The world has the knowledge and the resources, for the first time in history, to end hunger and poverty. This message has created new hope. Heads of religious denominations and other leading organizations in the U.S. have expressed an interest in coming together to support a new Alliance to End Hunger bu 2015. IFAD listens to the heart of poor people and responds with strategies that lessen rural poverty, as their excellent report recommends. Support citizen participation, participatory processes, and the emergence of NGOs as mediating institutions between governments and the people.
Empowerment is the bottom line.
For the first time in human history. We know the policies. The world has the resources. When we brought hunger and abject poverty to an end early in the 21 st century. Thank you very much.