Poverty reduction

all workers (“Labour”). While developed economies have diversified and become less dependent on agriculture for large amounts of output, developing countries are still heavily reliant. In fact, agriculture is seen as a top priority for rapid poverty reduction in many developing economies (Ahmad 4). Saravanan Raj has reported that in many developing countries, there is a strong correlation between rural household well-being and improved agricultural practices (114). As land and water resources become

Although Africa is the second largest continent, one can say poverty is an ever-present situation (Abebe and Quaicoe, 2014). Largely due to historical background, social inequalities are the foundation of poverty in Africa. The continent has, for decades, been viewed as the epitome of poverty, with many countries plagued by unemployment, malnutrition, lack of education and limited access to healthcare. The difficulty with this is that poverty then becomes a viscous cycle, passed on from generation to

Amunugama, M.P., Minister of Finance and Planning. ( 4 ) Human Development Index (HDI) Sri Lanka ranked 96th with an index of 0.740 among 177 countries, in 2004. However, poverty still remains an issue affecting nearly one in four Sri Lankans on average. It is a major challenge in several provinces where the incidence of poverty is much larger in magnitute. The sectoral composition of the economy has changed from that of an agriculture based economy to one dominated by the services sector. The services

The Microcredit Foundation of India is a non- profit organization, and effective tool for alleviating poverty. The Microcredit Foundation has its base located in southern rural India. Microcredit works with just about everyone who needs their help; however their focus is women. Microcredit presents the women of rural communities with the opportunity to start a business. The services of micro credit are dedicated to creating a better stable economy, opportunities in the establishment of medium sized

development, which use numbers to try and measure the economic status of a country. Examples of economic indicators include Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, Gross National Income (GNI) per capita, and percentage of the population living below the poverty line. Norway, one of the countries with high human development has a GDP p.c. of $100,818 while Nigeria, which is on the opposite side of the spectrum, has that of $3,005. Apart from these direct measures of wealth disparity, indices such as life

consistently struggled with some of the highest poverty and hunger levels in the world. For the past ____ years, Uganda experienced war, which caused The current conditions. Recently, Uganda’s extent of debt shows significant improvement, but not nearly enough for Uganda to become financially stable in the near future. PR Newswire corroborates this by stating “poverty levels declined in the region, but remain the highest in the world” (Food Insecurity and Poverty Pose Major Challenge). This is extremely

Poverty is a growing problem around the world with millions of people lacking the basic elements necessary for stable living and Hamilton is no exception. Nearly one fifth of Hamiltonians live below the national poverty line (Social Planning & Research Council, 2012). Moreover, one third of all private housings are rentals (or tenant housings), and seven percent of residents live in derelict housing (Social Planning & Research Council, 2012). This abundance of poverty is structurally maintained through

the humans living in poverty today as the individuals that they are, but rather as the rhetoric that echoes in their place. Uninformed biases become who we think that they are, and if they are remembered at all, it is in a dehumanized way such as statistics or policy; the humans become disembodied from the conversation. Dr. William Ventres introduces the concept of poverty blindness, the “inability to see people living in poverty.”1 All around the world, poverty and poverty blindness are prevalent

legislatures, also known as the ‘‘Washington Consensus’’ which as a result led the IMF and World Bank to lend money with harsh conditions. Kingston et al. (2011) suggests that the Structural Adjustment Policies (SAP) programs in most cases have led to poverty in developing countries

INTRODUCTION “Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity; it is an act of justice. Like slavery and Apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Sometimes it falls on generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom.”-Nelson Mandela. Poverty at its worst involves hunger leading to starvation, inadequate shelter or housing and lack of clothing. Justice is the idea that all people, everywhere