In graphic terms, the president has focused on three areas he says make the city an embarrassment and nightmare: its appearance, crime and poverty.

Australia made great strides in the 1990s when former prime minister Bob Hawke and his government committed to end child poverty. Child poverty wasn't eliminated but it was reduced by 30 per cent ...

You talked about increasing poverty levels, and I want to advise you: Your role as leaders is to mobilize your people to embrace commercial agriculture if you want to end poverty. This will help ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is an important program for the government’s bid to bring down poverty rates in the country, 1-Pacman party-list Rep.

A Poverty Zero law would require governments to set poverty reductions targets, and hold them legally accountable to those commitments. Ask your MP to work with us to end extreme poverty You can ...

The idea of the poverty line dates back to 1963, when Mollie Orshansky, a statistician for the Social Security Administration, developed a method to measure how many families were unable to afford ...

The new report also reveals 13-15 per cent of end of life carers who live with the person they are caring for (at least 22,500) are believed to be living below the poverty line. Alarmingly, this ...

Addressing the 'Jai Bapu, Jai Bhim, Jai Samvidhan' rally in Madhya Pradesh's Mhow, Mallikarjun Kharge said BJP leaders kept taking dips in Ganga till it appeared good on camera. MHOW: Hours after ...

How do you define poverty? Is poverty being underestimated in India? P.C. Mohanan: We had a stable definition of poverty from the late 1970s to 2005. We started with the expenditure required for ...

The presence of extreme poverty among the people of Malaysia is disappointing. It suggests the political system has not adequately supported those most in need. Recently, I read that the Johor state ...