poverty
51Poverty in France — has fallen by 60% over thirty years. Although it affected 15% of the population in 1970, in 2001 only 6.1% (or 3.7 million people) were below the poverty line (which, according to INSEE s criteria, is half of the median income).Before, the poor… …
52Poverty trap — – poverty trap is a scenario where people experience poverty due to circumstances beyond their control. The trap becomes cyclical and begins to reinforce itself if steps are not taken to break the cycle. Depending upon a person’s origin of birth …
53Poverty grass — Poverty Pov er*ty (p[o^]v [ e]r*t[y^]), n. [OE. poverte, OF. povert[ e], F. pauvret[ e], fr. L. paupertas, fr. pauper poor. See {Poor}.] 1. The quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need …
54Poverty Row — is a slang term used in Hollywood from the late silent period through the mid fifties to refer to a variety of small and mostly short lived B movie studios. It did not refer to any specific physical location, but was instead a kind of catch all,… …
55Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper — Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) are in many ways the replacement for Structural Adjustment Programs, and are documents required by the IMF and World Bank before a country can be considered for debt relief within the HIPC programme.… …
56Poverty Island — is a small island in the U.S. state of Michigan. The island is within Delta County in Lake Michigan and is home to an abandoned lighthouse which is in disrepair. Poverty Island is currently owned by the federal government. [… …
57Poverty in Germany — refers to people living in relative poverty in Germany. During the last decades the number of people living in poverty has been increasing. Children are more likely to be poor than adults. There has been a strong increase in the number of poor… …
58Poverty in Colombia — is a serious problem of misdistribution of income, characterized by some of the worst poverty statistics in Latin America. Both the Colombian government and the private organizations have been managing the poverty problem with a superficial… …
59Poverty Bay — is the largest of several small bays on the east coast of New Zealand s North Island to the north of Hawke Bay. It stretches for 10 kilometres from Young Nick s Head in the southwest to Tuahine Point in the northeast. The city of Gisborne is… …
60Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers — (Strategiepapier zur Armutsminderung) sind eine Grundlage für ein Programm der Weltbank. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Die Strategien der Weltbank und des internationalen Währungsfonds 2 Ziele der Partizipation 3 Kritik und Probleme …
