Preface
The COMCEC Poverty Outlook is a contribution of the COMCEC Coordination Office to enrich the
discussions during the Poverty Alleviation Working Group Meetings.
Poverty Alleviation Working Group is established in accordance with the COMCEC Strategy,
adopted during the 4th Extraordinary Islamic Summit held on 14-15 August 2012 in Makkah Al
Mukarramah. The COMCEC Strategy envisages Poverty Alleviation Working Group Meetings as
one of its instruments for enhancing cooperation towards eradicating extreme poverty and
hunger in the OIC Member Countries. In this respect, Poverty Working Group Meetings aim to
provide a regular platform for the member country experts to deliberate on the issues related
to poverty alleviation, and to share their experiences and good practices.
This COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2017 is the Fifth Issue of the COMCEC Poverty Outlook Series
published by COMCEC Coordination Office. The COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2017 is prepared by
Mr. Bilgehan ÖZBAYLANLI, Mr. Servet Orçun ERPİŞ and Mr. Mehmet Akif ALANBAY with the
objective of providing an overview on the human development progress both at global and OIC
level. In this edition of the Outlook, statistical tables and figures are updated while in the
analysis, various comments which are still valid today are kept intact.
The views expressed and conclusions reached in this publication do not necessarily reflect the
official views of the COMCEC Coordination Office, COMCEC or the governments of OIC Member
Countries.
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