Low-Income Countries Under Stress (LICUS) is a
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. The World Bank is the collective name for the Inte ...
program aimed at
poverty reduction
Poverty reduction, poverty relief, or poverty alleviation, is a set of measures, both economic and humanitarian, that are intended to permanently lift people out of poverty.
Measures, like those promoted by Henry George in his economics cl ...
in developing countries.
References
Low-Income Countries Under Stress (LICUS): A World Bank Program, by Karen L. Helgeson
World Bank
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