1.   De Soto heads the Lima-based Institute for Liberty and Democracy, which advises governments on economic development and combatting poverty.

2.   Most participants agreed the biggest achievement of the summit was getting international leaders, business leaders and activists together to talk about combatting poverty.

3.   The Indian delegation is here to attend a regional meeting on combatting poverty and is led by the deputy chairman of the planning commission, K.C. Pant.

4.   The UN Development Programme will next week hold southern African regional talks in Swaziland to discuss government cooperation and strategy in combatting poverty, a UNDP official said Thursday.

5.   On Saturday, the prime minister met with regional leaders in Dakar to discuss a development plan aimed at combatting poverty in Africa.