Combating poverty not only financial problem, but also strategic, Minister
Morocco-Regional, Politics, 2/12/2005

Combating poverty is not only a financial, but also a problem of strategy, said, in New York Wednesday, Moroccan minister of Social Development, Family and Solidarity, Abderrahim Harouchi.

The Moroccan official was speaking at a round table about eradicating poverty organized at the UN.

He stressed the need to set up a multi-dimensional strategy to attenuate poverty, as this phenomenon requires an integrated strategy adaptable to each context.

Harouchi who is taking part in the 43rd session of the UN commission for Social Development, also presented Morocco's strategy in the social field, and the results of a study on qualitative and quantitative measures of poverty and social exclusion in five countries, including Morocco, carried out by an Italian organism for research and training in the social field.

During his stay in New York, Harouchi visit met with a number of officials including the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, who invited him to participate in an African conference on eradicating poverty, due to take place in Cairo, and in a meeting on "Youth, Poverty and AIDS," to be organized in Morocco in April 2005, as well as in a conference of African ministers in Abuja (Nigeria) to discuss the issues of "Poverty, Unemployment and Youth."

At a separate meeting with high-ranking World Bank officials, Harouchi called for the Bank's technical support in collecting and disseminating successful experiences worldwide to better alleviate poverty, promote income-generating activities and enhance micro-financing especially in rural areas.

For their part, WB officials praised the importance of the Moroccan strategy, especially its territorial aspect, and expressed their willingness to examine possibilities to help implement this strategy.

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