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    INTRODUCTION Poverty refers to the condition of not having the means to afford basic human needs such as clean water‚ nutrition‚ health care‚ education‚ clothing and shelter. This is also referred to as absolute poverty or destitution. Relative poverty is the condition of having fewer resources or less income than others within a society or country‚ or compared to worldwide averages. In the Caribbean‚ education is the most dominant way of getting out of poverty. It seems to be the main thing

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    countries. Even it can be negative correlation. For example‚ emerging markets have a small extent influence in financial crisis in 2008. (Stein et al. 2009) • A second characteristic in emerging markets is low labor cost. The average revenue is lower than the other countries because the emerging countries used to focus on labor intensive industries‚ such as agriculture. • A third characteristic is emerging countries have gone through a process of liberalization usually legislate for protecting labor’s

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    End poverty by 2015. This is the historic promise 189 world leaders made at the United Nations Millennium Summit in 2000 when they signed onto the Millennium Declaration and agreed to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs are an eight-point road map with measurable targets and clear deadlines for improving the lives of the world’s poorest people. World leaders have agreed to achieve the MDGs by 2015.  It’s up to us to make sure leaders follow through on these commitments. The

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    guidelines in relation to the issues surrounding new arrivals of asylum seekers. It will also provide an overview on the attitudes towards asylum seekers within Australia as part of encouraging integration of people from different cultures. This paper also will intend to address the issues asylum seekers and refugees are facing in Australia. The policy on Asylum Seekers and Refugees remains one of the most argumentative topics in today’s Australia. Australians have witnessed numerous changes in

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    Unemployment and Poverty: Still Major Problems of Pakistan Zoha Siddique Forman Christian College University Since Pakistan came into being‚ it’s going through hard times. From newly born country to getting sixty four year old country‚ sometimes it has given sacrifices and sometimes remained victim of inapt political system. For the long time‚ it is facing number of challenges and conspiracies which has weakened its foundations and so is the structure. Therefore‚ many social and economic

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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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    The Major Causes of Poverty in Indonesia We must have known that Indonesia is one of Asia countries which rich in natural resources. But in fact‚ last year (2009) 30.53 million of Indonesian are destitute inhabitants. 20.62 million of them are destitute inhibitants in villages‚ and 11.91 million left are inhabitants in cities. This poverty are getting brutal. As Chairman of Institute for Ecosoc Rights‚ Sri Palupi‚ said that 20 – 40 percents of children in 72 percents areas in Indonesia have malnutrition

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    Poverty: Causes‚ Responses and Consequences in Rural South Africa Elizabeth Francis‚ April 2006 Development Studies Institute London School of Economics Houghton St London WC2A 2AE e.m.francis@lse.ac.uk CPRC Working Paper No. 60 Chronic Poverty Research Centre ISBN: 1-904049-59-1 Elizabeth Francis is a Senior Lecturer in Development Studies at the London School of Economics. Acknowledgements The research on which the case study is based was carried out as a collaborative project

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    Measuring Poverty

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    MEASURING POVERTY INCIDENCE IN BARANGAY 591‚ MANILA _______________________________________ An Undergraduate Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the College of Political Science and Public Administration Polytechnic University of the Philippines Sta. Mesa‚ Manila _______________________________________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor in Political Science __________________________________________ By: Diaz‚ Carlo R. Calucag‚ Kristine Dela Cruz‚ Mary

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