By: Maurice Marwood | 2012-03-13 | Human Resources The economic progress in the PRC during the last 3 decades has brought about what has been perhaps the most successful program in all of history to rescue people from poverty. Thirty years ago, over 600 million Chinese—two-thirds of the population—lived in extreme poverty (less than $1 per day). Although many are still very poor, several hundred million have escaped destitution.1 In 1950, life expectancy in China was about 35 years; by the end of the 20th century it had risen to about 70 years. read more
By: Sheonty Sultan | 2011-06-18 | Business Good governance is one of the key ingredients to ensure success of any strategy aimed at alleviating poverty read more
By: Kadmiel | 2010-03-18 | Economics Guatemala has one of the highest poverty rates in Latin American thanks to its unequal distribution of wealth and a rapid population, regardless its highest GDP in Central America. read more
By: Robert II Smith | 2007-11-25 | Commentary Poverty is a universal term and poverty elimination is a universal motto. Poverty destroys individuals, societies and nations. Poverty is hunger. Poverty is lack of shelter. It is the state of being sick but unable to see a doctor (Gordon et al., 2003). read more
By: Ross Mike Taylor | 2010-04-01 | Health & Fitness Poverty and the disease are interrelated. It is a major factor which leads to behaviors that expose people to the danger of getting infected with the disease. It worsens the impact of the disease. The occurrence of the disease can lead to an escalation of deficiency and can even push some non-poor into financial scarcity. read more
By: Parikshit Sharma | 2010-04-02 | Economics Poverty has been one of the important issues in the world economy from decades, and we are still searching for a way to solve this problem. We have to find a way to remove this problem from the world and as a citizen or people of this world it is our responsibility to take a step forward to remove poverty. Poverty the word defines itself as being poor from wealth and health. read more
By: Jamie Francis | 2010-12-13 | News and society Financial aid saves million of lives every year. But there has to be more than aid to really solve the problem. Trade and investment are what is going to make a real different for the world poverty levels. read more
By: Jamie Francis | 2010-12-13 | News and society Financial aid saves million of lives every year. But there has to be more than aid to really solve the problem. Trade and investment are what is going to make a real different for the world poverty levels. read more
By: noetorres | 2010-10-13 | Self Improvement Living with the awareness of the the Law of Attraction we’re enacting and making our own reality, so defeating yourself with a damaging self image gives you a constant routine that creates that reality read more
By: Jamie Francis | 2010-12-13 | News and society The truth is that corporations have more power than many politicians. This might be for good or for ill, but with power comes responsibility. Corporate social responsibility can do a lot to change the world and make things better. read more
By: Dalip Singh Wasan | 2007-11-18 | National, state, local the rich would never allow the state to root out poverty, because once poverty is written off, the rich would not get manual labour and they would not get people to serve them. read more
By: Anthony Corrano | 2010-11-03 | Article Marketing If someone were to talk about people who live in conditions of poverty, you might expect them to be talking about people who live in developing countries or in a location where a natural disaster has recently occurred. read more
By: Jenny Maloy | 2010-09-27 | Loans When you find it difficult to manage paying your own bills and look out for money to meet your basic needs, you are not alone. There are hundreds and thousands of people who are finding it extremely difficult to manage their basic needs. When you don't have money for your basic needs, you can't just give up your life. read more