By: Mary Rose | 2010-10-14 | News and society Many children are living a miserable life in poorest countries. Living conditions are deteriorating at an alarming rate. Many find it hard to access to enough food, clean water, and medical care. Furthermore, they suffer from diseases like malaria or HIV/AIDS and physical abuse. read more
By: Selina | 2010-11-11 | Personal Finance No income, no deposit, no car, no house, no wife, no kids, even no interesting. But he was called as contemporary hero by many media, even called as Saint Brock. Because a quarter century, he has more than 10 countries around the world for more than 40 million poor people free medical care, the value of providing medical services is more than 4,000 million dollars. Such a Stan Brock like Warren, it's difficult to find the second one. read more
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: 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: Nico Van Der Westhuizen | 2010-04-02 | Economics So here we are, companies going down, people losing their homes and jobs, and so much more just because we are currently using a system that was started way back in the dark ages. Solving the World Economic Crisis by changing where money comes from. 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: 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: Danny Atkinson | 2010-03-30 | News and society I have some ideas on solving the economic crisis and realizing a positive outcome from this whole mess. No, I am not an economist or qualified in any way to provide technical solutions to such a complicated problem. But that is exactly why I think I can offer some ideas as a layman, from 'left field' so to speak. read more
By: Seo5 Consulting | 2011-05-09 | Society If you are aware of the devastating conditions under which many people are living in Sub-Saharan Africa, and if you're looking to make a difference, WaterCan is an Africa charity that can help you reach out. WaterCan is a leading Canadian charity that is dedicated to fighting global poverty by helping the world's poorest people gain access to clean water, basic sanitation, and hygiene education. 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: Seo5 Consulting | 2011-05-09 | Society WaterCan has helped over 1.2 million children, women, and men in the world's poorest regions since 1987. They are dedicated to fighting global poverty by helping east African communities gain access to clean water, basic sanitation, and hygiene education. WaterCan's work has helped to transform lives and entire communities. read more
By: Julie La | 2011-05-06 | Humanities In developed countries, citizens enjoy the right - and access to - an education. It is an assurance and priority of first world governments and a part of most children’s upbringing. Step over to a developing country, however, and the situation is vastly different. For developing countries that lack infrastructure, experience corruption in the government and have a majority of citizens that live read more
By: Sheonty Sultan | 2011-06-21 | Business Bangladesh is one of the poorest countries of the world and has a population that is predominantly rural. 85 percent of the population live in the villages and depend on the land for their livelihood. 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