poverty

  • 81poverty-stricken — poverty ,stricken adjective extremely poor …

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  • 82poverty trap — poverty ,trap noun count a situation in which someone remains poor because they cannot get a job that will pay them more money than they get from the government …

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  • 83poverty-stricken — *poor, indigent, needy, destitute, penniless, impecunious, necessitous …

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  • 84poverty-stricken — [adj] in great need; financially poor bad off*, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, broke*, destitute, dirt poor*, distressed, down and out*, hard up*, impencunious, impoverished, indigent, in dire circumstances, in want, moneyless, necessitous,… …

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  • 85poverty trap — ► NOUN Brit. ▪ a situation in which an increase in someone s income is offset by a consequent loss of state benefits …

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  • 86Poverty in the United States — The most common measure of poverty in the United States is the poverty line set by the U.S. government. This measure recognizes poverty as a lack of those goods and services commonly taken for granted by members of mainstream society.Schwartz, J …

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  • 87Poverty threshold — For the term as defined in the United States, see Poverty thresholds (United States). Percentage of population living on less than $1.25 per day. UN estimates 2000 2007. The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of income… …

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  • 88Poverty in the United Kingdom — This article is about poverty within the population of the United Kingdom as distinct from UK policy on world poverty. The United Kingdom is a developed country and, as such, the population suffers the severe privations of those in the developing …

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  • 89Poverty in India — One third of India s population (roughly equivalent to the entire population of the United States) lives below the poverty line and India is home to one third of the world s poor people.Though the middle class has gained from recent positive… …

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  • 90Poverty Point National Monument — Luftaufnahme von Poverty Point 1938. Auf diesem Bild wurden die Zusammenhänge der Erdbauten erkannt. Plan der Anlage heute Poverty Point …

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