Católica marks International Day for the Eradication of Poverty with SACRU

“Ex-ante policies that target the real sources of inequality and ex-post policies that minimize the link between income inequality and inequality of opportunity are needed.” This is the opinion of Joana Silva, Associate Professor at Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics, in the article written as part of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, in collaboration with the Strategic Alliance of Catholic Research Universities (SACRU).

The expert notes that "whereas the gap between countries has been narrowing due to globalization and the growth of emerging economies, the disparities of income within countries have been rising rapidly."

To mark the date, the alliance of Catholic research universities, of which UCP is a founding member, has gathered the opinions of various experts on the eradication of poverty through a global response centred on expansive and courageous social policies.

With this initiative, SACRU joins the UN 2030 Agenda, which sets as the first Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) the eradication of poverty in all its forms.

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