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”

 

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

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  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 ...
  17 hours 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 ...
  19 hours ago

• Communities contending with crisis in Niger – in pictures

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  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 ...
  20 hours ago

• 485 ‘Mahatma Gandhi’ kids set world record

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  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 [...]
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• Slum Tourism: What’s Next?

  
  Jpols Blog — Authority: 103
  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 ...
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• A-List: OKA!

  
  The Just Life — Authority: 136
  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, ...
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• 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 ...
  1 day ago

• Julius Malema: Why he will be missed

  
  Thought Leader — Authority: 419
  Juju bashing isn’t as much fun as it used to be. If you type Malema into Google, the second suggestion the browser makes is “Malema jokes”. The latest one is that his girlfriend has twins and Malema is wondering which of them is his. I’m not entirely comfortable with such jokes; I know some people...
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• Entrepreneurship key to escaping poverty

  
  Africa Unchained — Authority: 117
  Reuben Abraham writing in CNN: image courtesy of Business Edge Entrepreneurship and business are rarely accorded a serious place in discussions around drivers of economic development. A cursory look at the numbers makes this seem very surprising. China has pulled approximately 600 million ...
  1 day ago

• Crush Occupy Rondebosch common

  
  Thought Leader — Authority: 419
  It’s been a glorious summer in Cape Town. The heatwave had one and all at swimming pools and beaches all over the Cape. Long Street was packed with clubbers and tourists from all over the world. Drinks flowed freely: Hennessy, Bacardi, Hunters, Carling, you name it. Sadly, it was spoiled by talk of our beloved...
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• Protesters Arrested for Trying to Contribute

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 567
  The party was invitation only but that didn’t stop these three Ukrainian woman who were determined to have there positions heard.  This was an invitation only summit for poverty. If the subject of the conference was poverty it would make since to include all stake holders including poor people. Some day poverty ...
  1 day ago

• ONE Act a Week: Create an anti-poverty Internet meme

  
  The Just Life — Authority: 136
  Action: 27. Time: 10 minutes. Level of difficulty: Moderate. This week, we thought it would be fun to ask our ONE members to create their own Internet meme based on our issues. In case you don’t know what a meme is, it’s a concept that spreads swiftly via the Internet. It’s the funny cat pictures you’ve been ...
  2 days ago

• Proofs: Performing miracles at Ghana’s Tema Clinic

  
  The Just Life — Authority: 136
  Life happens here at the Tema Clinic in Accra, Ghana. Babies trade a death sentence for life. Mothers transform their sickly skeleton figures to healthy, able bodies. Tema offers hope in a place that was once hopeless and ravaged by AIDS. Funded by the Global Fund through financial support from Product (RED), Tema ...
  2 days ago

• What We’re Reading: African leaders say continent ready to lead world growth

  
  The Just Life — Authority: 136
  African leaders say continent ready to lead world growth – African leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos declared that they are ready to “play a new role in the global economy as a powerful driver of growth.” While much still needs to be done to improve Africa’s infrastructure and education system, ...
  2 days ago

• Cocoa can save the world

  
  The Just Life — Authority: 136
  Senior ONE Adviser Michael Gerson is on the ground in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In this blog post, he writes about the benefits of cocoa crops on the country’s economy. A farmer from the Greenhouse project in Beni separates raw cacao beans from an opened cacao pod to be washed, fermented, dried, and shipped. ...
  2 days ago

• Chart of the Day: How Science Stacks Up in the US Budget

  
  The Scholarly Kitchen — Authority: 548
  From an Atlantic article entitled, “The Innovation Nation vs. the Warfare-Welfare State“:
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• गरीबी पर महापुरुषों के अनमोल वचन | Incredible Quotes About Poverty

  
  Hindi Sahitya Margdarshan — Authority: 103
  गरीब वह नहीं है जिसके पास कम है, बल्कि धनवान होते हुए भी जिसकी इच्छा कम नहीं हुई है, वह सबसे गरीब है। - विनोबा भावे किसी भी ...
  2 days ago

• Value for Money

  
  To Love, Honor and Vacuum — Authority: 108
  Every Friday my syndicated column appears in a bunch of newspapers in southeastern Ontario. Here’s this week’s. Last week my husband and I rented the surprisingly enjoyable film Moneyball, loosely based on the 2002 baseball season for the Oakland A’s. The team faced a huge challenge: as a small budget ...
  3 days ago

• Haiti earthquake: How donated billions have INCREASED poverty and corruption

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk Haiti earthquake: How donated billions have INCREASED poverty and corruption Two years after the Haiti quake, only 4,769 new houses have been built, and 13,578 homes repaired, while 520,000 people remain in squalid camps. published date:Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:50:31 GMT
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• India Needs More then the Food Security Bill to Alleviate Hunger

  
  Triple Pundit — Authority: 614
  After a lot of debate, the Indian cabinet finally cleared the National Food Security Bill (NFSB) amidst doubts of whether this would really help create a hunger-free India. According to the Food Security Bill, India will need 60 – 61 million tons of grain to feed people who will be eligible for assistance. This ...
  3 days ago

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