No longer can the progress of the war on poverty
be measured only by reference to figures for economic growth, which often – and
particularly in the case of rural areas – conceal increasing poverty, or, indeed, by reference to the level of direct foreign investment, which the bank cites as an indicator of success but is not suitable a
s such, for it says nothing about the number of jobs created or about the effects the investments h
...[+++]ave on society or the environment.