How many US deaths are caused by poverty and other social factors? About the same as deaths from heart attacks and stroke, study finds Date: June 18, 2011 Source: Columbia University's Mailman ...

While many of us worry about our finances, a new and intense fear of poverty is becoming increasingly common among young ...

Natural disasters cost Pakistan an estimated 1-2 percent of its gross domestic product each year, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said this week, warning that ...

A team of researchers led by two University of Mississippi professors is working to unlock patterns and causes of the No. 1 killer of Mississippians: heart disease.

Professor Anna Gupta discusses the lack of focus on addressing poverty within children's social work, amid rising child ...

But poverty goes beyond income, Singeisen says. The factors of poverty require a holistic view of basic needs and the identification of a local living wage, she said. “What we know is that in ...

Varieties of adjustment strategy during the global crisis ' (.doc, 328KB) (2008) S Bowden and P Mosley, ' Politics, public expenditure and the evolution of poverty in Africa 1920-2007 ' (.doc, 577KB) ...

This map covers 13 states in the Southeast United States. It illustrates the convergence of social vulnerability factors (such as economic standing and age, among others) and four environmental ...

Boosting education and skills training as well as improving transport and strengthening social protection would help people ...

Think tank calls for HMRC and financial firms to deliver targeted nudges to boost self-employed pension saving, as only 20% ...

An Australian social economics study has begun to develop new indicators of disadvantage and poverty in people aged 16 to 24 years.(ABC TV News - file image) Australian researchers have joined an ...

To measure child poverty in the UK, worklessness, family breakdown, educational failure, addiction and debt – must be taken into account says the Centre for Social Justice.