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As food crisis grows, report finds four billion people are excluded from the rule of law Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor makes a global call to make legal empowerment a key pillar of the anti-poverty agenda
Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor makes a global call to make legal empowerment a key pillar of the anti-poverty agendaNew York, 3rd June 2008 - A new report launched today found that four billion people – the majority of the world’s people – are excluded from the rule of law. The report, by the Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor, a group co-chaired by former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright and Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto, called on governments, international institutions and civil society to make legal empowerment a top agenda item in the fight against global poverty. As the global food crisis wreaks havoc on nations across the globe, the new report proposes solutions that focus on the core of the problem.. [...]
