Although pegged around hunger and malnutrition, the campaign focuses more on addressing the underlying causes of hunger, such as "land grabs", tax avoidance and a lack of transparency over investments in poor countries.
Leading organisations today realise the importance of engaging whole communities in this work and focus on addressing the root causes of violence.
Ann is a thought leader and global citizen of the highest order.
Glicken (2011) writes that settlement houses focused on addressing the root causes of social problems such as poverty as well as building community, providing an interpersonal and relational approach, and expanding jobs to combat poverty.
Progress can be accelerated even in the poorest environments, through integrated, evidence-driven, community-based health programs that focus on addressing the major causes of death - pneumonia, diarrhea, newborn disorders, malaria, HIV and under-nutrition.
But this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, I'm pushing global leaders to consider a different solution--one that could significantly accelerate progress on addressing the root cause of water scarcity around the world.
The programme focuses on supporting interventions to address the causes of lack of access, participation and completion of basic and lower secondary education.
These series then report successful treatment outcomes on addressing the underlying cause.
The commission on the Sept. 11 attacks recently questioned the utility of declaring war on terror without also addressing the causes of poverty, anti-Americanism and violent fundamentalism in the Muslim world.
The tentative agreement to limit the chances of future bailouts came as the Senate delayed for another day its initial votes on amendments to legislation to address the causes of the 2008 financial crisis.
