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Karnataka’s poverty ratio declines by 9.7%

The percentage of people living below the poverty line in Karnataka has come down by 9.7% in the estimate of poverty for 2009-10, released by the Planning Commission on Monday. In 2004-05, the percentage of people living below poverty lin [...]

Posted On : Mar, 20 2012 | Comments : 0

Poverty dips to 29.8% in 2009-10: Planning Commission

NEW DELHI: The Planning Commission on Monday said poverty in India declined 7.3% points to 29.8% of the population over five years to 2009-10. Poverty in rural areas declined at a faster pace than in urban cities between 2004-05 and 2009- [...]

Posted On : Mar, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

DISPATCHES FROM AMERICA Rediscovering poverty

It has been exactly 50 years since Americans, or at least the non-poor among them, "discovered" poverty, thanks to Michael Harrington's engaging book The Other America. If this discovery now seems a little overstated, like C [...]

Posted On : Mar, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

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

Child Poverty Rises in 2000s

The number of children living in poverty in rural communities increased by 200,000 between 2000 and 2010, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau figures. The number and percentage of children (those under 18) living below the feder [...]

Posted On : Mar, 06 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

More Nigerians Slip Into Poverty, Particularly in North

Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation and its biggest oil producer. The West African country exports more than two million barrels of crude oil a day. Despite its oil wealth, however, a new government study says the number of Niger [...]

Posted On : Mar, 02 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

Spotlight turned on North's shocking child poverty

Northland's shocking poverty levels have been highlighted by the Salvation Army's state of the nation report, which warns of a permanent and dangerous fracture in society if more is not done to help the country's poor. The [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 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 [...]