Blogs Posts in World category; 148 blog posts

Zambia fights poverty with schooling

It is 0500 in Mpika, Zambia. Outside in the twilight, the wind whips dust against the family's mud hut. It won't be long before the rainy season arrives. She wraps up warm and goes outside to sweep the yard and wash the dishe [...]

Posted On : Mar, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Antonio Banderas Takes Aim at Poverty for the United Nations

Nearly a decade after Original Sin was released, the movie can now say it has not one, but two official Goodwill Ambassadors in its cast. That's because Antonio Banderas has joined Angelina Jolie in that honorable role after bein [...]

Posted On : Mar, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

CHILD POVERTY - Tough times mean more clients looking for se...

It's a telling sign of the times when past donors call up the Burnaby Christmas Bureau asking to become clients. That's just what happened with several families last Christmas, said Stephen D'Souza, executive director of Burn [...]

Posted On : Mar, 11 2010 | Comments : 0

Students work to highlight poverty in Lebanon

Although most people understand university education is a privilege, many students lose sight of the fact that being privileged also means responsibility. At the Lebanese International University (LIU), a group of students have made it t [...]

Posted On : Feb, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

Poverty in childhood can shape neurobiology - study

Living in poverty can shape the neurobiology of a developing child "in powerful ways", affecting children's behavior, health and how well they do later in life, a study presented here Sunday shows. US researchers found [...]

Posted On : Feb, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Child Poverty in Southern Illinois

MARION-Becky Yates lost her job in November. Shortly after that, she and her two daughters lost their home. That's when they moved to the Lighthouse Shelter in Marion. "You lose friends over stuff like this. With me not having a [...]

Posted On : Feb, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

Two million pensioners are still living in poverty

The number of pensioners living in poverty has fallen by almost a third in 10 years - but at least two million remain below the breadline. There were 2.9 million poor pensioners in 1998, according to the Office for National Statistics. T [...]

Posted On : Jan, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

Child poverty 'increased before recession'

The number of children living in severe poverty in the UK rose by more than 250,000 to 1.7 million in the four years before the recession, it was claimed today. Save the Children is warning that the effects of the recession, which s [...]

Posted On : Jan, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Poverty reduction expert challenges Alabama

A national poverty reduction expert gave the state kudos for its success in taking steps to help Alabama's impoverished, but she also issued the new Alabama Commission to Reduce Poverty a big challenge: change how the state thinks about pov [...]

Posted On : Jan, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

Every third Indian under poverty line

The report by economist Suresh Tendulkar used money spent by a person on specific household goods and services to define the poor. People living in the states of Orissa, Bihar and Chhattisgarh were found to be among the poorest, the r [...]

Posted On : Dec, 11 2009 | Comments : 0

Poverty and unemployment 'were rising before recession' - re...

Levels of poverty, unemployment and repossessions started rising in the UK as early as 2004, well before the recession kicked in, according to a new report today. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said its findings showed the country had to r [...]

Posted On : Dec, 04 2009 | Comments : 1

Poverty title again

For the ninth time in the past two decades, local child poverty activists have given Manitoba the dubious distinction of being the child poverty capital of Canada. The NDP suggests the numbers are misleading, though. According t [...]

Posted On : Nov, 25 2009 | Comments : 1

Poverty, corruption key in Afghan war - Oxfam

Poverty and corruption are driving the war in Afghanistan, says a survey released Wednesday by British charity Oxfam and local organisations on the eve of President Hamid Karzai's inauguration. The report paints a bleak picture of the war-t [...]

Posted On : Nov, 18 2009 | Comments : 0

Poverty - Numbers alone don't tell the real story

Economic analysis and economic policy are only as good as the data we have. Bad data can make us miss important problems and can lead us to develop bad policies. Alas, most economic data is somewhat inaccurate. For example, people are onl [...]