How successful have the G8 summits been in reducing poverty?
It is believed that to eradicate poverty economic growth is a necessary (but not sufficient) as the DFID outlines. And economic growth is what the G8 concentrate on because it is in this manner that poverty will be reduced and REMAIN low. We witnessed a fall in the number of people in poverty from 40% to 21% from 1981-2001. And there continues to be a decline and this is due to the help of the G8 countries and other organisations. But as the total world population increasing (must faster in developing countries) it may become harder to sustain this decreasing level of people living in poverty.
