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How the middle class is responsible for perpetuating poverty
It would take four times the earth�s resources to support the average American living standards for the world. The poor get poorer as more of us aspire for that good life. #HowThisWorks #India #Poverty #Europe #Communism #MIddle Class #social reforms
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Why the Indian media gives a damn about poverty
In that sense the poverty line of India is cruel. It is merciless and doesn't allow the majority of Indians any money for shelter or access to education or healthcare or sanitation or anything else that civilised nations would consider as essential as food. #ThatsJustWrong #GDP #economic reforms #foreign funds #Poverty line
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Share My Dabba: How Mumbai dabbawallahs will help feed street kids
The Share My Dabba initiative will attempt to bridge a bit of the gap between the haves and the have-nots of Mumbai. #HowThisWorks #India #Poverty #Mumbai #Malnutrition #Share My Dabba #dabbawallahs #The Dabbawallah Foundation
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Why the UPAs cash transfer scheme will boost poverty
The government in election mode is hurrying what it believes are popular reforms. But by offering to transfer cash to 10 crore families while withdrawing subsidies that support double that population, the UPA may end up scoring a self-goal. #HowThisWorks #UPA #Poverty #Aadhaar #Cash transfers
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Bicester AdvertiserMore Oxford people living in fuel poverty
THE number of households in fuel poverty in Oxford is on the rise, figures have revealed. Fuel poverty is defined as a situation in which more than 10 per cent of household income is spent on heating. In Oxford, 7,086 households were recorded as being in #
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ABC-KVUE AustinStudy: Poverty in Austin suburbs rises sharply
AUSTIN -- The Austin metro area saw the nation's second-fastest increase in the number of poor people living in the suburbs from 2000 to 2011, according to a study released Monday. The findings by the Brookings Institution, a Washington, D.C.-based think #Washington, D.C. #Brookings Institution #Dallas, Texas
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Shropshire StarMany retiring 'below poverty line'
Women who are set to retire in 2013 were nearly three times more likely than men to be relying on the state as their sole form of pension income, Prudential found. Some 14% of this year's retirees said they had no company or personal pension and their on #Steve Webb