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SUSTAINING GROWTH, SECURING PROSPERITY
CHAPTER 5: REVIEW OF SOCIAL PROGRAMMES
AND INITIATIVES FOR 2013
Poverty eradication involves improving the living conditions of the poor and
disadvantaged. Social justice is the distribution of the social and economic
resources of society for the benefit of all people. Poverty eradication and social
justice are crucial strategies the Government has embarked upon to further
promote national development.
In alignment with Goal 1 of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs), the aim of which is to “Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger”, the
Government implemented several initiatives to ensure that the number of
persons living under the poverty line is significantly reduced.TheGovernment has
also continued to support several existing programmes and services which have
developed measures targeted towards the indigent and vulnerable. Initiatives
highlighted in this section fall under four (4) main categories: poverty reduction;
food security and production; unemployment and social protection.
PILLAR 2:
POVERTY ERADICATION
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
Box 5.II:
KEYMINISTRIES/AGENCIES UNDER PILLAR 2
• Ministry of the People and Social Development (MPSD)
• Ministry of Education (MoE)
• Ministry of Gender, Youth and Child Development
• Ministry of Housing, Land and Marine Affairs (MHLMA)
• Ministry of Justice (MoJ)
• Ministry of Public Utilities (MPU)
