Monitor Poverty Series Closes Today

Mark Lange, writing in the Christian Science Monitor, concludes his series on global poverty today.

He began today's column, noting

In this series, we've unpacked popular myths about extreme poverty. We've looked at how we've gotten stuck. We've laid out some key levers for change. And we've considered the consequences of success. The developed world, well-motivated governments, and civil society among the last billion poor clearly have the means to eliminate extreme poverty in one lifetime.

So, provided we have the will, where would we begin?

Begin reading his answer.