Culled From AllAfrica Website

Poverty Deepens Despite Combative Programmes


UN Integrated Regional Information Networks

November 29, 2001
Posted to the web November 29, 2001

Abidjan

Gambia's Vice-President Isatou Njie-Saidy, on Wednesday said poverty in the
country is getting worse despite a commendable increase in the number of
children going to school, and greater availability of social services such
as safe water and health services.

Speaking to international delegates at a conference in the capital Banjul,
Njie-Saidy said the government of the Gambia has developed a blueprint,
Vision 2020, which seeks to address poverty in all its complex forms. Health
services, she said, are now accessed by 95 of urban and 85% of rural
populations, school enrolment has risen from 59 percent in 1990 to 71.1
percent this year, and 79% of households now access safe water.


"Poverty eradication calls for new dynamism and commitment. Gambia places
poverty reduction at the centre of national development," the vice-president
said.

The weeklong conference, which is examining the global fight against the
twin problem of poverty and socio-economic exclusion, has attracted
participation from Africa, Europe and the Caribbean.




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