Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

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    Extreme poverty is falling in all developing regions from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. An example of Sub-Saharan Africa, where rates are the highest and the proportion of people living on less than $1.25 a day fell from 47% in 1990 to 24% in 2008; the number of extreme poor in developing regions dropped from over 2 billion in 1990 to less than 1.4 billion in 2008. The goal of extreme poverty was cut to half its rate in 1990, it is projected…

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    India, a country with a population of more than 1 billion people, is home to many small, rural communities that have never encouraged education among their citizens (CIA, 2016). In one of these communities, a family of eight struggles to get by with the little money the family makes as tenant farmers. Overtime, situations such as these have been bettered thanks to the Millennium Development Goals, but there is room for further achievement. Since the implementation of the Millennium Development…

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    My Childhood Inequality

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    Watching The Wire has opened my eyes to other people’s lifestyles and situations that seemed impossible to occur to me because I was unaware that it was a real issue. The decisions and instances that those whom live in poverty undergo during their childhood are unimaginable to me currently, and during my childhood; however, it is the job of the society to help those who are less fortunate—especially in circumstances where they are born into inequality. When comparing…

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    “Stop Trying to Save the World” The article “Stop Trying to Save the World” is about social projects, the called NGOs, which have the objective to help poor people to get better conditions to live. The author Michael Hobbs, who has experience in the subject, shows how these projects are not well thought and most of times do not work in the way they are supposed to, because there is a lack of vision, and how they end up hampering the international development. According to him, he wants to undo…

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    Family Center Reflection

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    organization, I was inspired by its mission and goals, I greatly appreciate its focus on strengthening families and seeking to find alternative solutions for at-risk families that allow them to keep their children. I am extremely passionate about poverty alleviation, which seems to be a central focus of the Abide Family Center. But, I also love that this organization understands the importance positive familial…

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    not been brought up in it. Poverty is everywhere, but there are different levels of it, which alter from place to place. For many, the only way to visualize poverty is through films, such as Lion and Slumdog Millionaire. These in particular focus on the severe predicaments in India regarding wealth and the lack thereof. These films shine light on the major issues which can be sensitive material to some, but it is necessary for people to see and understand them. Poverty throughout India is…

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    Extreme Poverty In Haiti

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    living in extreme poverty, is in desperate need of help (“Poverty in Haiti: Aid, Earthquakes, and Imperialism”). The level of poverty in Haiti is so high that it stands out from the other countries in Latin America. Because of extreme poverty, children are often separated from their families and end up living in orphanages. Many Haitians live on the streets with no access to clean water, and do not have the money nor the resources to overcome poverty (“Top 5 Facts about Poverty in Haiti”).…

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    General poverty is an issue that is world spread. Many think that it is just something that happens in poor, foreign countries. In the U.S 36.8 percent of citizens live in poverty, that includes women, men, and children. People with income 50% below the poverty line are commonly referred to as living in deep poverty; in 2012, 6.6% of our population, or 20.4 million people, were living in deep poverty, or make fifty percent less income. We, the U.S as a world power should help other countries and…

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    Poverty Alleviation Essay

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    topic of poverty alleviation as a strategy to combat environmental degradation, I insist to the Director of the Africa Division and senior policy advisors of the World Bank that this strategy is worthwhile and that poverty alleviation is a strong method that would aid in the fight against environmental degradation. At the macro level, when a nation or nation-state, such as Haiti, is in poverty conditions, they must resort to short-sighted or short-term decisions to survive. In extreme poverty…

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    Social Exclusion Analysis

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    DIMENSIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON POVERTY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION IN INDIA Poverty and social exclusion are one of the basic and deep rooted problems of our country. Poverty is a state or condition in which a person or community lacks the financial resources and essentials to enjoy a minimum standard of life and well-being that's considered acceptable in society. There are two different approaches to poverty: absolute poverty and relative poverty. The concept of absolute poverty is grounded in the idea of…

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