Poverty Industry News & Blogs

Industry News & Blogs

It's time for poor countries to retake ownership of their banks | Jonathan Glennie | Global
www.guardian.co.uk | 6 hours 33 minutes ago
Jonathan Glennie: The European recession presents developing countries with a chance to release the shackles of their historical over-dependence on foreign banks

Clay Farris Naff: Jesus Concerned About the Poor? You Must Be Joking, Says the Christian Right
www.huffingtonpost.com | Feb 9, 2012
When President Obama used the occasion of the National Prayer Breakfast to say that for the fortunate to pay a little more to help the less fortunate "coincides" with Jesus' teachings, he must have touched a nerve.

China’s poorest get sceptical about higher education - FT.com
www.ft.com | Jan 18, 2012
When Wang Fei was admitted to university, his parents hosted the entire village for a banquet. “Not many people here went to university and in our family I’m the only one,” he says. But two years after his graduation with a logistics degree from

Child poverty gap widening between Tory areas and the inner cities - mirror.co.uk
www.mirror.co.uk | Jan 10, 2012
A map of child poverty out today shows a widening gulf between youngsters in rural Tory and Lib Dem constituencies and inner-city areas.

Bottom Line - The best- and worst-run cities in America
bottomline.msnbc.msn.com | Jan 9, 2012
By Michael Sauter, Charles Stockdale and Ashley Allen, 24/7 Wall St. Many qualities separate the best-run and worst-run cities. But perhaps the most important is access to jobs. The economies of the best-run cities fall into two categories.

Why China should give its taxpayers a break - The Globe and Mail
www.theglobeandmail.com | Jan 9, 2012
More consumption is necessary to offset sluggish investment and exports in 2012

Newsvine - NC groups plan tour of poverty-stricken areas
www.newsvine.com | Jan 3, 2012
Civil rights groups will hold listening tours of poverty-stricken areas in North Carolina's rural counties and inner city neighborhoods.

Grameen-Jameel partner meeting celebrates achievements of reaching over 1,500,000 clients |
www.ameinfo.com | Dec 21, 2011
Grameen-Jameel held its first regional partner meeting recently in Istanbul, Turkey, serving as a culmination of years of dedicated hard work to serve the poor and solidify partnerships. The...

South African Author Publishes Book about Her Childhood
www.prleap.com | Nov 23, 2011
This poignant book recounts how faith helped a woman overcome her impoverished upbringing

Aquaculture's Potential to Reduce Poverty
www.waterlink-international.com | Nov 14, 2011
More than 50% of the world's food fish will come from aquaculture, making it a crucial method to reduce poverty and combat food insecurity, said a United Nations report released today, while calling for governments to step up their efforts to ...