Global Poverty Act of 2007

Summary

Global Poverty Act of 2007 - Directs the President, through the Secretary of State, to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further the U.S. foreign policy objective of promoting the reduction of global poverty, the elimination of extreme global poverty, and the achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goal of reducing by one-half the proportion of people worldwide, between 1990 and 2015, who live on less than $1 per day. Requires the strategy to contain specific and measurable goals and to consist of specified components, including: (1) continued investment or involvement in existing U.S. initiatives related to international poverty reduction and trade preference programs for developing countries; (2) improving the effectiveness of development assistance and making available additional overall United States assistance levels as appropriate; (3) enhancing and expanding debt relief as appropriate; (4) mobilizing and leveraging the participation of businesses and public-private partnerships; (5) coordinating the goal of poverty reduction with other specified development goals; and (6) integrating principles of sustainable development and entrepreneurship into policies and programs.

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• Reported to Senate (text)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 24 April 2008

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• Reported to Senate (PDF)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 24 April 2008

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 24 April 2008

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 7 December 2007

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 7 December 2007

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 7 December 2007

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