Human Rights Cities Responding to Poverty and Inequalities Full Paper

#HumanRightsBasedApproach #Poverty #Inequality 

Jose Cuesta [Lead Economist, Social Sustainability and Inclusion Global Practice, The World Bank]

Thank you very much for inviting me to participate in this important conference on HRE. I am honored to be able to participate although I must apologize for not being there in person. Talking of poverty, inequality and human rights is always a sobering and challenging exercise where we need to exert a lot of careful balance between good and bad news.

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-So, if we know what to do and cannot do or are not effective in doing it, it must be then a question of lack of sufficient political consensus or sufficient resources (technical, human or financial). The main obstacle to advancing into a HRE is, in my humble view, not an issue of knowledge but an issue of capacity and commitment. IT IS NOT ABOUT WHAT TO DO BUT HOW TO DO IT!