ABSTRACT
What are the solutions to the global poverty problem? In 1974 the then US Secretary of State, Dr Henry Kissinger, made a famous statement that the world had achieved a position whereby it could and should eliminate hunger and malnutrition within ten years. Little seems to have happened since to turn his words from a mere pious statement into hard reality. The question, therefore, is given that there is enough food for everyone on the planet, how might they actually receive it? What are the means by which global poverty might be relieved? As will be shown towards the end of the chapter, there is an important sub-question as well. That asks, ‘how might it be possible to ensure that women’s poverty, hunger and ill health is given equal attention to that of men’s within societies where traditionally they have been treated as second-class citizens?’ The first two of the above questions are addressed below.
