Time for the International Monetary Fund and World Bank to Reconsider the Strategy for Millennium Development Goals
People desire a world without extreme poverty, lawlessness, hunger,and disease, but the Millennium Development Goals focus largely on alleviating symptoms of poverty, not its causes. If the World Bankand the IMF are to play a constructive role in eradicating poverty,their lending programs must encourage the governments of poorcountries to promote economic growth as the solution to poverty.
Source: heritage.org