Name: The hidden reason for poverty the world needs to address now
Uploaded: 2015-04-20T15:16:10Z
Duration: 21 min 56 s
Description: Collective compassion has meant an overall decrease in global poverty since the 1980s, says civil rights lawyer Gary Haugen. Yet for all the world's aid money, there's a pervasive hidden problem keeping poverty alive. Haugen reveals the dark underlying cause we must recognize and act on now.

Collective compassion has meant an overall decrease in global poverty since the 1980s, says civil rights lawyer Gary Haugen. Yet for all the world's aid money, there's a pervasive hidden problem keeping poverty alive. Haugen reveals the dark underlying cause we must recognize and act on now.

Gary Haugen: The hidden reason for poverty the world needs to address now

The hidden reason for poverty the world needs to address now

Global poverty's decline masks the hidden cause of violence keeping poverty alive, needing urgent, compassionate action.

Violence traps 2 billion in poverty; laws exist, but law enforcement for the poor is absent, undermining poverty alleviation efforts.

Global poverty falls from 50% to 15%, yet without addressing violence, billions remain in poverty under the threat of everyday violence.