Child poverty refers to the phenomenon of children living in poverty. This applies to children that come from poor families or orphans being raised with limited‚ or in some cases absent‚ state resources. Children that fail to meet the minimum acceptable standard of living for the nation where that child lives are said to be poor. In developing countries‚ these standards are lower and when combined with the increased number of orphans the effects are more extreme. Children experience poverty as an
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POVERTY ALLEVIATION THROUGH MICROFINANCE At the most basic level‚ the key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. ~ Jeffrey D. Sachs Creating self employment opportunities is one way of attacking poverty and solving the problems of unemployment. The Scheme of Micro-finance has been found as an effective instrument for lifting the poor above the level of poverty by providing them increased self-employment
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The passage “Girl”‚ by Jamaicia Kincaid I believe is about a mother explaining to her daughter the ways she must act to be the ideal women. The mother gives her guidance throughout the passage wanting her to have social manners and domesticity. The mother gives instructions and commands‚ I believe to give her the tools to be independent‚ strong‚ and respected as a young aspiring women. The mother is setting out rules and giving commands to her daughter to lead her daughter into a better path and
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URBAN POVERTY Sociology 300 April 27‚ 2013 URBAN POVERTY This paper will describe strategies for dealing with massive urban poverty‚ joblessness and poor housing. I will also address how to make cities productivity increase and in particular how to do so in a way that creates more jobs‚ increase incomes and business opportunities. Low-income families and communities will benefit the most from these changes and hopefully improve their quality of life. The reduction of Urban Poverty requires
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social progress and poverty reduction. The Ghanaian economy has grown at an average annual rate of 4.8 per cent over the past two decades. By 2008 GDP growth had reached 7.3 per cent. The agriculture sector‚ which contributed 33.5 per cent of GDP in 2008‚ remains the country’s major engine of economic growth. Rapid economic progress has all but halved national poverty rates‚ which have fallen from approximately 50 per cent in 1991 to 28.5 per cent in 2006. In the last decade‚ poverty rates dropped by
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Determinants of poverty INTRODUCTION Background to the study The translation of consumption into welfare units is a function of various physiological characteristics such as age and sex of recipient‚ and environmental factors ( The possession of assets is a measure of the socio-economic status of the household. According to the 2002 Uganda Population and Housing census main report‚ majority (79%) of the households owned the houses they lived in especially in rural areas with 86% compared to urban
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Poverty is a major problem in the United States today. Social‚ economical‚ political‚ and cultural factors all contribute to poverty. Education and economic development are two major issues that will help prevent poverty. The United States Census Bureau defines poverty as an "economic condition in which people lack sufficient income to obtain basic needs for food‚ housing‚ clothing‚ health services and education." In other words‚ poverty is powerlessness‚ a lack of representation and freedom. Poverty
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REACTION PAPER about poverty in a family in philippines: Life is a risking adventure. We commit a lot of obstacles and problems that sometimes pull our hopes down. Watching the documentary creates several feelings about the situations and it brings realizations after and while watching it. First of all‚ the documentary speaks about a family in Eastern Visayas wherein it reflects a serious poverty in the Philippines. The family experienced or still experiencing sufferings about their whole-life
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THE RICH AND THE REST OF US: A POVERTY MANIFESTO By Cornel West and Tavis Smiley “Our intent with The rich and the rest of us is to make [people] think about the pervasiveness of poverty‚ its real causation‚ and the threat it poses to our democracy. We want to raise awareness about poverty and discuss how best to end it- in out lifetime. “(Excerpted from the introduction‚ page 10-11) When I started with this book‚ I had expected it to be a book on how depressing poverty is and maybe how
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Culturally Rich Inventions The digit zero and the numbering system Chess Algebra‚ Trigonometry‚ and Calculus The decimal system The game of Snakes and Ladders The value of “pi” Noble prizes in Literature‚ Physics‚ Economics‚ Peace and Medicine Ayurveda is the earliest literature of medicine known to mankind. The father of medicine‚ Charaka‚ practiced medicine 2500 years ago. Until 1896‚ India was the only source for diamonds to the world India never invaded any country in her 10‚000 years
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