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    overcome poverty in the country. There are different programs and services that fight to decrease poverty. The government of Canada has programs such as municipal‚ provincial and federal. The municipality is one of the most important constituent in the fight of reducing poverty. Poverty is most visible at the local levels. Ontario province hosts to a considerable number of people to struggle in poverty today. On April 1‚ 2014 City Council had approved the development of the City of Toronto Poverty Reduction

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    several ways to extirpate poverty in the States but it doesn’t bode well. Many people in America are still living under the poverty line due to some study reasons. Some of these reasons include‚ the economy working against the misfortune people of America and only the top tiers benefits from the growth of the economics‚ exacerbated by trends in family compositions and also the new jobs paid less compare to the previous ones. Sum addresses poverty in America and he compares poverty among households. He

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    Poverty As A Cause Of Crime Poverty remains a critical social problem that needs to be addressed. Philippines’ poverty line marks a per capita income of 16‚841 pesos a year. According to the data from the national statistical coordination board‚ more than one-quarter (27.9%) of the population fell below the poverty line the first semester of 2012‚ an approximate 1 per cent increase since 2009. This figure is a much lower figure as compared to the 33.1% in 1991. The unevenness of the decline of poverty

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    Poverty: A Major Issue

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    POVERTY A MAJOR ISSUE Poverty is lack of basic human needs like health‚ education‚ clean water‚ nutrition etc. It is a condition where people’s basic needs for food‚ clothing‚ and shelter are not being met. It is curse and something like nobody would want to own. Poverty is generally of two types: (1) Absolute poverty occurs when people cannot obtain adequate resources to support a minimum level of physical health. 2) Relative poverty occurs when people do not enjoy a certain minimum

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    "Poverty." Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection. Gale‚ Cengage Learning‚ 2010.Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 11 Dec. 2012. 1. The definition of poverty used by the U.S. government is based on the amount of money a person or family would need to pay for food. It assumes that most people spend about one-third of their budget on food. The poverty line—the annual income level below which one is considered to live in poverty—is the cost of food for one year multiplied by three‚ with

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    Effects of Poverty‚ Hunger‚ and Homelessness on Children and Youth The nation’s economic crisis has deeply affected the lives of millions of Americans. Skyrocketing foreclosures and job layoffs have pulled the rug out from under many families‚ particularly those living in low-income communities. Deepening poverty is inextricably linked with rising levels of homelessness and food insecurity/hunger for many Americans and children are particularly affected by these conditions. Find out below a summary

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    What is poverty is it hunger? Is it not having a roof over your head. Is it not having a job. The actual definition of poverty is the state or condition of having little or no money‚ goods‚ or means of support; condition of being poor; indigence. Poverty is a tough topic to discuss. We can look at it from many different view points. Here in the USA we tend to not think much of our impoverished communities. We figure they are a lot better off than in other countries. Our poorest people usually

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    Gender and Poverty in Nigeria Exploration of Journal article in Sociology Amanda Watson Professor Melanie Townsend Introduction to Sociology 04/27/12 I read an article dealing with the connection between gender and poverty in Nigeria. I believe that the article was a primarly view of existing research. I feel that it is because the author never said he conducted the research. It was said the study found out this or that. If the

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    Old Women in Poverty. For the last several decades well being of older Americans has increased‚ and poverty rates have declined noticeably. The poverty rate among the population aged 65 and older was nearly 30 percent in 1966‚ bur it decreased to around 10 percent in 2000. This improvement has been connected with general economic growth and with changes in retirement policies (Bernadett‚ and Dalaker). However‚ improvements among the elderly have not been equally shared by man and women. Elderly

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    incomes and rural poverty are often the result. Taking into consideration by the world’s standard the average person in the world lives on less than a dollar a day. In recent years‚ poverty reduction continues to be a challenge in Nigeria. 69 million people‚ or 54% of the population‚ lived below the poverty line in 2004. the Nigerian government has promoted agricultural growth through several policies noting that agriculture “outperforms all other sectors in reducing poverty” as it is the sector

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