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Tour of North Carolina's poverty areas heads West

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WTW) — An effort by the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP and other groups to spotlight poverty across North Carolina is hitting the road again. The third part of the tour of North Carolina's poverty-striken [...]

Posted On : May, 01 2012 | Comments : 0

Area's poverty rate 3rd lowest in U.S.

High incomes in the surrounding suburbs helped the Bridgeport-Stamford metro region to the third lowest poverty rate in the nation last year. The U.S. Census Bureau said Thursday in a special report that 9.4 percent of the population of t [...]

Posted On : Oct, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Former industrial areas of South Wales see sharpest rise in ...

THE Welsh communities that have suffered the most during the global recession have been revealed by an official report ranking the most deprived areas in Wales. South Wales Valleys communities, once reliant on manufacturing for work, h [...]

Posted On : Sep, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Poverty on the rise in rural areas of US

According to new estimates released on Tuesday by the US Census Bureau, which is part of the Department of Commerce, poverty in rural areas rose significantly between 2006 and 2009, to the point where over 15 percent of rural US citizens [...]

Posted On : Jan, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Poverty rises slightly in Chicago area

Poverty inched higher in the Chicago area in the midst of the recession, pulling city and suburban families that once were considered middle class into the ranks of the poor, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. [...]

Posted On : Sep, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Poverty Tajikistan's only growth area

As government figures confirm that the global economic downturn is having major effects on Tajikistan, experts warn that more and more households in Central Asia's poorest country will be driven into poverty. Aside from collapsing pro [...]

Posted On : Aug, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

Poverty a problem in urban areas

There is a serious need to address poverty in urban areas compared to rural areas, says Fiji's interim Social Welfare minister Dr Jiko Luveni.DR Luveni said according to the latest surveys done, around 37-38 percent of Fiji’s populati [...]