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This article talks about how economic growth on its own is not sufficient enough to battle extreme poverty. The world bank stresses that we need to reduce poverty, at a rate of 50 million a year until 2030. As we know fiscal policies can be used to stimulate growth but this is not the only use. We can also use them to redistribute income, which is necessary in this case. Further more monetary policy is not good enough in tackling these issues directly. Dedicated government spending and tax cuts on the poor are far better fiscal policies to deal with the issue.

Poverty rates, inflation, unemployment, food scarcity, and social unrest are on the rise and the government is not only failing to combat it but in some cases is contributing to it, the Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights argues in a report.

The following article is about how the increase in gas prices has spurred violent protests around Sudan. The activists are mainly high school and college students, with one activist been killed by police. The increase in price has made gasoline not affordable for most, as prices doubled,because the government cut its subsidies for gas companies. Therefore gas in Sudan has an elastic demand, causing the increase in price to make gasoline not only not affordable, but also increasing the price of other goods,which are dependent on gasoline driven vehicles.

In September 2000, 189 U.N. member states and more than 25 international organizations of public and private scope, committed themselves to the complex cause of extreme poverty reduction on a global scale. It was informally spoken of as the largest collective impact agreement at the time, marking history. Although this article is not about the HDI, it however about what affects the HDI, namely the MDG. The period for the MDG has expired and some progress seemed to have been made. The article mentions the reduction in gender inequality in primary education and politics but also notes almost no change in secondary and further education. The UN is currently compiling the new set of goals. The policy has proved succesful and will hopefully encourage success in the future.