Structural and cohesion policies and the fight against poverty

This note examines what role, if any, the EU's structural policies play in fighting poverty and social exclusion. The latter include regional policy, the Common Agricultural Policy, the Common Fisheries Policy, the Common Transport Policy and education/culture policies. It also analyses these policies and sectors against the background of the economic and financial crisis.

• Primary Source

EUObserver, 6.4.11: Bill Gates: Millennium Development goals still 10 years away http://euobserver.com/9/32127

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