Saturday, October 25, 2008

Development has to be inclusive: Prime Minister at ASEM


Beijing, Oct 25 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh said that development has to be inclusive, at his maiden speech at the 7th Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM), in Beijing on Saturday.
Describing sustainable development as one of the biggest challenges of present times, Dr. Singh said a lot of cooperative work is needed to transform it from a mere buzz word to an operational strategy for development.
He said, Asia is home to the largest concentration of the world''s poor and poverty eradication at this scale requires a collaborative global effort to promote development and in particular to create job opportunities.
The Prime Minister also underlined that development strategies have to result in a fair, equitable and balanced distribution of the economic dividend.
While dwelling on environment issues, Dr. Singh said, the international community has not lived up to its commitments for technology transfer and additional financing since the Rio Conference.


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