Regarding ways to reduce poverty, Dr. Lakshman Yapa, at Pennsylvania State University, has set forth some interesting ideas and research.

See the links below, especially the first in terms of the discussions on this thread. The second is a link to a page in the middle of several education modules regarding world population and resources. Offers a number of good questions to think about, research, explore.

Rethinking Urban Poverty

Dhttp://www.aag.org/Education/center/cgge-aag%20site/Population/lesson1_page3.html

Janie