text: how can the war against world poverty be won? how can those currently working on this network better? the #1 problem in the world today is poverty. for more than 30 years now the un has been working on a new international economic order without appreciable success. the sad event of september 11 2001 in the us has changed the us view of international development. the us now has a new national security strategy with 3 pillars, defense, diplomacy and development. the uk suffered a similar fate july 7 2005, ironically while the uk government was busy urging the 2005 g8 summit to take africa poverty more seriously. the uk is also working on a new international developmenbt white paper 2006, expected to be released this summer. regretfully the uk is not doing enough to implement the uk commission for africa report march 2005, to identify, promote and protect african and non african professionals who have ideas, innovation and entrepreneurship required to effectively tackle poverty. momentum generated in the uk last year is lost, yet tackling poverty is in the common interest of the globe. just ask one question at a time please..  by just eliminating the transnational companies, be careful not international or multinational ones, poverty can be defeated for 128 years