Articles tagged with poverty
Mon, May 14, 2012
As foreign troops leave, Afghan refugees and poverty increase
By Amie Ferris-Rotman
MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Gulam recalls the evening she fled her home in northern Afghanistan on foot, running with her teen daughters ...
Fri, March 30, 2012
Poverty-stricken Greek town hits new low
Poverty-stricken Greek town hits new low
By Deborah Kyvrikosaios
PERAMA, Greece (Reuters) - A "humanitarian crisis" is unfolding in an impoverished Greek city where a ...
Wed, February 29, 2012
World Bank says U.N. goal of halving poverty met
By Lesley Wroughton
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Developing countries appear to have already met a United Nations goal to halve extreme poverty in the world's ...
Wed, January 11, 2012
Further rise in poverty seen with slow recovery
By Mary Wisniewski
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Nearly 10 million more Americans have fallen into poverty since the 2007-2009 U.S. recession began, and the number ...
Wed, January 11, 2012
Poverty to keep rising due to slow recovery: study
By Mary Wisniewski
(Reuters) - Nearly 10 million more Americans have been driven into poverty since the 2007-2009 recession began, and the number is expected ...
Thu, January 05, 2012
Diabetes in pregnancy, poverty linked to ADHD
By Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Babies born to poor mothers with pregnancy-related diabetes have an extra-high risk of developing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder ...
Thu, December 15, 2011
Hunger stalks U.S. cities as poverty rises: study
By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A growing number of families in the United States are struggling to put food on the table as poverty ...
Thu, December 15, 2011
Hunger stalks U.S. cities as poverty rises: study
By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A growing number of families in the United States are struggling to put food on the table as poverty ...
Thu, December 08, 2011
Poverty Numbers Up in Valley
The U.S Census Bureau brings bad news to the Wabash Valley. According to newly releaseddata, the number of people living in poverty in ...Tue, November 29, 2011
Poverty dominates many school districts: Census
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly half of all children in America live in school districts with high levels of poverty, according to U.S. Census data ...
Tue, November 22, 2011
Many above poverty line struggle to make ends meet
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly half of all Americans lack economic security, meaning they live above the federal poverty threshold but still do not have enough ...
Tue, November 22, 2011
Many above poverty line struggle to make ends meet
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly half of all Americans lack economic security, meaning they live above the federal poverty threshold but still do not have enough ...
Mon, September 26, 2011
Recession drove up poverty rates in most states
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Poverty rates increased in almost all U.S. states and the District of Columbia over the course of the economic recession, with ...
Fri, September 09, 2011
For Sachs, U.S. 9/11 response undercut war on poverty
By Lesley Wroughton
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World-renowned development economist Jeffrey Sachs has made it his mission to improve the lives of the world's poor ...
Sun, May 01, 2011
Study: Adults Living in Poverty on the Rise
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A new study says the number of adults living in poverty is on the rise in Wisconsin.
The Institute for Women ...
Fri, February 18, 2011
For kids in poverty, no brain benefit to iron, zinc
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Giving impoverished infants iron and zinc supplements to prevent nutritional deficiencies may not have lasting benefits for ...
Fri, February 04, 2011
Road traffic tied to poverty-stricken kids' asthma
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Teenagers living close to a busy road are more likely to have allergies and asthma than those ...
Tue, December 14, 2010
Poverty equals obesity? Study bucks common wisdom
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women who are poor are much more likely to be obese but men are not, U.S. government researchers said on Tuesday ...
Tue, November 23, 2010
School lunch programs might break poverty cycle
By Adam Marcus
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Teens who live in households where food is scarce suffer academically, but a new study has found ...
Thu, November 18, 2010
Poverty reduction falls victim to crisis: World Bank
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank disbursed some $80.6 billion in 2009 and 2010 to soften the blow from the economic crisis but warns ...
Mon, October 25, 2010
Jackman helps anti-poverty campaign
The Hollywood actor helped launch the Global Poverty Project's new awareness movie 1.4 Billion Reasons at Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art ...
Thu, October 14, 2010
Mobile phones help lift poor out of poverty: U.N. study
GENEVA (Reuters) - Mobile phones -- spreading faster than any other information technology -- can improve the livelihoods of the poorest people in developing countries, a United ...
Thu, October 07, 2010
Poverty rises in suburbs, help lags: Brookings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Poverty has increased in the suburbs of U.S. cities in the last decade, but public services to the poor have not ...
Thu, September 30, 2010
President Obama Tabs Green to Head Foreign Poverty Board
WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) - President Obama has nominated former Wisconsin Congressman Mark Green to the board of a foreign aid agency that seeks to ...
Wed, September 22, 2010
Water, sanitation vital to poverty goals: U.N.
By Helen Popper
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The lack of clean drinking water and sanitation in the world's poorest nations threatens U.N. goals ...
Wed, September 22, 2010
Obama calls for new ways to tackle poverty
By Patrick Worsnip and Lesley Wroughton
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called on Wednesday for new ways to tackle global poverty and said ...
Fri, September 17, 2010
More Americans Now Living In Poverty
NEW YORK (WKZO) -- We may live in the richest country in the history of the world, but not everyone has been invited to that ...
Thu, September 16, 2010
Poverty rate hits 15-year high
By Donna Smith
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. poverty rate rose to 14.3 percent in 2009 from 13.2 percent the year before ...
Thu, September 09, 2010
U.N. goals to slash poverty, hunger achievable: draft
By Louis Charbonneau
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A set of U.N. goals aimed at drastically reducing poverty and hunger worldwide by 2015 are achievable ...
Tue, August 31, 2010
Drug costs would push millions more into poverty: study
By Kate Kelland
LONDON (Reuters) - Tens of millions of people in low and middle income countries would be pushed below the poverty line by ...
Mon, July 19, 2010
Poverty-stricken U.S. cities have HIV epidemics
By Kate Kelland
VIENNA (Reuters) - Many low-income urban areas across the United States have epidemics of HIV, with 2.1 percent of heterosexuals in ...
Wed, November 18, 2009
Half of children in 17 U.S. counties live in poverty
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least one in two children in 17 small counties in the United States is living in poverty, according to a U ...
Mon, September 14, 2009
U.S. Senate denies funds for poverty group
By Andy Sullivan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A poverty-rights group that has drawn the ire of conservatives suffered another setback in Washington on Monday when the ...
Fri, September 11, 2009
Poverty and premature death still firmly linked
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Poverty is as a strong a predictor of premature death today as it was a century ago, according to findings ...
Thu, September 10, 2009
CORRECTED: U.S. poverty rate hits 11-year high
(Corrects professor's first name in paragraph 15)
By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. poverty rate hit its highest level in 11 ...
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