poverty

Poverty is a lack of the necessary money or financial holdings needed to sustain a socially recognized standard of living from members within a community. As such, it is often difficult to specify what poverty is without contextualizing the discussion.

Poverty may result in homelessness or malnourishment, which has spawned worldwide efforts to reform welfare systems directed at assisting those most in need. The economic poverty of its people is always a primary responsibility for government officials the world over.

Some argue that poverty is an inherent consequence of capitalism, which is certainly a debatable claim. Others, however, suggest that poverty arises as a lack of education or educational opportunities, skills or a mastery of trades and services.

Poverty is a popular topic in the blogosphere because of its ties to the world of politics and economics.  It has also become the cause du jour for celebrities like U2 frontman Bono, who has started his own foundation.

 

Original Technorati articles tagged “poverty”

• in Technorati Women
  Unemployment is the Biggest Global Fear
  Unemployment tops the list of major global concerns according to a new BBC World Service study.
  by cmimanagers / on Dec 12, 2011
• in Politics
  Food Poverty and the Bullingdon Club
  Food charity FareShare has seen a 20% rise in demand, much of it from people hit by unemployment and benefit changes. Is growing your own food the answer?
  by lottielife / on Oct 3, 2011
• in Politics
  Americans Believe Government Wastes Over Half of Taxpayer's Money
  More Americans see Government as a Threat
  by / on Sep 26, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “poverty”

 

• Welfare reform bill - benefit cap Commons live debate

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  After seven defeats in the Lords, the governments controversial welfare reform proposals return to the Commons for further discussion 12.01pm: The governments proposals to reduce housing benefit payments for social tenants deemed to be "under-occupying" their property - the so-called "spare room tax" - will have ...
  19 hours ago

• Understanding How Education Can Really Help Prevent Poverty

  
  Finance Marketing Business — Authority: 131
  Nowadays, it appears that as the wealthy keep becoming richer, the poor are nonetheless getting poorer. Third world nations are most impacted by poverty, an issue characterized by severe deprivation of standard human needs, such as food, safe consumable water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, and also ...
  21 hours ago

• Understanding How Education Can Really Help Prevent Poverty

  
  Chillicious.com — Authority: 132
  Nowadays, it appears that as the rich keep getting richer, the poor are still getting poorer. Third world nations are most affected by poverty, an issue characterized by severe deprivation of fundamental human needs, such as food, safe consumable water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, and education. And ...
  21 hours ago

• From Cow Dung to Software Development

  
  Sheep Droppings — Authority: 103
  This post from Missions in Action is another incredible story of Compassion’s ministry .  Imagine working with cow dung as a child, or having your marriage arranged by your parents.  Imagine this beautiful young woman, making a difference in the world through her passion, intelligence and dedication to the ...
  21 hours ago

• Political Graffiti (172): Minimum Wage

  
  P.A.P. Blog - Human Rights Etc. — Authority: 112
  ( source ) More on the minimum wage here , here and here . More political graffiti here . Filed under: activism , economics , political graffiti , poverty , work Tagged: graffiti , income , minimum wage , protest , Wage
  23 hours ago

• Business, social media to prevent babies with HIV

  
  Women News Network - WNN — Authority: 490
          USA Today – 01 Febuary 2012 – (originally published 29 Jan) DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) – Business and social media leaders teamed up Friday to tackle the transmission of HIV from mothers to babies, saying the medicine and the money are largely in place, and with the right organizational skills they can ...
  23 hours ago

• Christchurch Attempts To Achieve Change ~ TV3 Doesn’t Like Their Chances

  
  Uncensored Magazine — Authority: 424
  [ Please ignore  the ad designed to make people join the Navy thats been tacked on to the front of this  ]   Video Like Unlike
  23 hours ago

• Obama’s Destructive Urban Policy Alienates Low-Income Communities

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 134
  by Yana Kunichoff truthout.org From the window of Ruth Long’s apartment in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood, where she has lived for 33 years, Long can see a McDonald’s where a man was shot, a building from which five families were forced out by development before the housing crash, and a “big, ...
  23 hours ago

