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Towards a Millenium World: A Poverty Free Idea

Poverty is multidimensional and complex issue and is defined according to situation. A single definition cannot capture all aspects of poverty. Poverty is perceived differently by different people, some limiting the term to mean a lack of [...]

Posted On : Jul, 04 2012 | Comments : 0

CPP flag bearer slams abject poverty Ghanaians find themselv...

Dr Abu Sakara, Flag bearer of Convention People’s Party (CPP) has noted that the “essential software to run the nations operating system”, has been corrupted. He said patriotism born of selfless commitment in pursuit of [...]

Posted On : Jul, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

India Chooses Poverty

When Indian officials are pressed about their failed policies, they typically talk about their nation’s fundamentals still being sound. Most observers (even most critics) accept this, but what if India’s fundamentals were, in [...]

Posted On : Jun, 28 2012 | Comments : 0

Poverty alleviation the priority in NA debate

Poverty reduction topped debate at the ongoing ordinary session of the National Assembly yesterday, with members saying there was a pressing need for the government to work harder to achieve poverty alleviation targets. The NA members [...]

Posted On : Jun, 27 2012 | Comments : 0

Extreme Poverty Sets a New Record (Again)

I assume you have clicked the link. I'm not going to snip and paste the graph. Go there if you want to find out what I am talking about. The rate of extreme poverty (income less than half the poverty line also called "deep pov [...]

Posted On : Jun, 26 2012 | Comments : 0

Our poor excuse for an understanding of poverty

In Britain a poor household is officially defined as one with an income less than 60 per cent of the median. A law passed by the last government declares an unattainable target of reducing the proportion of children who live in poor house [...]

Posted On : Jun, 25 2012 | Comments : 0

Poverty, illiteracy breed terrorism — Cleric

National President of Jama'atu Ta'awunil Muslimeen of Nigeria, Alhaji Daood Imran Molaasan, has identified poverty and illiteracy as some of the factors that breed terrorism in the country. Speaking at a symposium entitled: &qu [...]

Posted On : Jun, 22 2012 | Comments : 0

Poverty forces children to work in industries, shops in Kris...

The State government was making tall claims over eradication of child labour, but the number of children employed in shops and industries is on the rise in Krishna district. Most pathetic is that many children were reportedly engaged [...]

Posted On : Jun, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

Non-Profit Gamifies Living in Extreme Poverty

Do you know what it’s like to live on $1.25 a day? One non-profit, Live58, wants to bring the experience to life for Internet users around the world. It launched Survive125, a choose-your-own-adventure style simulation of life in [...]

Posted On : Jun, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Can environment and development really come together next we...

This week is Earth Summit week on the blog, making my small contribution to the wonk feeding frenzy already in full flow in advance of next week’s Rio+20 event. Every organization is spewing out bulletins, position statements and cu [...]

Posted On : Jun, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

Pollution, Poverty, People of Color: No beba el agua. Don't ...

A few feet away, her mother, Bertha Dias, scrubs potatoes with water she bought from a vending machine. She won’t use the tap water because it’s contaminated with nitrates. Every day, Dias, 43, heads to the fields to pick lemo [...]

Posted On : Jun, 12 2012 | Comments : 0

The Problem of Energy Poverty in India

What is poverty? I believe everyone knows the answer to that intuitively. Specifically, if one were to ask the veterans in the Indian Government, they would be led to believe that there exists unimaginable ambiguity. However, if he/she we [...]

Posted On : Jun, 11 2012 | Comments : 0

Bucking the Trend: Poverty Reduction and Inequality in Latin...

Recent data show that poverty is falling around the world. Today, 43 percent of people are considered to be living in "poverty" (on less than $2 per day), compared to 30 years ago when almost three-fourths of the developing worl [...]

Posted On : Jun, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

Tackling the issue: Lifting Haitians from extreme poverty

Determining how best to begin lifting Haitians out of the extreme poverty has vexed the world for years. This weekend, representatives of some of the largest Catholic agencies in the U.S. and elsewhere will meet with Haitian church offic [...]