Mr. Koch-Weser focused almost exclusively on internal management and poverty relief programs during his 25 years at the World Bank.
Homeless adults get little help from the government, since many poverty relief programs were dismantled in the 1990's.
Recognising that many of the police victims were also from favelas, he called on the authorities to invest in education and poverty relief programs to address the root causes of the violence, rather than putting more money into the militarisation of public security.
Americans tend to give out of habit, so most of the money from donors flows to the most prominent and long-standing charities, even though existing poverty relief programs have been roundly and justifiably criticized for lack of effectiveness, inefficiency, and occasional cupidity.
One of his responsibilities was coordinating the World Bank's poverty-relief programs with similar efforts at the I.M.F.
The story refers to Mr. Chen as a "mob organizer" who reportedly broke some office windows "to vent his anger at workers who were carrying out poverty-relief programs".
The Workers' party is likely to continue expanding poverty-relief programs, raising the minimum wage and maintaining near record levels of employment, while building stronger alliances in South America and among groups of emerging economies, such as Brics.
She has proved an able administrator, helping Mr. da Silva carry out his poverty-relief programs, manage the windfall from the commodities boom and oversee billions of dollars in large infrastructure projects.
Critics have urged that it get out of the business of providing long-term loans, development assistance and poverty relief, the sorts of programs that are the specialty of the World Bank.
In this sense, the economic model provides justification for integration of PES and poverty alleviation programs.
