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The decade in poverty : "India has made enormous economic strides in the past 10 years, but it needs to come to grips with poverty . The disconnect between growth and its ability to ...

3 out of 4 Cleveland suburbs saw increases in poverty in last decade By Dave Davis, The Plain Dealer View full sizeJoshua Gunter, PD fileOhio has become the second most poverty -stricken state in the country. CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Three out of four Cleveland suburbs saw a dramatic increase in poverty in the last decade, ...

Poverty News Blog: Brookings: number of people in poverty drops ... : "The rise of India and China's economies over the past decade has made a major impact of the number of people living in poverty . The huge populations within the two countries accounted for a huge drop in the number of poor people. ...

New study: Children in poverty on the rise in Indiana : In the last decade, children living in poverty increased from 14 percent to 20 percent in Indiana. That's a 43 percent increase and more than twice the 18 percent increase nationwide. " Childhood poverty really jumps off the pages," said Bill ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA AFRICA | English | Las Américas

Poverty rose sharply in region in past decade The number of people living in poverty in the Tri-Cities rose sharply in the past decade as the effects of two national recessions and persistently high unemployment put a damper on residents' income growth. According to figures released Tuesday by the ...

More Colorado kids living in poverty : "According to a 125 page report, 31000 more Colorado kids live in poverty from the previous report. That's a significant change in child poverty in just one year, and the fastest growth in the nation during the past decade. Single mother Elvida Martinez ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA AFRICA | AMERICA

Poverty increasing in Greater Hickory area at alarming rate : More than 20 percent of children in the region live in poverty , says the Western Piedmont Council of Governments in a recent compilation of census data. And poverty rates in a lot of areas of the Greater Hickory Metro area have exploded over the decade ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA AFRICA | English | Las Américas

One In Five Children Living In Poverty In State : In Nebraska, childhood poverty rates have increased significantly, Executive Director of Voices For Children in Nebraska Carolyn Rooker stated, while the rates of poverty among people over the age of 65 have declined over the last decade. ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA | AFRICA | English | Las Américas

Child poverty rate on the rise : "By Tracy Overstreet The number of Nebraska children growing up in poverty is at the highest it's been in the past decade. It rose from 10 percent in 2000 to 15.2 percent in 2009, according to US Census data in the latest Kids Count in Nebraska -- an ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA AFRICA | English | Las Américas

Organizations say climbing poverty rate evident in East Tenn. (WVLT) -- Poverty in the US is at an all time high. Updated numbers from the Census Bureau show the number of poor hit a record 49 million last year. And the people living below the poverty rate, are not the same as decades past. In the last decade, ...

The Suburbs Are The New Epicenter Of Poverty  - But it turns out that the suburbs are now the epicenter of poverty in America . In the last decade, the rate of poverty in the suburbs has risen 66 percent ...

Report: Childhood Poverty In Michigan Rises To 23% : "The new Kids Count data book released Wednesday by the Michigan League for Human Services shows 23 percent of Michigan's children now live in poverty , a 64 percent jump from a decade ago. That places the state at 38th in the country for the child ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA AFRICA | English | Las Américas

"Poverty among Americans 65 and over is statistically unchanged" in recent ... The most recent census numbers show poverty is on the rise. Median household incomes have fallen to their lowest level since the 1990s, prompting analysts to say we are in the midst of a "lost decade." The news that the US poverty rate is now the ...

What's behind the spike in U.S. child poverty? : "According to a new report, there has been a spike in the number of American children living in poverty over the past decade from 17 percent to 20 percent. (Aug. 17) (/CBS News) Correction: Clarification: AP source: Obama to make big jobs speech in ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA AFRICA | English | Las Américas

POVERTY: In the United States : "SANTIAGO, CHILE) A surprising number of the conservatives I've met here -- starting with President Piñera -- talk about the goal of eliminating poverty in their country by the end of the decade. The number of U.S. politicians ...

Obliviousness in the Poverty Belt The results of the Brooking Institution's report on poverty chronicling the changes of the previous decade were released last week and not surprisingly they proved to be staggering, particularly so for the Rust Belt. In the Detroit Metropolitan area, ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA | AFRICA | English | Las Américas

Latin America and the Caribbean suffers setback in fight against rural poverty -  Poverty in the rural areas of Latin America and the Caribbean has increased for the first time in a decade, says a ...

... that tax collections in Colorado have dropped by 25% in the past decade, while the number of children living in poverty increased by more than a 100%. From: http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kunc/news.newsmain/article/1/0/1738742/Regional/Colorado.Child.Poverty.Rates.on.the.Rise&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA28yq6ARIAlAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=lZkBYL3QBXM&usg=AFQjCNG-zF74djh7hZkV7KKNH5zfxtZiKQ

Parsing the Poverty Rate: When the Poor Don't Get Less Poor It's easy to look at topline poverty statistics—like in DC, where the percentage of people living under the federal poverty threshold has declined over the last decade. From that number, you might conclude that citizens of a city are doing better ...

Fisher: Poverty among haredim, Arabs increased by 50% : "Governor of the Bank of Israel, Stanley Fischer presented data to the government indicating the poverty rate among haredim and Arabs in Israel has increased by 50% in the past decade. Meanwhile, the poverty rate has not risen among the general ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA AFRICA | AMERICA