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the WTO creates as much poverty as it seeks to eradicate.  who really benefits?  the people, or the corporations?

In the spirit of the Grameen bank, an upstart group in the Middle East seeks to expel poverty from the region.

Grameen was one of the corporate entities that we read about in class.  Instead of using its capital gains to feed the upper managements' pockets, they redristribute the funds back into the peoples' coffers.  This is a REAL, CREATIVE solution to a poverty problem.

Habitat for Humanity has gone global, and is engineering creative solutions to put the people of the world under a roof.  Their programs differ depending on the region.

I think the conclusion of this article addresses poverty from a fairly guiltless standpoint, but I feel that the injustices done came from somewhere.  The solution they propose, namely "The international community should endeavor-by strengthening the international financial system, through trade, and through aid-to help the poorest countries integrate into the world economy...".  I do not think this is a creative or viable solution; it just doesn't fit the complexity and multifacetedness of the problem.