Poverty in India is widespread with the nation estimated to have a third of the world’s poor. According to a 2005 World Bank estimate‚ 42% of India falls below the international poverty line of US$ 1.25 a day (PPP‚ in nominal terms 21.6 a day in urban areas and 14.3 in rural areas); having reduced from 60% in 1981.[1] According to the criterion used by the Planning Commission of India 27.5% of the population was living below the poverty line in 2004–2005‚ down from 51.3% in 1977–1978‚ and 36% in
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one the opportunity to draw that‚ yet housing is even more than just residential environment‚ it also gives an impression that it is also in relation to those who inhabit and use it that housing has meaning; having adopted cleanliness despite the poverty would be a way through. The fact of the large number of people in our society‚ and therefore‚ with this consequences cannot be given less consideration as it will be preferred as the prime cause and cannot be ignored. The number of children per household
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Mother Earth By:Reynald Bautista Villagomeza Mother Earth is healthy‚ And has beauty and is wealthy; But with Global Warming on the way‚ It will take Mother Earth’s beauty away. It will become hot‚ Like a steaming pot; Leaves will become brown‚ Then everybody will frown. We need coolness‚ not hotness‚ But also happiness; Please Mother Earth don’t come to an end‚ Because we’ll be your friend. …To help you become healthy and green again!!! DDB: 1.7 million Pinoys hooked on drugs MANILA‚
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INTRODUCTION Poverty is one of the main problems which have attracted attention of sociologists and economists. It indicates a condition in which a person fails to maintain a living standard adequate for his physical and mental efficiency. It is a situation people want to escape. It gives rise to a feeling of a discrepancy between what one has and what one should have. The term poverty is a relative concept. It is very difficult to draw a demarcation line between affluence and poverty. According to
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The Summary of “Facing Poverty with a Rich Girl’s Habits” ENG115061VA016-1126-001 (English Composition) July 22‚ 2012 According to Suki Kim‚ the author of “Facing Poverty with a Rich Girl’s habits‚ learning how to survive physically‚ emotionally‚ and educationally in a world that was far removed from the style of life she was accustomed to was one of the biggest challenges of her life. Kim went from having a father who was considered a millionaire‚ living in a mansion complete with a governess
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Toni Cade Bambara addresses how knowledge is the means by which one can escape out of poverty in her story The Lesson. In her story she identifies with race‚ economic inequality‚ and literary epiphany during the early 1970’s. In this story children of African American progeny come face to face with their own poverty and reality. This realism of society’s social standard was made known to them on a sunny afternoon field trip to a toy store on Fifth Avenue. Through the use of an African American protagonist
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104 Professor miller October 16‚ 2012 The poem “Mother to Son”‚ by Langston Hughes‚ is an inspiring poem. It is the epitome of what every parent should instill within their child and that is the success of our children. Langston Hughes was born in 1902 and was a well-known poet during the Harlem Renaissance. His poems were not personalized but spoke for all African Americans alike. In this poem there is significant meaning from a loving mother to her son through language‚ metaphors‚ imagery repetition
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Those nations and multinational corporations hide in the shadow of financial institutions that carry out agendas to further their interests and have abused the benefits globalization has to offer. Michael Chossudovsky’s book The Globalization of Poverty demonstrates that developing countries in the political community are being negatively affected by globalization. Financial institutions such as IMF‚ the World Bank‚ and the World Trade Organization through the administration of aggressive financial
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Defining Poverty Poverty has been defined in many different ways. Some attempt to reduce it to numbers‚ while others believe that a more vague definition must be used. In the end‚ a combination of both methods is best. DiNitto and Cummins (2007)‚ in their book “Social Welfare‚ Politics and Public Policy‚” present six definitions and explanations of poverty. Social reformers Webb and Webb (1911) present another angle on poverty. Essentially‚ all definitions are correct‚ the debate is of which
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1. Deviance- the recognized violation of cultural norms. 2. Crime- the violation of a society’s formally enacted criminal law. 3. Social control- attempts by society to regulate people’s thoughts and behavior. 4. Criminal justice system- the organizations—police‚ courts‚ and prison officials—that respond to alleged violations of the law. 5. Labeling- the idea that deviance and conformity result not so much from what people do as from how others respond to those actions. 6. Stigma- a powerfully
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