Sentence examples for slashed poverty from inspiring English sources

Open markets and free trade have slashed poverty in East Asia, and a few countries in Africa have also begun to respond to this recipe of economic opening.

During his five-year presidency, Mujica, 79, revitalised Uruguay's economy, slashed poverty from almost 21%to11.5%5% and legalised abortion, making his country the first and only one in South America so far to do so.

So what should we make of a part of the world where governments have resolutely turned their back on that model, slashed poverty and inequality, taken back industries and resources from corporate control, massively expanded public services and democratic participation – and keep getting re-elected in fiercely contested elections?

Poverty : Using the nation's oil wealth, Chavez slashed poverty from 48.6% in 2002 to 27.6% in 2008, according to United Nations figures.

Decade after decade of rapid growth has transformed China into the world's second biggest economy, slashing poverty at the same time.

Reid sees that the remedy was incomplete: "Perhaps the most important missing commitment was to equity, to slashing poverty and inequality".

They argue convincingly that we are on the verge of a post-scarcity world that will slash poverty and "unlock countless opportunities and new life trajectories," at least if we avoid the rapidly escalating risks to such progress.

Indeed, in the Andean provinces of Apurimac and Ayacucho poverty rates are reported to have increased by 10% since 2004.Tackling poverty and income equality was a main element of Mr García's electoral platform in 2006 he has promised to slash poverty levels to 30% by the end of his term.

They are aimed at an array of issues, such as slashing poverty, hunger, diseases and gender inequality and improving access to fresh water and sanitation.

The United Nations has created the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the world's most ambitious program to slash poverty by 2015.

About 60percentt of Bolivians lived in poverty when Morales first took office; social programs helped slash poverty to below 40percentt in 2013.