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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 [...]

Posted On : Feb, 20 2012 | Comments : 0

Poverty fueling unrest in Nigeria's Kano, says report

KANO, Nigeria — Poor governance, poverty and unregulated migration have sparked a security crisis in Nigeria's city of Kano, where Islamists killed at least 185 last month, said a report released Wednesday. The governor of the [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 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

Rwanda says slashed poverty rate in five years

The proportion of Rwanda's population living in poverty dropped from 57 percent in 2006 to 45 percent in 2011, according to data released Tuesday. "We are happy with the valuable progress we have seen in these numbers," Pres [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 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 [...]

Posted On : Feb, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Analysis: The Politics of Poverty

Mitt Romney says he’s not concerned about the very poor in America because they have a safety net, and that he is focusing his energies on the plight of the middle class. It would be understandable if some New Yorkers took offense a [...]

Posted On : Feb, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Fighting Poverty and Unemployment in Sindh

Poverty and unemployment in resource-rich Sindh are, among others, key causes of rising crimes and bad law and order situation. Energy crisis like in other parts of the country has battered severely economic development in the province an [...]

Posted On : Feb, 01 2012 | Comments : 0

Poverty, unemployment on rise due to corruption: Shahbaz

Punjab Chief Minister, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that due to polio of corruption, poverty and unemployment has increased. He said that wrong policies of corrupt rulers have caused serious crises of electricity and gas which have ba [...]

Posted On : Jan, 30 2012 | Comments : 0

Kids Count: More children falling into poverty

Child abuse and neglect in Berrien County jumped 19 percent over the decade while more than half of Berrien K-12 children now qualify for free and reduced price lunches, the latest Kids Count in Michigan Data Book concludes. Michigan&r [...]