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    Begging in India

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    Begging in India is a fashion‚ a compulsion‚ a profession‚ a privilege and a recreation. The number of beggars in India is much larger than in other countries. Our heads hang down in shame when we read description of this institution given by foreigners in a hateful manner. To the Westerners‚ India is a land of the mendicants and snake-charmers. Beggars are found in villages and towns‚ on roads‚ crossings and footpaths. But their favorite haunts are bathing Ghats‚ temples‚ religious or festival fairs

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    poverty and children

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    Poverty Problem Poverty is quite an issue not only in third world countries but also here in the United States. Interviews were conducted with 74 families with school-age children‚ including 44 families living at or below 150% of the federal poverty level and 30 families living above 150% of poverty (Heymann 5). Over 14 million U.S. children lived in poverty in 1997 (Sherman and Sandfort 555). Many times it is easy for people to hide certain aspects of their lives. However‚ poverty is not one

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    Poverty In Belize

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    2:50:49 2014 / +0000 GMT Poverty in Belize Dear Editor‚ Poverty in Belize is a growing concern‚ and if Belizeans continue to ignore this problem‚ it will progressively increase. The last thing we would want in this country is to observe our country‚ “Mother Nature’s best kept secret‚” have a poverty-rate to rival Haiti. Sixty-five percent of Haiti’s population live in poverty. The Government of Belize is not debating strategies to tackle poverty‚ yet they expect less crime

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    slums in India

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    country to country. In India‚ The Slum Areas Improvement and Clearance Act of 1956 defines ’slum areas’ as places where buildings: are in any respect unfit for human habitation; and are by reason of dilapidation‚ overcrowding‚ faulty arrangement and design of such buildings‚ narrowness or faulty arrangement of streets‚ lack of ventilation‚ light‚ sanitation facilities or any combination of these factors which are detrimental to safety‚ health and morals. The Census of India defines a slum as "a compact

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    Pakistan and Its Poverty

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    Year 8 Geography Assignment Pakistan and its poverty… Compiled By: Toobah Farooqi Hope you like it!!! Pakistan Pakistan or officially‚ the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is rated one of the poorest countries in the world due to its high infant mortality rates‚ low adult literacy rates‚ low life expectancy‚ and not enough access to clean water‚ food‚ safe housing‚ healthcare and finally education. The main reasons why there are so many poor people in this country is because there is a lot

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    Effects of Poverty

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    Effects of poverty Again in a developed nation council houses in Seacroft‚ Leeds‚ UK have been deserted due to poverty and high crime. See also: Malnutrition Health Main article: Diseases of poverty Hunger‚ disease‚ and less education describe a person in poverty. One third of deaths - some 18 million people a year or 50‚000 per day - are due to poverty-related causes: in total 270 million people‚ most of them women and children‚ have died as a result of poverty since 1990.[67] Those living

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    Generational Poverty

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    Generational Poverty Caused by Neoliberalism has a Negative Impact on Education in the United States Generational poverty is defined as a systematic institution in which two or more generations have been born in or have lived in poverty. The ideas of neoliberalism has only perpetuated the economic system in such a way that it creates indirect barriers to an improvement in quality of life. Its commonness is obvious‚ not only in its unequalled influence on the global economy‚ but also in its restructuring

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    Women & Poverty

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    Women and Poverty is a topic that comes close to my heart. More than 1 billion people in the world today‚ the great majority of whom are women‚ live in unacceptable conditions of poverty‚ mostly in the developing countries. Poverty has various causes‚ including structural ones. Poverty is a complex‚ multidimensional problem‚ with origins in both the national and international domains. The globalization of the world’s economy and the deepening interdependence among the nations present challenges and

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    poverty incidence

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    ISSUES Corruption levels The Republic of the Philippines suffers from widespreadcorruption. Means of corruption include graft‚ bribery‚ embezzlement‚ backdoor deals‚ nepotism‚ and patronage According to a World Bank study in 2008‚ corruption in the Philippines is considered to be the worst among East Asia’s leading economies and the country has sunk even lower among those seen to be lagging in governance reforms.The 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index published by global watchdog Transparency International

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    Global Poverty

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    Poverty is a serious issue that has been going on for centuries. Every day there are people who die due to hunger but there are solutions to reducing‚ and even stopping‚ poverty. Global poverty comes in an abundance of shapes and sizes. One of the main sources of poverty is the lack of investment in the future at all levels. The manufacturer outsources to China because he does not want to invest in long-term employees. The government does not want to invest in quality employees through education

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