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Poverty on Kenai Peninsula matches statewide trend

Poverty levels in the Kenai Peninsula Borough are on par with statewide levels, according to information recently published by the Alaska Department of Labor. From 2006 to 2010, 9.5 percent of people in the borough were considered in pove [...]

Posted On : Mar, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

90m Pakistanis living below poverty line: Daniyal

Islamabad: Chairman of Jeevay Pakistan Jeevay Muqami Hakoomat (JPJM) has said that number of people living below poverty line in Pakistan has reached to 90 million during last four years and further two million would face the same in comi [...]

Posted On : Mar, 12 2012 | Comments : 0

Urban poverty’s hidden dimensions threaten development, new ...

Residents of urban settlements with low incomes suffer from poor living conditions and limited access to services, which have far-reaching consequences on their well-being, a new research reveals on International Women’s Day. The [...]

Posted On : Mar, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Study: 'Extreme' poverty in US has more than doubled

A combination of joblessness due to the Great Recession and welfare reform meant to encourage work has led to more than a doubling of "extreme" poverty in the United States, a new study has found. Using a World Bank def [...]

Posted On : Mar, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

Poverty increased 53 percent in suburbs; Atlanta shows bigge...

We all know that metro Atlanta has a very high foreclosure rate and that housing prices have continued to drop dramatically. However, there is a new number out for Atlanta that I hadn’t seen but it sure makes a lot of sense. And [...]

Posted On : Mar, 05 2012 | Comments : 0

Southern Poverty Law Center report cites discrimination in w...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- One of the groups fighting to overturn Alabama's immigration law issued a report today citing instances of discrimination against Latinos after the law was enacted. The Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Cent [...]

Posted On : Feb, 28 2012 | Comments : 0

Poverty a stark spectre for 79m Pakistanis: Report

According to a study titled “Institutional Imperatives of Poverty Reduction”, by 2011-2012 as much as 43.1 per cent, or 79.1 million persons in the country will be destitute. The research was undertaken by Akmal Hussain; a pro [...]

Posted On : Feb, 23 2012 | Comments : 0

India's education malaise has all the hallmarks of a develop...

If you want a glimpse of the challenges facing India's education system, there is no better vantage point than Rajpur primary school. Located in the tribal belt of the Shahabad hills of Rajasthan, the school serves some of India's [...]

Posted On : Feb, 22 2012 | Comments : 0

Oil reliance fuels Nigeria's poverty

LAGOS, - A feckless political system and excessive reliance on an oil industry that generates few jobs have conspired to reverse Nigeria's battle against poverty despite economic growth, analysts say. Many see Nigeria as a clas [...]

Posted On : Feb, 20 2012 | Comments : 0

Poverty simulation for 40 days of peace ongoing

Serve Yavapai, a collaboration of Prescott College and Community Counts, will join Catholic Charities, Coalition for Compassion and Justice, Prescott Area Women's Shelter, Prescott United Methodist Church, and Sacred Heart Catholic Pa [...]

Posted On : Feb, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Nigerian poverty increases despite economic growth

Absolute poverty is measured by the number of people who can afford only the bare essentials of shelter, food and clothing. Almost 100 million people in Nigeria were living on less than $1 a day in 2010, 61.2 percent of the population, co [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

Kurds endure poverty, grapple with assimilation

BEIRUT: As a teenager in a rural area of predominantly Kurdish southeast Turkey, Bahaeddin Hassan heard of a far-off, beautiful place called Lebanon. He was starstruck. At 15, he traveled overland through Syria to Beirut. Lebanon was not [...]

Posted On : Feb, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Alberta needs poverty reduction plan, group says

Alberta could save billions of dollars per year if it took steps to reduce poverty, according to a report released Monday by a Calgary not-for-profit group. With as many as 400,000 people in Alberta living below the poverty line &mda [...]

Posted On : Feb, 07 2012 | Comments : 0

Poverty fight must go on despite deficit, activists say

Ontario’s 2008 pledge to fight child poverty can’t be sacrificed in the name of provincial austerity, says a new report being released Monday. On the eve of economist Don Drummond’s expected call for dramatic public spen [...]