Ending global poverty: Why money is not enough

VoxDevTalk

Published 07.06.19
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Francesco Terzini/flickr

How can we combat the increasing trend of extreme poverty not being confined to low-income countries, but also affecting middle-income ones?

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The world continues to see high poverty in middle-income countries. In this VoxDev talk, Rohini Pande discusses how invisible infrastructure is the necessary compliment required for the poor to access visible infrastructure. To improve marginalised individuals’ access to services, we must go beyond traditional development policies and think of policies that address the restrictive norms and constraints they face.