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Poverty
Poverty remains to be one of the most long-standing problems facing governments, populations and organizations throughout the world. Despite commitments from world leaders to eradicate poverty, it still continues, with millions still having to face living with poverty on a daily basis. In this category you will find questions on causes of poverty, statistics on poverty and how to address and solve poverty issues.
1,481 Questions
Why does the study on swine flu say poorer countries would be affected the most by the pandemic?
There are multiple reasons. Some of those are:
Disadvantaged countries usually have contaminated water supplies and hygiene is always an issue. This makes it much more likely that the virus will be passed from person to person without hand washing and without cleaning of surfaces in public places.
In addition, the public is likely malnourished which makes recovery from the flu slower and the immune system weaker and less able to fight infections.
IF schools are available, the students are usually over crowded and more likely to pass communicable diseases to each other. Schools often have no available water or supplies for hygiene.
Doctors are few and far between, so there are usually no vaccinations and/or no education to help the people understand why vaccines are important, no medicines to prevent or treat the flu and complications get to critical stages before they are able to be addressed by health care professionals, IF that is available at all to these poverty stricken populations. The people are also more likely to have underlying diseases and health problems that make complications of the flu more likely. The HIV/AIDS epidemic is rampant in many of the stricken countries which puts all of those in great peril if they get infections since HIV/AIDS means there is ineffective immune function.
These are only a few of the problems of health maintenance and infectious disease in 3rd World Nations.
How poverty can be eradicate by food industry?
Poverty will not be eradicated by feeding the poor. It is doubtful that poverty can be eradicated. More than 2,000 years ago a man by the name of Jesus admonished his apostles when they took him to task for allowing the woman Mary to spread expensive oils on his feet, arguing that those oils could be sold to help the poor. Jesus responded by saying:
"The poor you have with you always, I am only here for a short time. Let the womans worship me."
Feeding the poor from food grown and harvested by someone other than the poor does only soothes the ache of hunger and is a temporary solution to an age old problem. As the saying goes, you can give a man a fish and feed him for the day or you can teach that man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. The food industry in many countries across the world has made tremendous efforts in feeding the poor and yet the poor are still here, waiting for more food. Conversely, there are many who have struggled in poverty but persevered and rose up out of poverty to gain access to a comfortable living and some even rose up to true and genuine wealth. In the end, poverty can only be eradicated on an individual basis by those stricken with it. To rise up and be more than who we are, rich or poor, is a noble and necessary goal if we are ever to reach a point where everyone can flourish and prosper.
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How are material poverty and poverty of the heart related to each other?
"One does not live by bread alone" (Luke 4:4) Assuming this question is part of the Catholic teaching... Jesus told others to embrace the poverty they are born into. The wealthy have the special obligation to assist the poor as if they would assist Jesus. We do not achieve salvation by material wealth; however, it is necessary for us to be truly in communion with God. Jesus calls us to be unattached to material wealth, so we don't let it compromise our salvation.
How do you solve the poverty in the Philippines?
This is how I would solve it. ..the Philippines is located extremely well for shipping. Subic Bay and the Old Clark AFB (If rebuilt) can be an excellent port for commerce and a fantastic resort location. The beaches are beatiful, the fishing fantastic and the population is hard working. Build Resorts and save for an eye to shipping commerce. Easily Billions can be made yearly.
How is poverty related to vulnerability?
Living in the state of poverty leaves you to be unable to take care of yourself to the best of your ability. This means your dependence on social welfare, or charity increases, making you vunerable to charity donation reductions, welfare reductions and other external factors which may change your income/necessities supply.
What has Russia done about poverty in Russia?
Poverty was not immense after the fall of the USSR, but it did increase hugely, not much was done during the years after the USSR, until Vladimir Putin came to office, and he implemented more tough changes by making the government more important in economics than It was in the past, poverty has fallen since Putin's reforms
In what ways does poverty in America differ from poverty in the rest of the world?
There is less of it in America and when other countries' hobos get money they spend it on food and hobos in America spend it on booze
What can a 20 year old homeless man do to better his life?
He can find the root of his homelessness see what he needs to do to fix that if he has no job you need to get a job if he has Mrs.'s security needs to get it if he is a drug addiction she needs to realize that that is the problem and answer go to a place to help it work try and stop
Yes, the noun poverty is a common noun; an abstract, uncountable noun; a word for a state of being.
A proper noun is the name of a person, a place, a thing, or a title; for example:
- Poverty Ridge, IL
- Poverty Hollow Road, Newtown, CT or Poverty Pond Road, Danbury, NH
- Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, AL
- "End of Poverty?", 2008 documentary narrated by Martin Sheen
many scholars advocate that we must broaden the concept into human poverty .but i can't understand wat it means?
Why are poverty rates in rural areas higher than the average?
The poverty rates in rural areas are higher than average for a number of reasons. Bigger companies with better paying jobs don't go very rural since it costs more to get supplies to them.
How did poverty start in the Philippines?
poverty in the Philippines is caused by so much depending of Pilipinos to the natural resources.. because Philippines is rich in the natural resources they do not work.. they just gain and gain for their own interest.. .. and as the effect of that,.. poverty,,..
How can you calculate headcount index?
Take the amount of families below the poverty line and multiply it by how many people are in those families as the headcount index uses individuals not entire families to calculate to the index. Once you get the amount of individuals living in poverty you divide it by the total population.
Ex: 2000 Families of 2 have an income less than the poverty line.
4000 Families of 2 have an income over the poverty line.
2000 Families of 4 have an income less than poverty line.
4000 Families of 4 have an income over the poverty line.
First the number of individuals in poverty:
(2000 * 2) + (2000 * 4) =
(4000) + (8000) = 12,000
Then find the total population
(2000 * 2) + ( 4000 * 2) + (2000 * 4) + (4000 *4) = 36,000
12,000 / 36,000 = 33.33%
So the headcount here would show us that 1/3 of the total population is in poverty.
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Did privatization of the mines cause poverty in Zambia?
Yes.
What the Zambian people do not realize is that taking a working business and giving to to ordinary people means that the business stops working properly and the people that it has been given to no longer have an income.
What are alternative solutions of poverty?
Donate more money to charities. To prevent poverty, save money and don't spend too much. If you don't save your money, you won't be able to pay your bills. This means you could get a fore closure and be homeless. Poverty is a horrible thing and should be stopped immediately.
More prosperous citizens have money to spend.
How did john spargo choose to write about the bitter cry of the children?
There would be a number of factors that played into his choice.
As a young man of 19, he was a stone cutter in Barry Docks, Wales, where he saw the children working in the mines. He married his second wife, Amelia, in 1905. She had lived since childhood in America and had been recently employed in a carpet mill. As a co-founder of the Socialist Party of America, he would also have known Robert Hunter, the author of Poverty. This book was widely criticized as having exaggerated the number of poor in New York. Hunter had been affected by the poverty in the 1890's depression.
Spargo meticulously researched the level of poverty and wrote The Bitter Cry of the Children to defend Hunter's work.
Where does the federal poverty line stand?
The federal Poverty Line varies between countries, and it is re-calculated each year to reflect the costs of living. For example in 2013 for a family consisting of 3 persons, poverty line is $ 19,530.
