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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 Jonathan Swift satirize poverty in A Modest Proposal?
He does it to point out the injustice being done by the English rulers of Ireland to the people of Ireland by their lack of concern for the poverty and starvation of the Irish people. When Swift treats poverty and starvation so matter of factly in his fiction, he shows the cruelty of the English rulers who treat poverty and starvation in the same way but for real.
What are the positive effects of poverty alleviation programmes?
Food stamps, Medicare, Wel fare, health care, head start
How can be illiteracy related to poverty?
their is a close relationship between poverty and illiteracy .
if a person is poor that means he has no money . poor person do not have a single money to fulfill their hungryness . so he do not use a bit money to spent in education and also engage his children to help him .
so the major social problem of india ie. illiteracy is because of poverty .
It's an economics thing. When businesses charge a premium over the standard price for an item to a captive market, namely the poor who lack the convenient means (car) to go elsewhere.
I believe that the performance of a country in health and education indicators shows how deep is the problem of poverty. To give you an example:
- Infant mortality
- Children malnutrition
- Prevalence of AIDS
- Life expectancy
- Illiteracy rates
And so forth
If you are interested in this topic, the World Bank has a huge data base with hundreds of indicators for most countries in the world.
If your in a situation that you don't wan tto be in the middel of like if one of your friends is having a sight over another one of your best friends and they want you to choose which friend over another but you just want them to get along? Sit them down and have them discuss one at a time why they are mad at one another and maybe you might know how to fix this! You never know i tried it before once when both of my best friends wanted to go out with the same guy so i talked to both of them separate and asked them why she wanted him and i asked the boy if he liked either of them and he said no he just wants to be friends. So i tried to break the news to them appropriatley and they both got over it so everyone was happy!
What passage from 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' exemplifies poverty?
He had one ankle resting on t'other knee; the boot on that foot was busted, and two of his toes stuck through, and he worked them now and then.
There is no real true way to prevent poverty without loseing so much money it would put the us further into debt
Henry George
Why is poverty worse for women than men?
Because women give birth and that's hard without the right sanitation.
Are there any songs about poverty and what are they?
Examples of protesting, poverty, and war are common themes in reggae, hip hop and blues among others but are not necessarily limited to these genres. Below is a small list of songs concerning poverty:
Another Day In Paradise by Phil Collins
Factory by Bruce Springsteen
Motherless Child by John Legend
Why I Sing the Blues by B.B. King
Village Ghetto Land by Stevie Wonder
Talking About A Revolution by Tracy Chapman
Seek Up by Dave Matthews Band
No Woman No Cry by Bob Marley
On Dark Street by Elton John
No Shelter by Rage Against the Machine
The Message by Grandmaster Flash
Johnny Ryall by Beastie Boys
I'm Afraid of Americans by David Bowie
Homeless by Paul Simon
How does poverty have to deal with economics?
Poverty has to do with the econonomy and money. It relates to it because in the economy different things can happen depending on the situation. Poverty can happen depending on how an economy is functioning at that time period.
Do countries with a high poverty rate concentrate their resources in one sector?
Most of countries in poverty do concentrate their resources onto one sector: The primary sector (mining/agriculture). This however, is not planned and due to certain other causes such as lack of technologies and budget to invest in other sectors of economy.
For a family of 2 the US poverty line is $15,730. For a family of four the poverty line is $23,850.
Why does children in poverty take more risk with drugs?
Because there's a lot of money in drugs if we talk about selling it. The rich people they see are either on TV in music videos or in their neighborhood selling drugs. It takes no school to get rich with that so many takes risks to try to get it better.
When it comes to using and not selling both poor and rich use it as a way to escape or enhance the party feeling.
Oral rehydration therapy
How many people live below the poverty in South Africa?
50%of the people in south Africa live below the poverty line in south Africa
Poverty a cause of underdevelopment Discuss with relevance to Kenya?
the productive population is less than the consuming one
Describe with reference to examples the pattern of global wealth and poverty?
define yourself.plz rply dis qns
What were the causes of wealth and poverty in the Victorian Era?
Poverty was mainly a result of over population which caused the want in jobs to increase therefore employement increased . However this meant whom ever was employed their wages where cut due to the number of workers. So basically no matter what unemployeed or not poverty was a problem because back then they did not have money to fall back on like we do know.
What is a poem that describes poverty and diversity?
its means that its like about race and religion like who you are and you should be proud like am Arabic and like don't care am glad even though i have to wear a scarf am glad.
