POVERTY IN THE PHILIPPINES During the 1990s‚ the Philippines made significant progress in fighting poverty. According to the Family Income and Expenditure Survey of 1997‚ poverty incidence fell from 49.3% of total population in 1985 to 40.6% in 1994 and 36.8% in 1997. According to an ADB study conducted by Ernie Pernia and Arsenio Balisacan‚ however‚ the decline in poverty rates did nothing to improve the country’s notoriously inequitable income distribution. Despite the more-or-less sustained
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December 8‚ 2011 Poverty in Argentina Poverty by definition is the lack of a certain amount of material possessions or money. In specific absolute poverty is the inability to afford basic human needs‚ which include‚ but are not limited to: fresh and clean water‚ clothing and shelter‚ nutrition‚ and lastly healthy care. Rodriguez‚ (2002) There are about 1.7 million people who live in absolute poverty in today’s society. According to Tomas Raffo‚ an economist with the Argentine workers Central
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What are the causes of poverty in St. Lucia? St. Lucia is being considered today as a developing country or a less-developed‚ country is a nation with a low living standard. Poverty in St. Lucia is caused by some primary factors; these factors include over population‚ the inability to meet high standards of living and cost of living‚ inadequate education opportunities‚ and inadequate employment. Due to its small size and relative lack of geological resources‚ its economy lies primarily on the
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The Stigma of Poverty Gina Pardue English W 131 Professor Brooks February 24‚ 2011 Writer’s Memo Poverty is real. People from all walks of life experience it. Those living in poverty are subject to not only the conditions of poverty‚ but to the stigma that parts of society places on the poor. Society tends to judge the poor and label them as being low-end citizens that choose to live in poverty. Those living in poverty are seen as ignorant and lazy. They are assumed
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Poverty in Iceland Poverty in Iceland In this essay I will inform you on poverty in Iceland‚ which is more common than one would think‚ and give my opinion on how this situation should be handled to lessen poverty and make our community better and easier to live in. Poverty in Iceland is not a myth‚ it is there and if you look for it you probably won’t have to look for long. Kids in schools are from all classes of wealth from having wealthy parents who can afford
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Exploring Poverty and Education Education and poverty is a difficult subject to explore. Many views are held when it comes to the value of education for the underprivileged and whether or not it is the key to removing an individual from an impoverished condition. “The Social Animal”‚ a book by David Brooks‚ explores this subject of poverty and education through the life of one of his characters named Erica. Erica comes from an ethnic background‚ from a broken home‚ born from parents who did not
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many rivers and lakes dry up meaning a starvation of fresh water for poor towns and villages. This is the main cause of disease and poverty in Ghana. Compared to Britain the climate is very different. In Britain the climate is mild and wet. This climate makes it very easy to grow crops. However in Ghana it is impossible to grow most crops‚ this is another cause to poverty. Since arriving in the village I have worked closely with a number of families‚ in particular a woman called Grace. The conditions
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in poverty (“Poverty in the‚” 2013). The question these numbers pose is whether or not there is a direct correlation between obesity and poverty. Existing studies suggest a direct relationship between poverty and obesity. If there is a causal relationship between these two variables‚ what does this mean for America in terms of its over-reliance on processed food? What consequences may Americans expect to see if such a relationship were ignored over the longer term? Americans living in poverty are
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Troy Kelly English Professor Poverty Issues in Bombay‚ India Bombay‚ located in India‚ is India ’s capital with a population of 18 million people. However half of Bombay’s population is living in tenement housing or are homeless. It’s not uncommon to find families outdoors living under bridges or along railroad tracks. The lives of Bombay’s poor involve terrible poverty‚ squalor‚ and almost unimaginable suffering and deprivation. Many people living in Bombay do not have access to clean
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Many third world countries are faced by the challenges of poverty and unproductivity of land. The survival of the people who live in such nations depends mostly on aid from developed countries. There is a fact about the developed countries that needs to be addressed before the aid is delivered to the poverty stricken nations. The developed countries have gained that title due to the fact that they are way too ahead in terms of technology and industrialization. The returns they get from both domestic
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