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Alleviating World Poverty Last Featured: 10/16/2006 Listen to Full Program (Windows Media Player Required) Download the MP3 (Right-click and choose 'Save As...' from the pop-up menu.) Read Along with the Transcript (Acrobat PDF file.) Read Along with Closed Captions (For assistance viewing captions, click here .) Justice Learning Listening Guide (Acrobat PDF file.) Note: Justice Talking ceased production on June 30 of 2008. Link information on this site is not maintained and is provided for historical interest only. Although correct when posted, The Annenberg Public Policy Center makes no claim as the the accuracy or continued availability of any third party web links found on this site. Overview Half the world--nearly three billion people--live on less than two dollars a day. One billion children--one half of the world's children--live in poverty. Over 10 million children died in 2003 before they reached the age of five. Hundreds of millions of people live without adequate shelter and no access to safe water or health services. Join us on this edition of Justice Talking as we look at the host of U.S. policies aimed at alleviating poverty, from international aid to food programs. Interview with an Economist Host Margot Adler talks with an economist about the causes of global poverty. Stephen Smith is the author of Ending Global Poverty: A Guide to What Works. He is also a professor of economics and international affairs at George Washington University. Listen to Audio: Windows Media MP3 Version Listen to an extended interview with Stephen Smith: Windows Media MP3 Version Interview with an Anti-Poverty Advocate Cate Ambrose is the chief of advocacy and external relations for the Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor. Listen to Audio: Windows Media MP3 Version Debate on the Issue Economist William Easterly and Nora Lustig of the United Nations Development Programme debate the most effective strategies to fight global poverty. William Easterly is the author of The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good. He is also a professor of economics at New York University, joint with Africa House, and co-director of NYU’s Development Research Institute. He is also a non-resident fellow of the Center for Global Development in Washington, DC. Nora Lustig is director of the Poverty Group in the Bureau of Development Policy at the United Nations Development Programme. She also co-directed the World Bank’s World Development Report 2000/2001 "Attacking Poverty." Listen to Audio: Windows Media MP3 Version Report from South Africa Reporter Sonya Varma takes us to the village of Puleng, South Africa, where a group of local women have transformed their lives through peanut butter. Listen to Audio: Windows Media MP3 Version Interview with a Trade Expert Host Margot Adler talks with a trade expert about the collapse of the Doha round trade talks earlier this year and the potential of global trade as a poverty-fighting tool. Kimberly Ann Elliott is a senior fellow at the Institute for International Economics and the Center for Global Development. Her most recent book is Delivering on Doha: Farm Trade and the Poor. Listen to Audio: Windows Media MP3 Version Listen to an extended interview with Kimberly Elliott: Windows Media MP3 Version Interview with a Sociologist Host Margot Adler speaks with a sociologist about the fair trade industry and its impact on world poverty. Laura Raynolds is co-director of the Center for Fair and Alternative Trade Studies and a professor of sociology at Colorado State University. Her edited book "Fair Trade: The Challenges of Transforming Globalization" is due out in 2007. Listen to Audio: Windows Media MP3 Version Celebrities and Philanthropy Host Margot Adler talks with newspaper editor Stacy Palmer about the effect of star power on charitable causes. Stacy Palmer is the editor of The Chronicle of Philanthropy, a newspaper that tracks charities and nonprofit organizations. Listen to Audio: Windows Media MP3 Version ©1999-2020 University of Pennsylvania. All rights reserved. Any Justice Talking program downloaded or podcast from this site is for personal use only. 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