31.   On reforms in agriculture ownership, Malaluan said, reforms in agriculture ownership relations will remain a critical component of any poverty reduction program.

32.   The project is partly modeled on successful poverty reduction programs the bank has funded in other parts of western China, according to a bank publication.

33.   Those programs include increasing trade, opening markets and devoting part of each countries military spending to poverty programs.

34.   They said the bank and fund should speed up their social spending and poverty reduction programs.

35.   They welcomed recent initiatives by some countries to open preferential market access to the least developed countries and moves to incorporate trade into poverty reduction strategy programs.

36.   This would happen at a time when some African countries were making progress in reforming their governments, putting poverty alleviation programs in place and reducing debt.

37.   This followed years of poverty eradication programs under former President Suharto, who resigned last month after a wave of protests and riots.

38.   This would happen at a time when some African countries were making major progress in reforming their governments, putting poverty alleviation programs in place and reducing debt.

39.   Canadian ambassador Robert Colette says his government is promoting mining in the Philippines as part of its poverty reduction programs, especially in the strife-torn southern regions.