Tuesday, February 06, 2007

The End of Poverty in India?

According to this report by the BBC, the financial minister of India thinks that he can eliminate extreme poverty by the year 2040.

This is a pretty bold statement considering that 25% of Indians live on less than a dollar a day. With India's population, that's 250 Million people.

Can they do it? What effect will it have on their economy? The world's economy? Can a politician do more than the church is doing? Or is it just talk?

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