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Nature 410, 1021 (26 April 2001) | doi:10.1038/35074194

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Let's reward innovative action against poverty

See associated Correspondence: Sutherland, Nature 411, 738 (June 2001)

Arnoldo Ventura1

  1. Office of the Prime Minister, 1 Devon Road, Kingston 6, Jamaica, West Indies

Each year, the world rightly honours the best contributors to science, economy, literature and peace. However, these accolades stop short of their ultimate objective, which is the improvement of the human condition, especially where living conditions are atrocious.