Poverty | -the causes of poverty (23): the structure of income inequality-

It seems that one particular aspect of income inequality – namely the degree of inequality between middle income and lower income people – determines the degree of redistribution in a society, and hence the level of poverty of the poorest: the key factor determining redistribution is the income gap between middle income voters and lower [...]

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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 | -More poverty action labs needed-

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 Photo: Wahid Adnan/ Drik News    Abdullah Shibli Last Spring, I co-taught a multi-disciplinary course with my wife, a social worker, at the Bridgewater State University on the socio-economics of Bangladesh. One of the topics we covered was “Poverty and Measures to Remove Poverty,” and we proudly mentioned Grameen, Brac, and [...]

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Poverty | -America’s middle class shrinks as poverty expands-

America’s middle class is in sharp decline, and many people are falling into a state of poverty. For readers who have the time and inclination, it’s worth reading up on some of the commentary about the economic times in which we live. I’ve gathered and excerpted news reports and analyses from assorted newspapers, periodicals, and online [...]

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Poverty | -What Works for the Extreme Poor in Bangladesh?-

Roland Hodson and Azim Manji outline a way out for the poor   Who are the extreme poor? Many terms have been used in Bangladesh and the rest of the world to draw distinctions between varying degrees of poverty. Terms like “absolute poor,” “poorest of the poor” and “ultra poor” are frequently bandied around, but [...]

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Poverty | -Making the Invisible Visible-

Sanjan Haque spells out the importance of a poverty eradication day By the time this piece has been published and circulated, the dust, leftovers, decorations and fanfare of Extreme Poverty Eradication Day will have been swept up and discarded. The grand announcements will have been made, oaths pledged, ideas shared and applause long faded. What [...]

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Poverty | -The Millennium Development Goals – Heading towards 2015-

In the year 2000, all the world’s countries came together and agreed to make a commitment to ending poverty and improving the well-being of the poor and marginalized around the world. They decided on a set of 8 goals, which they hoped would be achieved over 15 years, by 2015. These goals are: Goal 1: [...]

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Poverty | -Poverty and America: The Four Lost Decades-

From an article by the New Yorker's John CassidyThe latest poverty and income figures came out this week, and boy are they disturbing. It’s not so much the headline figures, which have been well covered in the Times and elsewhere: 46 million Americans living under the poverty line in 2010, the highest number since the Commerce Department started collecting [...]

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