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    Indian Poverty

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    EFFECTS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH ON POVERTY REDUCTION IN INDIA (STATE OVERVIEW) From 1974-2005 By Sagir Khericha ID:1053378 Contact Details: sxk978@bham.ac.uk‚ shagirk@gmail.com Topic Page number Abstract 01 Introduction 01 Literature review 03 Literature review Specific to India 07 Methodology 10 Empirical Findings 11 Conclusion 12 Appendix 13 References 13 ABSTRACT India has had an

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    Poverty In Canada

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    Aboriginals and the Cycle of Poverty Charles Darwin once said in the Voyage of the Beagle‚ “If the misery of our poor be caused not by the laws of nature but by our institutions‚ great is our sin” (Charles). Poverty is not an inherited trait‚ but is a consequence of societal laws‚ practices and customs. First Nations in Canada have been put into a position of poverty and the Canadian government is largely to blame. The First Nations have been disconnected from their traditional way of

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    POVERTY IN NORTH AMERICA AND THE LIMITED ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES‚ HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION The topic I will be focusing on for my paper is poverty in North America and how it affects individuals in their ability to obtain employment as well as health care and education opportunities. I chose this topic because it interests me how obtaining a job affects your entire life. Living in poverty is not usually a choice that a person makes

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    Being Poor In America At one point or another‚ whether we grew up poor or are living as poor college students now‚ many Americans live paycheck to paycheck‚ and the vast majority of us think we know very well what it means to be poor. And while many of us are fortunate never to know true poverty‚ we are rarely so fortunate to know true financial security. Many Americans are only a small medical emergency or moderate natural disasters away from extreme

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    Culture of poverty

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    The controversial idea of “Culture of Poverty” was featured in the NY Times article by Patricia Cohen on October 17‚ 2010. The article starts with the historical roots of the debate in the work of Daniel Patrick Moynihan‚ who drew on the anthropologist Oscar Lewis in describing a culture of poverty among African-Americans. By “attributing self-perpetuating moral deficiencies” to African-American people‚ he placed individual blame for their own misfortune. Originally intended as an internal memorandum

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    Poverty in Canada

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    Poverty in Canada Sociology 1000: Writing Assignment 11/26/2012 Cassandra Vincent How can there be so many people in poverty? It is all around us even though Canada has made the G20 Richest Nations; they still have one of the highest poverty rates for in the industrialized world. Through reading many articles such as Ann Duffy and Nancy Mandell’s “Poverty in Canada”‚ others that I have found online‚ and my own personal experience I have learned the numerous reasons why so many people in

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    Global Poverty

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    Global Poverty Around the world‚ in rich or poor countries‚ poverty has always been present. In most nations today‚ inequality--the gap between the rich and the poor--is quite high and often widening. The causes are numerous‚ including a lack of individual responsibility‚ bad government policy‚ exploitation by people‚ and business with power and influence or some combination of these and other factors. Many feel that high levels of inequality will affect some social cohesion and lead to problems

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    Poverty in the Philippines

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    exemption in 1995 from the removal of quantitative restriction (QR) on rice under Annex 5 of the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement. Japan and South Korea are the other two countries. The exemption will expire on December 31‚ 2004. The primary objective of the paper is to look at the possible poverty and distributional effects of the removal of the QR and the reduction in tariffs on rice imports. In particular‚ the paper attempts to analyze the following issues: (a) Do the poor share in the potential

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    Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper - Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Poverty_Reduction_Strategy_P... Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) are documents required by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank before a country can be considered for debt relief within the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative.[1][2] PRSPs are also required before low-income

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    In Brazil there is poverty and we can help. Brazil is one of the worst countries when it comes to poverty. In 2012‚ about 26 percent of the Brazil’s population was below the poverty line. (Sarah de Sainte Croix‚ para.3) We often do not think about it because we are not there or most of us here do not experience poverty. It is a real problem that is going on in the world and we know this. We have to acknowledge it and address it. We have to face poverty and put forth an effort to reduce it. Even if

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