Poverty | -access to khas land: alleviating poverty-

Fifty year old Bishwanath Ghughu’s life changed forever in April 2010 when he became the proud owner of an acre of khas land from Debhata Upazilla with the assistance of a non-government organisation (NGO) working in the southwest region of Bangladesh. Owning a piece of land multiplied his household income, and he also received 3,500 [...]

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Poverty | -Fact: 17.5 million children have lost parents to HIV/AIDS-

Approx 17.5 million children under the age of of 18 have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS. * UNICEF / World Health Organisation / World Bank / UNFPA INFOGRAPHIC: The Successes and Failures of the Fight Against AIDS. Click on it to see the full version to get the facts! A collaboration between GOOD [...]

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Poverty | -Definitions of Poverty-

The first book on my reading list is Jeffrey Sachs’ “End of Poverty”. The book is so far well-written and interesting. Sachs uses the World Bank definition of poverty. Extreme poverty is defined as having less than $1 per person per day and moderate poverty is defined as having between $1 and $2 per person [...]

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