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 Lifestyle
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  by makingsense / on Dec 22, 2012
• in Entertainment
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  by missbobetier / on Sep 30, 2012
• in Politics
  What Mitt Romney Really Said
  When Mitt Romney described the 47 percent, he was saying what he thinks about Democrats. He’s not alone...
  by jimmyzuma / on Sep 20, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “poverty”

 

• Ecosystem Value 3D

  
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• For the love of a mum @childrensociety

  
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  There was a young girl, Well call her Kat. She had a small child, They lived in a flat. She wanted to stand, On her own two young feet. But everyone assumed, She was a benefit cheat. This mother called Kat, Knew what people said. She tried not to care, But she cried in her bed. If theyd cared to look, Theyd have seen ...
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• Richard Branson serves as AirAsia stewardess after losing bet

  
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  His star turn on the flight from Australia’s Perth to the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur came after he lost a Grand Prix bet with the Malaysian budget carrier’s founder. Read the original here: Richard Branson serves as AirAsia stewardess after losing bet
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• Turkish deputy PM: 9 people detained in connection with blasts near Syrian border

  
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  REYHANLI, Turkey (AP) — Turkish deputy PM: 9 people detained in connection with blasts near Syrian border. Originally posted here: Turkish deputy PM: 9 people detained in connection with blasts near Syrian border
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• Tarantino’s Django Unchained back in mainland China theatres

  
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  A toned-down version of the film, with less violence and gore, was approved by censors in March, but it was abruptly axed on its scheduled April 10 opening day due to “technical reasons”. See the original post: Tarantino’s Django Unchained back in mainland China theatres
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• Japan ruling party executive to keep visiting war shrine

  
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  The policy chief of Japan’s ruling party vowed on Sunday to keep paying homage at a controversial war shrine despite anger and diplomatic protests by China and South Korea. Nearly 170 Japanese lawmakers made a pilgrimage last month to the Yasukuni Shrine, a flashpoint in a bitter dispute between Japan and Asian ...
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• Worlds Apart!

  
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  Last Sunday, I spoke to the folks at The Hills church in North Richland Hills, Texas.  It was really good being with the church led by my friend, Rick Atchley. My sermon, "Worlds Apart" can be seen below: Posted on www.UrbanDaily.org
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• Secretary-General, Calling for Stepped-Up Efforts to Meet Millennium Goals, Says Investing in Women’s, Children’s Health Yields High Returns

  
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  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a special event on “Meeting the Challenges of the Health Millennium Development Goals and Beyond”, in New York, 6 May: Before turning to the subject at hand, let me once [again] express my deepest and sincere condolences to the Government and people of ...
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• Astronauts repair ammonia leak on emergency spacewalk

  
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  But the following weeks will be the test. Authorities have said the International Space Station’s six-member crew was not in danger from the leak. Here is the original post: Astronauts repair ammonia leak on emergency spacewalk
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• Are you coming to London on 8th June to show your support?

  
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  I posted about the launch of the Enough Food for Everyone IF campaign back in January. Im really encouraged by this campaign as it sees over 170 charities come together to work towards the end of world hunger. Whilst I think it is really important for us to all take our responsibility seriously and use our voice ...
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• Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif declares victory in historic poll

  
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  The results, which need to be officially confirmed, indicated Sharif’s party has an overwhelming lead but would fall short of winning a majority of the 272 directly elected national assembly seats. See more here: Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif declares victory in historic poll
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• A Mothers Hope pulled Alive from the Rubble of a Bangladesh Sweatshop

  
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  Miracles will restore faith, if you believe in them. This has been a week of miracle women being freed. This young woman – Reshma Begum; was freed from a building in Dhaka after 17 days of being trapped in rubble. Yes 17 days. That is truly a miracle. This is her story and what actually caused this disaster in ...
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• Happy Mothers Day

  
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  Happy Mothers Day to my wife, my Mom, my mother-in-law who is in heaven and to all the moms and other people who have been moms to us. Happy Mothers Day to the Blessed Mother who continues to bless and protect us. St. Francis always spoke of Lady Poverty and I hope to embody that spirit within my heart as my wife and ...
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• Waiting for the Call

  
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  Trey Smith We have submitted several applications for senior and disabled housing in various parts of the state and one to a coastal town in Oregon we like. We have several more in a stack and we will continue to work our way through them. Once we finish with our end of the process, all we can do is ...
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• “We Changed the Way Reporting is Done.” Still, NPR Exits Ambitious Project

  
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  My new story at the Columbia Journalism Review had a bit of breaking news: Two years ago, with statehouse bureaus taking huge cuts in a contracting media landscape, National Public Radio designed the StateImpact project to fill the reporting void while experimenting with a new model of local-national public ...
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• Not a Title Worth Having

  
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  If this story is more than a little dispiriting, at least it reveals to our inquiring minds “the world’s worst place to be a mother”: Tax avoidance, secret mining deals and financial transfers are depriving Africa of the benefits of its resources boom, ex-UN chief Kofi Annan has said. Firms that shift ...
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• Wasp: The Searing Desperation of a Forsaken Young Mother

  
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  Wasp: The Searing Desperation of a Forsaken Young Mother Through the years, Mother’s Day films have presented moms both good and bad, and Wasp features a most down-on-her-luck mother in contemporary Britain, an unfortunate mom who certainly isn’t going to be winning any Mother of the Year Awards. Wasp is an ...
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• This Is What Austerity Looks Like – First Suicide Due To Bedroom Tax Reported

  
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  The welfare reform death toll has risen by one more tragic victim the Sunday People is reporting .  The papers says: Ten days ago Stephanie Bottrill sat in the redbrick terrace house which had been home for 18 years to write notes to her loved ones, the Sunday People reports . She ripped the pages from a ...
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• The dollmaker

  
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  The world is at war, and the army is stealing away the men, and those that are left are being hauled off to work in the factories in order to assist the war effort. In rural Kentucky Gertie is lucky enough to still have her husband around, he drives the coal truck, but knows that this situation cannot last. He has his ...
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• Let Bill Gates Eat Cake

  
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  the question of the millennium. 7 multi-billionaires or a billion multi-millionaires ? *** Filed under: activism, apathy, Art, artist, media, Photography, Poetry, seattle, The Homeland, Washington State Blogs Tagged: art, Bill Gates, Bills, food, healthcare, photography, poverty, war
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