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Poverty In Argentina Hits 57.4%, Highest In 20 Years: Report
Poverty levels in Argentina hit 57.4% in January, the highest in at least 20 years, according to a report by the Catholic University of Argentina (UCA) cited by local media on Sunday.
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PM Free Ration Scheme Kept Extreme Poverty Lowest During Pandemic 2020: IMF
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKAY), which provides free foodgrains to poor people, played a key role in keeping extreme poverty in India at the lowest level of 0.8 per cent during the pandemic-hit 2020, according to a working paper of IMF.
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Covid Could Push Over 200 Million More People Into Extreme Poverty By 2030: UN
An additional 207 million people could be pushed into extreme poverty by 2030 due to the severe long-term impact of the coronavirus pandemic, bringing the total number of the world's extremely poor to more than a billion, a new study from the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has found.
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Income Levels Increased Significantly In Last 3 Decades: Chief Economic Adviser
Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian on Friday said India's steady growth has resulted in a consistent decline in poverty and improvement in several human development indices, including reduction in the infant mortality rate (IMR).
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Child Fitness Gap Linked to Income Inequality
In a comparison of fitness levels among children in 50 countries, the nations with the biggest internal income disparities tended to have the least fit youth.
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43 Million Americans Lived Below Poverty Line In 2015: Report
More than 43 million Americans lived below poverty line in 2015, a US Census report said today, indicating that the world's largest economy experienced one of the sharpest decline in poverty rates in 16 years.
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Poverty In Italy At Worst For 10 Years In Blow For PM Matteo Renzi
The number of people living in poverty in Italy hit its highest level for a decade in 2015, data showed on Thursday, in a report that could hurt centre-left Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
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World Bank Says Russia Crisis To Send Poverty To Highest In Decade
Russian poverty rates will return to 2007 levels this year as the economy continues to contract and inflation reduces people's purchasing power, the World Bank said on Wednesday.
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Former National Level Boxer Forced to Work as a Sweeper Due to Poverty
Former boxer Krishna Raut is 1987 gold medalist and 1992 silver medalist in the National Boxing Championship.
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Social Spending Key to Lifting National Income Levels: World Bank Head
Middle-income economies must increase social spending if they wish to reach the income level of developed countries and end extreme poverty, the president of the World Bank said in an interview published today.
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How Poverty May Affect Memory: Research
School-aged children with a low-socioeconomic status exhibit both verbal and visuospatial working memory deficits, possibly due to increased levels of stress, a new study suggests.
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Urban poverty: Maharashtra's vanishing act?
Urban poverty levels in Maharashtra dropped by a massive 47 per cent in 2011-2012, according to the latest poverty estimates by the Planning Commission.
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US seeing high levels of poverty: Geithner
In a candid admission of the problems plaguing the world's largest economy, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner today said the country is seeing "very high levels of poverty and inequality".
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Rs 32 controversy: Not under-stating poverty, clarifies Montek
The government today tried to recover from the poverty controversy - created after the Planning Commission said any family that spends Rs 32 a day cannot be categorised as Below the Poverty Line (BPL). "The allegation is being made that the Planning Commission is trying to understate poverty. This is simply not true," said Montek Singh Ahluwalia, w...
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World's hungry population decreases but remains large
The number of undernourished people in the world decreased this year for the first time in 15 years, but the level remains higher than before the 2008 food crisis, and the volatile state of prices gives cause for unease, senior United Nations officials said Tuesday. The number of hungry people fell to 925 million from the record high of 1.02 billio...
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Poverty In Argentina Hits 57.4%, Highest In 20 Years: Report
Poverty levels in Argentina hit 57.4% in January, the highest in at least 20 years, according to a report by the Catholic University of Argentina (UCA) cited by local media on Sunday.
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PM Free Ration Scheme Kept Extreme Poverty Lowest During Pandemic 2020: IMF
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKAY), which provides free foodgrains to poor people, played a key role in keeping extreme poverty in India at the lowest level of 0.8 per cent during the pandemic-hit 2020, according to a working paper of IMF.
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Covid Could Push Over 200 Million More People Into Extreme Poverty By 2030: UN
An additional 207 million people could be pushed into extreme poverty by 2030 due to the severe long-term impact of the coronavirus pandemic, bringing the total number of the world's extremely poor to more than a billion, a new study from the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has found.
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Income Levels Increased Significantly In Last 3 Decades: Chief Economic Adviser
Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian on Friday said India's steady growth has resulted in a consistent decline in poverty and improvement in several human development indices, including reduction in the infant mortality rate (IMR).
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Child Fitness Gap Linked to Income Inequality
In a comparison of fitness levels among children in 50 countries, the nations with the biggest internal income disparities tended to have the least fit youth.
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43 Million Americans Lived Below Poverty Line In 2015: Report
More than 43 million Americans lived below poverty line in 2015, a US Census report said today, indicating that the world's largest economy experienced one of the sharpest decline in poverty rates in 16 years.
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Poverty In Italy At Worst For 10 Years In Blow For PM Matteo Renzi
The number of people living in poverty in Italy hit its highest level for a decade in 2015, data showed on Thursday, in a report that could hurt centre-left Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
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World Bank Says Russia Crisis To Send Poverty To Highest In Decade
Russian poverty rates will return to 2007 levels this year as the economy continues to contract and inflation reduces people's purchasing power, the World Bank said on Wednesday.
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Former National Level Boxer Forced to Work as a Sweeper Due to Poverty
Former boxer Krishna Raut is 1987 gold medalist and 1992 silver medalist in the National Boxing Championship.
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Social Spending Key to Lifting National Income Levels: World Bank Head
Middle-income economies must increase social spending if they wish to reach the income level of developed countries and end extreme poverty, the president of the World Bank said in an interview published today.
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How Poverty May Affect Memory: Research
School-aged children with a low-socioeconomic status exhibit both verbal and visuospatial working memory deficits, possibly due to increased levels of stress, a new study suggests.
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Urban poverty: Maharashtra's vanishing act?
Urban poverty levels in Maharashtra dropped by a massive 47 per cent in 2011-2012, according to the latest poverty estimates by the Planning Commission.
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US seeing high levels of poverty: Geithner
In a candid admission of the problems plaguing the world's largest economy, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner today said the country is seeing "very high levels of poverty and inequality".
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Rs 32 controversy: Not under-stating poverty, clarifies Montek
The government today tried to recover from the poverty controversy - created after the Planning Commission said any family that spends Rs 32 a day cannot be categorised as Below the Poverty Line (BPL). "The allegation is being made that the Planning Commission is trying to understate poverty. This is simply not true," said Montek Singh Ahluwalia, w...
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World's hungry population decreases but remains large
The number of undernourished people in the world decreased this year for the first time in 15 years, but the level remains higher than before the 2008 food crisis, and the volatile state of prices gives cause for unease, senior United Nations officials said Tuesday. The number of hungry people fell to 925 million from the record high of 1.02 billio...
