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    Discrimination and Poverty

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    I chose this group because Hispanic Americans make of approximately 15% of the entire US population. Of which‚ “22% are below poverty cutoff” (Sullivan 2010). The head of household is headed by women which are the largest segment of that group; they account for 39% of Hispanics that live below the poverty level (Sullivan 2010). Studies show that the National Women Law Center states a staggering statistics that in 1998‚ more than half of women headed Hispanic families with children were poor (NWLC

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    Philippine Poverty

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    Population below poverty line: 32.9% (2006 est.) |Year |Population below poverty line |Rank |Percent Change |Date of Information | |2009 |30 |73 |  |2003 est. | |2010 |32.9 |59 |9.67 % |2006 est. | |2011 |32.9 |58 |0.00

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    Unavoidable--Poverty

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    Unavoidable--Poverty   In these ten years‚ economic are growing rapidly among the world. The living standard of people is becoming much higher. However‚ the problem of poverty is also worsening simultaneously. A survey on 2008 conducted by the World Bank revealed that nearly 1.3 billion people are named as absolutely poverty‚ which is stated as “a condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs‚ including food‚ safe drinking water‚ sanitation facilities‚ health‚ shelter‚ education

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    Child Poverty

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    Princeton University Child Poverty Can Be Reduced Author(s): Robert D. Plotnick Source: The Future of Children‚ Vol. 7‚ No. 2‚ Children and Poverty (Summer - Autumn‚ 1997)‚ pp. 72-87 Published by: Princeton University Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1602388 . Accessed: 16/05/2013 10:19 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that

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    Poverty in Lagos

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    AN ESSAY ON THE EFFECTS‚ CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS OF POVERTY USING LAGOS STATE AS A CASE STUDY. Written by: TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INRODUCTION 2. INTRODUCTION TO STUDY AREA 3. CAUSES OF POVERTY IN LAGOS STATE 4. EFFECTS OF POVERTY IN LAGOS STATE 5. SOLUTIONS TO POVERTY IN LAGOS STATE 6. CONCLUSION INTRODUCTION TO STUDY AREA. Lagos is the most populous city in Nigeria‚ the largest country in Africa. The metropolitan area‚ an estimated 300 square kilometers‚

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    Chronic Poverty

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    Poverty: Causes‚ Responses and Consequences in Rural South Africa Elizabeth Francis‚ April 2006 Development Studies Institute London School of Economics Houghton St London WC2A 2AE e.m.francis@lse.ac.uk CPRC Working Paper No. 60 Chronic Poverty Research Centre ISBN: 1-904049-59-1 Elizabeth Francis is a Senior Lecturer in Development Studies at the London School of Economics. Acknowledgements The research on which the case study is based was carried out as a collaborative project

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    Poverty and Illiteracy

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    The world of illiterate and poverty-ridden people is like a vast endless desert where literacy is like an oasis‚ a fertile land with fresh water flowing and majestic palm trees growing. Illiteracy keeps people chained to ignorance and superstition and is an obstacle in the path of civilization. With literacy comes awareness and awareness brings progress‚ culture and civilization. Illiteracy brings ignorance‚ and ignorance leads to wars and controversies. God made man in his own image but today humans

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    Determinant of Poverty

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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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    The Great Gatsby: The Corruption of The American Dream Through Materialism Freedom‚ equal opportunity‚ the chance for all to succeed by the ambition in their hearts and the strength of their backs. The American dream became a mindset in all who set foot in the country of possibility. Set in the bustling heart of America in the Roaring Twenties‚ “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald criticizes not the American dream itself‚ but the corruption of the ideal. He satirizes the capitalist distortion

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    Poverty in Pakistan

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    Poverty in Pakistan A STUDY on poverty has brought Pakistan face to face with a reality that it will find hard to accept: every third Pakistani is caught in the ‘poor’ bracket i.e. some 58.7 million out of a total population of 180 million subsist below the poverty line. This includes more than half the population in the forever remote Balochistan‚ 33 per cent in Sindh‚ 32 per cent in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 19 per cent in Punjab. These are daunting figures. But they are much needed for planning

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