extreme poverty is the best breeding ground on earth for disease, political instability, and terrorism.
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Ending extreme poverty requires helping the poorest access resources and opportunities for development.
In this quote, Jeffrey Sachs emphasizes the importance of providing support to the most impoverished individuals to help them escape the cycle of extreme poverty. He suggests that without sufficient capital and resources, these individuals remain unable to participate in development opportunities, highlighting the need for targeted assistance to uplift them and enable their progress.
Themes
PovertyDevelopmentCapitalSupportUpliftment
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about global economic strategies, one might reference this quote to emphasize the focus on poverty alleviation.
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