Make Poverty History is part of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty involving about 80 countries that aims to end the injustice of poverty. It is the largest anti-poverty movement in history.

In Australia, Make Poverty History is a coalition of more than 60 aid agencies, community groups and religious organisations. The coalition seeks to ensure the Australian Government creates policies that: guarantee more and better aid, debt relief, fairer trade, help poor communities keep their governments accountable, tackle climate change and honour commitments made to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a global plan to halve poverty by 2015.