Pro-poor or pro-poverty?

Poverty is a terrible thing. There are few things as demeaning to a human being as not having the means to fulfil his basic needs in life. India is one of the poverty havens of the world. We have all heard of India's teeming millions, probably since childhood. While one could blame the British for all our mistakes pre-1947, it has been almost 67 years since they left. We are still one of the poorest nations on earth. Many countries in Asia, which started with similar poverty levels in the 1940s, have progressed faster...

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