The Wealthiest Seek End to Extreme Poverty

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In January 2004, a group of business leaders in Seattle announced the Seattle Initiative for Global Development, a plan to attack poverty. Initiative organizers include Bill Gates, Sr., father of the Microsoft founder, the world's wealthiest person. The Seattle Initiative was most probably influenced by collapse of the World Trade Organization (WTO) talks during the Battle in Seattle in November 1999. Social movements have long fought for sustainable development. [Kuro5hin.org]