For instance, when the future of the Norwegian Statoil company is being discussed, the most important question from a developmental perspective is not how Statoil can promote its own corporate interests. Nor is the main question how Statoil can promote the interests of the Norwegian society. Angola, Azerbaijan, Nigeria, Venezuela, Vietnam, and other countries. When reading the World Development Report on poverty, I felt a need to see an annual report from the Minister of Development not only about the way the money on the budget of foreign aid has been spent, but on how Norway as a nation has contributed to reducing global poverty in the previous year. The top priority in defending the poor is to keep peace.
War is the leading producer of poverty.
This is a highly relevant topic in a report about poverty reduction. Poor population groups and nations need allies in their struggle to promote their interests. In this chapter the report should assess to which extent Norwegians have been able to offer advice and contribute economically to poor countries who are building 'pro-poor' institutions. Measures to create manageable tax systems, provide credit to the poor, and to prevent corruption and cleptocracy should be treated here. The same for other kinds of goods.