A Counterintuitive Solution to Poverty: Stop Trying to Eradicate It
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Efosa Ojomo |
TEDxBYU
• March 2019
What might seem like the obvious signs of fixing poverty— providing resources that poor communities lack such as water wells, schools, and hospitals – often falls short of actually solving poverty and creating a sustainable path to prosperity. In this talk, Efosa Ojomo describes a fundamental misunderstanding many development organizations and philanthropies have with fixing poverty, then highlights an interesting and surprising insight.