Speakers at a district level views exchange meeting said partnership between the government and NGOs can expedite the process of eradicating extreme poverty in the country. We need to adopt best practices and interventions to eradicate extreme poverty. It is essential to create a consensus on how to choose and scale up the best models for the eradication of extreme poverty, they said. “A better policy direction can be obtained if we can develop consensus. A strong link between the government and development sector can be instrumental in ending extreme poverty,” they observed. They also stressed on spending more on education and health sector for providing better services to the people.
“Challenging the frontiers of Poverty Reduction-Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR-TUP) project of a non-government organisation (NGO) that has taken step such as the rapid eradication of extreme poverty from the country that is national in scope and requires effective coordination and pooling of resources behind a common objective, is likely to fall victim to the undermining influence of unnecessary competition.  In essence, the rapid eradication of extreme poverty requires an equally rapid eradication of corruption and inefficiency in core elements of the public sector-the second challenge far exceeds the first and makes the poverty reduction objective unrealistic, they observed.
The speakers made the comments at a views exchange meeting held at the conference room of Deputy Commissioner’s Office in the city. Advocacy for Access Promotion of the Ultra Poor (APUP) project of a NGO arranged the meeting with a view to get rid of extreme poverty means leaving no one behind-this implies that there can be no category of ‘the undeserving poor’ who are excluded from programmes intended to help them. District Commissioner (DC) of Khulna Md Mostafa Kamal addressed the meeting as chief guest. Additional Deputy Commissioner (revenue) of Khulna Dipangkar Biswas presided over the function.