Poverty reduction

mentioned that an ideal society is envisioned by many Progressive-era reformers, the law would not be an impediment to social change but a key aspect of social reform. The photographs are a apparent evidence for such conditions about starvation and poverty and seek the need for time…

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn This book is about a poor girl in Brooklyn, New York growing up to a full grown adult by encountering a lot of difficulties. First, her parents were second generation Americans and they were living under a poverty line. Because of this, she had to work before entering elementary school. Moreover, as her family was originated from Eastern Europe, she faced a fierce discrimination when she entered elementary school at the age of seven. What does the worst, her beloved…

The other contribution by Deng Xiaoping was a agricultural transformation. When the First Five Plan was active, the people's commune was established in rural areas for collectivization for agriculture. The people's commune was a rural organization to manage rural societies of collective farmers. Majority of people lived and worked in rural areas, but the organization didn't effect due to misguided equality(inequality). Deng Xiaoping declared the decollectivization of agriculture to transform…

finding is that the population percentage living under the poverty line fell by 10 percent thanks to transfers from the program. According to the poverty gap, the level of poverty has been reduced by 30 percent and by 45 percent according to the severity of poverty index. Similar findings results from the second approach that relies on data on household income and consumption collected by socio-economic censuses. By comparing the levels of poverty before and after the implementation of the…

This chapter discuss five case studies in different topics. First case study about hidden and neglected food poverty in the global north-the case of Germany. Although still a powerful economy, Germany faces rising income inequality and food insecurity. Given example with current quantitative data on food insecurity in Germany and compared it with qualitative results…

Introduction Mungbean (Vigna radiata) is a leguminous crop which serves as an important food and cash crop which is cultivated in Asia, Africa, Australia, North and South America. It is a short duration crop and requires low farm inputs. The world’s production of mungbean is more than 6 million hectares per annum and has the highest production in Asia. It is eaten as a vegetable and it is also processed into various products such as sweets, noodles and drinks. Mungbean is rich in easily…

University of California, Berkeley professor Ananya Roy strives to eliminate poverty stereotypes that come forth from globalization and consumerism. In her carefully structured arguments she depicts a new light on poverty and its gaps, sharing both her experience and academic opinion. However, her discourse focuses in an expository manner, how both: First World (United States of America) and Third World (India) countries view their poverty and other’s. Moreover, in her unbiased opinion, she…

Social apathy that is defined as lacking of care about others’ situation is frequently shown in the media and arouse public attention in recent years. People tend not to help others who are facing trouble or injury as well as participate in charity works. The sense of mutual support seems to be weakening. This essay will argue that the indifference in modern society is a worldwide issue. It carries out individual, social and safety problems. The influence of social indifference can spread the…

ose Kanda is located in the Bageshwar District of Uttarakhand, about 1500-1900m above sea level. It is a dispersed settlement cluster of about 30 villages, home to over 20,000 people and is some 86 kilometers from well-known Almora. Pic Src: Jeevan Verma Currently, they are building a community center for village people whose houses are unusable due to flash floods and mud slides. They also support afforestation and are working towards this project through different methods. Their another…

I strongly believe that materialism can be good if you are able to manage it the right way, but if you lose control it can turn in a really negative part of life affecting the most important thing in life: the family. Can giving such an important value to money and material possessions lead to conflict between work and family? Is materialism taking the main place in our lives? Nowadays people live in a consumer society, where the only thing that matters is if you have the newest stuff in the…