Poverty has been reduced over the past 15 years, and a social safety net put into place.

Among his earliest influences, Simon has cited Richard Ely ’ s economics textbook, Norman Angell ’ s The Great Illusion, and Henry George ’ s Progress and Poverty.

Although Moldova passed a Poverty Reduction Strategy in 2004, it has yet to reach an agreement with international financial institutions.

The Southern Poverty Law Center has won many notable civil cases resulting in monetary awards for the plaintiffs.

Poverty has forced at least 225, 000 Haitian children to work as restavecs ( unpaid household servants ); the United Nations considers this to be a modern-day form of slavery.

* Defending Dixie: The Washington Times has always been conservative and error-prone -- now it's helping to popularize extremist ideas, Heidi Beirich and Bob Moser, Intelligence Report, Southern Poverty Law Center, undated.

Poverty in Venezuela increased during the 1980s and 1990s but has decreased during the Chávez presidency, with the exception of the troubled years 2002 and 2003.

The Poverty of Clio: Resurrecting Economic History ( Princeton University Press ; 2011 ) 216 pages ; Attacks how rational-choice theory has been used ; proposes renewing the field using Continental traditions.

Alan Brinkley has suggested that " the gap between the expansive intentions of the War on Poverty and its relatively modest achievements fueled later conservative arguments that government is not an appropriate vehicle for solving social problems.

These include: Poverty Creek, which has 12 campsites as well as an open camping ground which holds 80, Gallaghers Point which has six campsites, Mission Point which has 12 campsites which are only accessible by boat, Lime Pocket which has six campsites, also only accessible by boat and Ocean Beach which has 63 campsites.

Joel Finler has analyzed the average length of feature releases in 1938, indicating the studios ' relative emphasis on B production ( United Artists produced little, focusing on the distribution of prestigious films from independent outfits ; Grand National, active 1936 – 40, occupied an analogous niche on Poverty Row, releasing mostly independent productions ):

Poverty has long been a burden of the area surrounding Salyersville.

Poverty has long been associated with Tukwila.

Grameen Foundation has released two papers summarizing the state of research on the impact of microfinance on poverty: " Measuring the Impact of Microfinance, Taking Stock of What We Know " by Nathanael Goldberg ( now with Innovations for Poverty Action ) and an update, " Measuring the Impact of Microfinance: Taking Another Look " by Professor Kathleen Odell.

The book was called " explicitly racist and anti-Semitic " by The New York Times and has been labeled a " bible of the racist right " by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

The Southern Poverty Law Center, a NBPP critic, has noted Muhammad's statement that " there are no good crackers, and if you find one, kill him before he changes.

Additionally, Pakistan ’ s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper has set specific national goals for increases in family planning and contraceptive use.

Poverty among Americans between ages 18 – 64 has fallen only marginally since 1966, from 10. 5 % then to 10. 1 % today.

Poverty has significantly fallen among Americans under 18 years old from 23 % in 1964 down to less than 17 %, although it has risen again to 20 % in 2009.

Decline in welfare benefits highlights decreased support in government for War on Poverty initiatives ( in 2006 dollars ).

The World Bank's Kosovo Poverty Assessment 2007 highlights that 45 percent of Kosovo's population is classified as " poor ", living on less than € 1. 42 per day, with a further 18 percent considered to be vulnerable to poverty.

The ICAPP Conference on Poverty Alleviation was held in Kunming, China during July 17 – 18, 2010, and was attended by representatives from 58 major political parties in 28 countries in the region.

Vermont had an estimated 140, 000 people under age 18 ( 90, 000 under 300 % above the FPL ( Federal Poverty Level )).

The last report, 2006, The UN Human Poverty Index ( HPI ) for 2006 only has a ranking for 18 of the 21 countries with the highest Human Development Index.

Poverty rates were higher for indigenous peoples, Afro-descendants and rural areas, reaching 44 % of the Native ancestry population.

The poverty level of counties in the Appalachian region of Kentucky is 24. 4 % compared to the United States Poverty Level of 12. 4 %.

* 3. 28 % of Families are Below the Poverty Level

Poverty increased from 15. 8 % to 26. 7 % as incomes declined by 9. 5 %.

According to the Child Poverty Index, over 45 % of 0-16 year olds living in Castleford are living in families claiming means tested benefits.

President Johnson's " War on Poverty " speech was delivered at a time of recovery ( the poverty level had fallen from 22. 4 % in 1959 to 19 % in 1964 when the War on Poverty was announced ) and it was viewed by critics as an effort to get the United States Congress to authorize social welfare programs.

The " economically disadvantaged " is a term used by government institutions in for example allocating free school meals to " a student who is a member of a household that meets the income eligibility guidelines for free or reduced-price meals ( less than or equal to 185 % of Federal Poverty Guidelines )" or business grants.

Poverty was also significantly reduced, with one estimate suggesting that the percentage of Americans living in poverty had fallen from 33 % of the population in 1949 to 28 % by 1952.

In response to the almost 60 % poverty rate in Jewish Williamsburg, the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, a beneficiary agency of the UJA-Federation of New York, partnered with Masbia in the opening of a 50-seat kosher soup kitchen on Lee Avenue in November 2009.

Poverty was at 12. 7 % in 2004.

Poverty was reduced by 8 % under his tenure.

Poverty rates seem to vary in different states, as in Bavaria only 3. 9 % suffer from poverty, while in Berlin 15. 2 % of the inhabitants are poor.

Poverty incidence in the town is 97. 5 % since 3 out of 4 earn an annual income of more than a dollar a year.

Poverty incidence was extremely high in the early 21st century, with 87 % of the population being below the government poverty line in 2000, with a reduction to 47 % in 2004.

* Poverty and Inequality since the Revolution By Djavad Salehi-Isfahani ( Source: The Middle East Institute )

* One Nation: The Conservatives Record since 1970 by Frank Field, 1972, Child Poverty Action Group, ISBN B0000E9CMI

He led the Duke-based International Commission for Central American Recovery and Development, a task force of scholars and leaders that published Poverty, Conflict, and Hope: A Turning Point in Central America ( also known as the Sanford Commission Report since he was " the principal catalyst of the commission's work ") in 1989 with the principles for promoting peace, democracy and equitable development in Central America.

* Poverty From the Wealth of Nations: Integration and Polarization in the Global Economy since 1760 ( Macmillan, 2000 ).

Helen Catherine Goodman ( born 2 January 1958 ) is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Bishop Auckland since 2005, and was the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for in the Department for Work and Pensions until 2010 with responsibility for Child Poverty and childcare .< ref name =" helengoodman. co. uk ">

Founded in 1969 as a project of the United States government's War on Poverty, Appalshop established itself as the primary hub of filmmaking in and about Appalachia, and since that time has produced more than one hundred films, covering such subjects as coal mining, the environment, traditional culture, and the economy.

Poverty and slavery have been connected with Haitian culture since Spain and France divided Hispaniola.