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There Are Only Five Years Left to Reach the UN's Eight Millennium Goals for Poverty Reduction

By: Alison Withers | 2010-09-20 | Food & Beverage
The UN set eight ambitious goals in 2000 to mark the beginning of the new millennium to be achieved by 2015. Their aim was to reduce income, education and food inequality. Can access to food be made more equal with the help of low-chem agricultural products, asks writer Ali Withers. read more

Hunger & Poverty Continue to Affect Rural Areas

By: Sheonty Sultan | 2011-06-18 | Business
The Global Hunger Index features Bangladesh as a country with one of the highest hunger indexes in the world. Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries and also one of the poorest. read more

End of Poverty?

By: Rose | 2010-09-22 | Politics
This article discusses how the United Nations is trying to officially end global poverty. read more

New Rovers Barman Calls Time On Child Poverty

By: Daniel Kidd | 2011-07-30 | Society
TV bad-boy John Michie has shown his real-life good side – as a charity sponsor of children in Africa for 25 years. John takes his Coronation Street bow on Friday (17) as hard-partying Karl behind the famous bar of The Rovers Return. read more

Stopping fuel poverty

By: naty bay | 2010-07-20 | Investing
Finance & Investment With more and more customers falling into the fuel poverty* trap (latest estimates are around 4.8 million homes) www.mrtalk.co.uk asks the question why government departments have not focused on resolving this at grass roots levels by encouraging customers to simply switch energy supplier to the least cost supplier. MrTalk.co.uk predicts that with careful management of those customer's transferring, ensuring that they do geniunely receive a 100% impartial comparison, that the likelihood is that fuel poverty could be eradicated in the UK almost overnight. The only negative issue is that... read more

Child Poverty - A Challenge That Can Be Solved In Our Lifetime

By: Christine Harrell | 2010-10-28 | Article Marketing
Ten years ago, 189 countries agreed to eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) designed to create a more equal, better life for all. read more

13 Million People Living Below the Poverty Line to Be Denied Legal Aid

By: Billy A Middleton | 2010-03-31 | Law
The UK government is determined to press on with it's plans to reform legal aid despite an independent report which warns of the detrimental effect it will have. This report was sanctioned by the government itself and ignoring it will lead to problems which are highlighted in this article. read more

Poverty – A Problem That Requires Immediate Attention

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

Poverty and politics

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

HIV - AIDS and Poverty

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

Poverty rate in Guatemala

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

Education important for alleviating poverty in Cambodia

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

The Menace of Poverty in Indian Economy

By: Tirumala Prasad | 2010-03-30 | Economics
Though the successive governments have been spending huge sums for poverty alleviation, their efforts seem to have not yielded the desired results. Even during the 11th five year plan, around 35% of the population lives below the poverty line. read more

The importance of tackling global poverty

By: levi mckie | 2012-02-29 | Environment
The increasing dominance of big business has thrown up a number of ethical concerns over recent years. Indeed, we’ve now reached the stage where some corporations have more money and clout than entire countries – tipping the balance of power firmly in their favour when it comes to doing business in certain developing countries. read more

Fuel Poverty: The Shame of Britain

By: Libra Ray | 2012-01-07 | Home Improvement
Great Britain is one of the most developed countries in the world and yet a shameful number of its citizens die every year simply because they can't afford to heat their homes. Many of these victims are the old and infirm. read more