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    facilitating international trade, promoting high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reducing poverty around the world.” (IMF – About, 2016). In comparison, the goals of the World Bank are less obviously stated due to the fact that they are an organization with many sub organizations within it. The overarching goal, however, seems to be around assisting countries with both poverty alleviation and economic development (About the World Bank, 2016). Both the IMF and the World Bank have similar

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    urban areas is poverty. Children who live in poverty are impacted with many negative effects physically or mentally. Some of these issues related to poverty are substandard housing, inadequate nutrition and food insecurity, inadequate child care, lack of access to health care, unsafe neighborhoods, and under resourced schools. Studies show that “poverty affects child development and they experience more social problems” (Curley). According to the National Center for Children in Poverty, “nearly one-third

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    population is 25, 303, 113 with the capital city Maputo having a population of 1, 191, 613. Out of this massive population, 64% of people are food insecure, consuming 2,112 kilocalories per Capita per day. In Mozambique, 52% of the country is below the poverty line with the average life expectancy rate being 52.18 years for males and 53.72 years for females. Out of this population, only 58.8% of people over 15 can read and write, while a large 39.4% of people are unemployed. Children are also affected as

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    In 2015 The Jersey Household Income Distribution Survey reported that there are approximately 4900 pensioners living in poverty -described as relative low income (after the housing cost) -who exclusively rely on the Jersey State`s pension and have no other source of income except Income Support contributions. It meant that one in every three pensioners struggled to meet basic needs such as housing, food, heating or paying other necessary bills. This figure equated to 28% of all OAPs in Jersey, and

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    money is no excuse to give up because if one does not have an adequate education, they cannot qualify for a degree that will potentially elevate their socioeconomic status. Born into a struggler family infested with homelessness, destitution, and poverty, I chose to educate myself outside of the classroom because my school failed to provide an adequate education to be successful in today’s world. I chose to study abroad in France, which was a complete learning experience in itself. Despite being in

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    In the book, “Planet of Slums” Mike Davis discusses, why there are mast migration from the rural villages to the megacities of the Third World. What megacities are is a city when the total population in it exceeds over eight million. He also discusses how the treason of the state, international banks and the ideas thinkers like Hernando de Soto makes the lives of people in the urban south much worse. Urban south are cities like Mexico City, Delhi, Dhaka, Cairo, Beijing, Lima and etc (Davis 4) that

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    As a nonprofit organization arise focuses on predominantly poor class and homeless people. One of the major issues they contend with his homelessness and domestic violence victim cases, leading to more complex situations the employees of arise work with to find housing and benefits. One thing to note about arise is every single one of the original mothers were all single and depending on welfare benefits in addition to themselves every woman also had children needed to find employment which covered

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    force, and are incapable of providing stable income for their dependents. Krugman, like many Americans, believes that change is the only way to help close the ever-growing gap between upper class Americans and those who are middle class or below poverty level. In Krugman’s essay “Confronting Inequality” he addresses the need for change, and has several concepts for how to bring about equality. I agree with several of Krugman’s key ideas in his essay such as; higher taxes on the rich, raising the

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    studies have found little consistency in the literature pertaining to homeless children. Though most agree that homelessness is related to poor outcomes, it is difficult to discern from the research whether homelessness has a bigger effect than chronic poverty on school achievement and attendance (Buckner, 2008; Canfield et al., 2016). This could be because of similarities in living conditions, stress, and experiences, but researchers agree that there needs to be some degree of intervention to mitigate

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    young women both become teen mothers and are forced to learn how to survive in their poverty stricken neighborhood. They utilize government subsidies but also take advantage of strong and weak ties in order to get what they want and need. Random family is an example of the power of a family as a social institution. The extensions of this family’s web include love & relationships, parenting in the family and poverty. Random Family is a narrative of Jessica and Coco, two young women living in the Bronx

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