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Uneven growth in India; UN study

January 28, 2010 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
A new United Nations study finds that India’s recent eco­nomic growth has been an…

Breakdown of the US aid to Haiti

January 27, 2010 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
The Asso­ci­ated press has ana­lyzed the US gov­ern­ment spend­ing on Haiti earth­quake relief. They broke the num­bers down to what each Amer­i­can dol­lar will be spent on.…

UK Seniors in poverty drop by a third since 1999

January 27, 2010 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
A new study finds that the num­ber of UK seniors liv­ing in poverty has decreased by a third in a span of ten years. There are now…

Relocating Haiti’s new homeless

January 27, 2010 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
From NPR, a story on the Hait­ian government’s plan to move the many new home­less from the earth­quake to tent camps just out­side the…

Extreme Weather Threatens Mongolians with Hunger and Poverty

January 27, 2010 | Comment
Writ­ten by: Thin Lei Win Mon­go­lians in the vil­lage of Baruun Kharaa, some 160 km (100 miles) north of Ulan Bator, Jan. 17, 2006. REUTERS/ Nir Elias…

Rebuilding Livelihoods of Farmers in Haiti

January 26, 2010 | 3 Comments
You Can Help Rebuild Haiti’s Farms — Here’s how:

UK poverty report from Save The Children

January 26, 2010 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
Save The Chil­dren UK has released a new study that finds that the num­bers of chil­dren liv­ing in poverty has been ris­ing since 2004. This result…

US stops aid to a Kenyan education program

January 26, 2010 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
The US has announced that they are going to stop giv­ing to Kenya’s edu­ca­tion pro­grams after an audit found more than $1 mil­lion dol­lars miss­ing. This…

African policy challenges ahead for US

January 26, 2010 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
From the Voice of Amer­ica, a pair of think tanks have released a study on what African pol­icy chal­lenges are ahead for the Obama…

Special series on microcredit from Radio Netherlands

January 26, 2010 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
Radio Nether­lands is doing a very good series on micro­cre­dit. The series tries to look at both the pros and cons of