• Welfare reform bill live blog: the third reading

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Peers have already inflicted six defeats on the government and may demand further changes today. But ministers have vowed to overturn all the amendments in the Commons 11.26am: The new amendment most likely to spark drama in the Lords this afternoon seeks to reintroduce a vote on protecting benefit payments to ...
  1 day ago

• Congress promises jobs, free electricity in UP

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 533
  Lucknow, Jan 31 (IANS) Massive employment opportunities for the youth, quotas for minorities and free electricity connections to the poor were among the promises the Congress made Tuesday in its election manifesto for Uttar Pradesh released in Lucknow and nine other centres.One lakh vacant government posts would be ...
  1 day ago

• Anger and Poverty Unite Former Enemies in Bosnia

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 164
  http://abcnews.go.com Anger and Poverty Unite Former Enemies in Bosnia A Bosnian bailout: 20 years after they shot at each other, war vets send cash to former foes published date:Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:24:49 -0500
  1 day ago

• Commission Examines Child Poverty in Leicester

  
  Citizenseye — Authority: 129
  People from organisations from across the city have met with Leicester’s Child Poverty Commission to look at how they can help to tackle child poverty in Leicester. Representatives from a wide range of voluntary sector organisations met up with the commission on Friday, January 27, in the first of a series of ...
  1 day ago

• Spotlight: charity:waters Celebrity Supporters

  
  Look To The Stars News: Latest — Authority: 473
  A nonprofit organization stimulating greater global awareness about extreme poverty, educating the public, and provoking compassionate and intelligent giving. How you can help Making a $20 donation can give one person safe drinking water for 20 years. 100% of your money goes directly to fund clean water projects ...
  1 day ago

• Put planet and its people at the core of sustainable development, urges report

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 164
  http://www.guardian.co.uk Put planet and its people at the core of sustainable development, urges report UN panel calls for sustainable development indicators that factor in poverty, inequality, science and gender equalitySocial and environmental costs need to be integrated into measurement of economic ...
  2 days ago

• Tory council boss on Eric Pickles fair cuts claim: its bollocks

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  A new report confirms that the governments local authority cuts fall hardest on the poorest areas - and argues ministers have been less than open and honest about this Just over a year ago, as the most devastating cuts to local government in modern times were unveiled, you may recall the communities secretary Eric ...
  2 days ago

• Communities contending with crisis in Niger – in pictures

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 164
  http://www.guardian.co.uk Communities contending with crisis in Niger – in pictures Lack of rain and encroaching desertification are threatening food supplies in Niger, where extreme poverty and population growth already pose huge challenges. As the threat of a humanitarian disaster prompts calls for ...
  2 days ago

• 485 ‘Mahatma Gandhi’ kids set world record

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 533
  Kolkata, Jan 29 (IANS) Kolkata Sunday got a new entry into the Guinness World Records, with 485 children dressed as Mahatma Gandhi turning up for a peace walk, making it the largest such gathering.Aged 10-16 years, the children - of single parents or from poor families - took part in the walk christened [...]
  3 days ago

• Slum Tourism: What’s Next?

  
  Jpols Blog — Authority: 102
  The Standard, a “bold” newspaper in Kenya, has a magazine-style story on slum tourism . Have wealthy tourists had their fill of eco- and extreme vacations, and so now would like to get their travel high from gawking at the poorest of the poor the world has to offer? Maybe the poverty-viewers will ...
  3 days ago

• A-List: OKA!

  
  The Just Life — Authority: 137
  Here’s a great movie to add to your Netflix queue: “OKA!” It follows the story of Larry, a young American ethnomusicologist who spends much of his career documenting the music of the Bayaka pygmies of Yandombe, deep in the lush rainforests of the Central African Republic. On a fund raising trip to the States, ...
  3 days ago

• 300 arrested at Ocuppy Oakland!!!

  
  Kong Sauce — Authority: 126
  300, "this is Sparta" ? Flash Bangs, Tear Gas and allegedly even rubber bullets were used by the Police in Oakland, California, as a 2,000-strong Occupy Oakland march allegedly turned violent. The aftermath of this clash between protesters and police resulted in the arrest of 300 protesters. In Oakland the ...
  3 days ago

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