Group 3 Annotated Bibliography

1) The World Bank,"Does More International Trade Openness Increase World Poverty," 2001

AssessingGlobalizationP2.pdf

This source, written as part of a four part series on globalization, addresses one of the key arguments in the world today: does globalization increase world poverty? This article holds that globalization and more open trade increase per capita incomes and the incomes of the poor and do not systematically increase inequality. This knowledge is essential to the study of global poverty, for it has a dramatic impact on the potential solutions to poverty.

2) United Nations Development Program, "What are the Millenium Development Goals," 2007

http://www.undp.org.sz/MDG_goals.htm

This source provides a synopsis of the eight United Nations Millennium Goals and Swaziland's position relative to each. Through both a general and country-specific lens, it educates the reader on the central causes of poverty in Swaziland. It also identifies the measures being taken towards alieviating poverty in the region.

3) United Nation Development Program, "Overview Report: Why The Goals are Important," 2005

Goal Overview.pdf

This report discusses why the U.N Millenium Goals are important beyond simply representing basic human rights and global justice. In additon to the goals being ends in themselves, they are also a springboard to economic development and further growth. The report then presents reasons for the shortfalls in achieving these goals. This analysis is very important, for it has helped us get a better understanding of the motivations behind the Millenium Goals. It has also helped us understand what has held us back from more effectively addressing the issue of global poverty. By understanding these situations, we will be better able to come up with solutions to poverty.

4) World Bank Poverty Net, "Understanding Poverty," 2008

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTPOVERTY/

The main purpose of this website is to help the reader define and understand what global poverty is according to World Bank standards. It illustrates the different metrics currently used to measure poverty at both the global and country level, as well as identify new trends in poverty measurement. This is essential in comparing and understanding the vast, yet unique dynamics of poverty as they exist in different regions.

5) Global Issues, Causes of Poverty: Poverty Facts and Figures, 2008

http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Facts.asp

This website, developed by Adup Shah, provides an extensive list of facts about poverty. From different perspectives and more non-traditional sources, this site addresses topics including education, healthcare, and economics. This website was very useful for it allowed us to simultanoeusly observe poverty through a myriad of unbiased lenses. Seeing this website also stimulated us to think about poverty beyond simply the number of people living on less than $1 per day and other such norms.

6) G8 Summit, "Global Poverty Report," 2000

G8_poverty.pdf

This report first provides a global look on poverty and its determinants and trends. It then takes a more narrow look at poverty in Africa, Asia & Pacific, Latin America & the Caribbean, and Central and Eastern Europe. More importantly, this report addresses the universal responsibility of combating poverty, including solutions to reduce poverty through both domestic and global actions. Poverty can be best addressed through domestic actions, for they have the most impact on the lives of poor people. Multilateral Development Banks and the International Monetary Fund play an important role at the country level by providing policy advice, financial and technical support, as well as at the global level by shaping international rules and ensuring the provision of global public goods.

7) ONE: The Campaign to Make Poverty History

www.one.org

The ONE campaign is a nationwide campaign in the United States that seeks to raise awareness about global poverty and the issues surrounding it. The website puts poverty in very simple terms in order to reach a wider audience and emphasize its scale. In the midst of an often complicated and sometimes confusing pool of information about poverty, this website stood out as a simple, yet effective way of conveying the problem of global poverty. It helped us realize the importance and impact of collaboration in this issue and highlighted how important it is to join the fight against global poverty. As ONE, we can progress towards more sustainable change.

8) International Fund for Agricultural Development, "Enabling The Rural Poor to Overcome Poverty in Swaziland"

swaziland.pdf

Poverty in Swaziland is most prevalent within the country's rural areas. This article highlights the differences between urban and rural poverty in Swaziland and the role of the IFAD in enabling the poor in Swaziland to overcome poverty through sustainable agricultural programs designed to empower the average Swazi in an effort to permanently eradicate poverty.

9) Nation Emergency Response Council on HIV/AIDS, "National Multisectoral HIV and AIDS Monitoring and Evaluation System," October 27, 2005

NME%20Plan_small.pdf

This report discusses the impact that AIDS has across all levels of Swazi society, and how these impacts have contributed to the poverty in Swaziland. The report cites how the impacts of AIDS are seen at the individual level, household level, community level, and within whole sectors. Specifically, the article discusses how AIDS has increased crude death rate, increased number of orphans, severely decreased the quality of education, and made it difficult to access healthcare. Increasing deaths among the most productive segment of the population has had significant implications on the quality and quantity of the labor force, and this decline is one of the main costs to society.

10) African Development Bank, "Kingdom of Swaziland Country Strategy Paper, 2005-2009," 2005

Country Strategy Paper.pdf

In this strategic outlook, the African Development Bank lays out their strategic objectives and expected outcome and results during this four year period to help reduce poverty and inequality in Swaziland. The paper clearly lays out the main development challenges that have held Swaziland back and how they can be best addressed. The over-arching review has helped us gain a clearer understanding of all of the elements contributing to the poverty problem in Swaziland and the effects that the different elements can have. The proposed recomendations give a clear outlook for how to combat these problems in the future.