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Poverty has been a huge challenge to Nigeria for a long time as majority of Nigerians live below poverty line. Successive civilian and military governments in Nigeria agreed on the need to eradicate or alleviate this ugly situation. In an attempt to ameliorate the situation, they introduced a number of schemes and programmes. The apparent failure of the various schemes and programmes and the resultant citizen discontent led to the creation of the National Poverty Eradication Programme, NAPEP, in all the states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory. The broad objective of the study was to empirically evaluate the impact of NAPEP towards poverty eradication in Abia state, through the provision of youth employment. The structuralfunctionalist theory was adopted with an interrogation of relevant documents on financial flows, projects and programmes. The findings suggest that youth unemployment was pervasive. Again, the poverty reduction or alleviation efforts were fraught with corruption. To correct these, the work recommended disbursing monies to beneficiaries through banks. It also suggested, among others, that future efforts should be rural-centred, instead of urban-centred.

UNDP hat die Ausrottung der Armut im Rahmen des Konzepts "nachhaltiger menschlicher Entwicklung" zu höchster Priorität erhoben. Die UNDP-Veröffentlichung gibt einen umfassenden Überblick über die Politik der Armutsbekämpfung in Afrika. Zwei Kapitel widmen sich Fragen der Definition, Messung und den Charakteristika von Armut auf dem Kontinent. In drei weiteren Kapiteln stehen nationale Strategien der Armutsbekämpfung im Mittelpunkt: Beim Design einer Strategie geht es darum, den Armen Zugang zu sozialen Grunddiensten und zu produktiven Ressourcen zu verschaffen sowie eine makroökonomische Politik zu verfolgen, die institutionelle Reformen und soziale Mobilisierung zugunsten der Armutsreduzierung begünstigt. Zwei abschließende Kapitel thematisieren die Rolle, die externe Geber (und insbesondere das UNDP) bei der Armutsreduzierung übernehmen können. (DÜI-Sbd)

Poverty is a global phenomenon that normally reflects a minimum necessary standard of living. In fact, poverty in every country is affected by multiple factors (social, cultural, economic, and political). Sen (1985) and Nussbaum (2000) noted that poverty takes many forms, including human functioning and abilities, to develop basic 'capabilities' in education, health, and social life. Indonesia is among the countries that has programs to eradicate poverty, creating not only successful stories, but also some debates of the government's efforts to maintain stability of the country. On the other hand, the private sector plays an important role in the economy of a country and has become a strategic partner of the government in the national programs for alleviating poverty. Of course, people's participation also determines the success of poverty eradication programs. Reflecting all the points of poverty and the imperative of partnership between strategic stakeholders (state, the private sector, and community), this paper aims to explore the phenomena of poverty, national programs of poverty alleviation in Indonesia, and the importance of developing partnerships among the government, private sector, and community development organizations. The discussions cover two main points: 1) the Indonesian Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program, or what is known as the Hopeful Family Program (Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH), and the Non-Cash Food Aid System Program (BPNT), and 2) re-designing the poverty alleviation programs by connecting with other similar programs through coordination and partnerships with strategic stakeholders.

In Indian context; contributed articles