Articles tagged with poverty

Mon, May 14, 2012

As foreign troops leave, Afghan refugees and poverty increase

By Amie Ferris-Rotman

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Gulam recalls the evening she fled her home in northern Afghanistan on foot, running with her teen daughters ...

Wed, April 25, 2012

UW research: Poverty down in Wisconsin

MADISON (WSAU) U-W Madison researchers said poverty in Wisconsin actually went down in the final year of the Great Recession – even though the Census ...

Fri, March 30, 2012

Poverty-stricken Greek town hits new low

Poverty-stricken Greek town hits new low

By Deborah Kyvrikosaios

PERAMA, Greece (Reuters) - A "humanitarian crisis" is unfolding in an impoverished Greek city where a ...

Wed, February 29, 2012

World Bank says U.N. goal of halving poverty met

By Lesley Wroughton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Developing countries appear to have already met a United Nations goal to halve extreme poverty in the world's ...

Wed, January 11, 2012

Further rise in poverty seen with slow recovery

By Mary Wisniewski

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Nearly 10 million more Americans have fallen into poverty since the 2007-2009 U.S. recession began, and the number ...

Wed, January 11, 2012

Poverty to keep rising due to slow recovery: study

By Mary Wisniewski

(Reuters) - Nearly 10 million more Americans have been driven into poverty since the 2007-2009 recession began, and the number is expected ...

Thu, January 05, 2012

Diabetes in pregnancy, poverty linked to ADHD

By Genevra Pittman

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Babies born to poor mothers with pregnancy-related diabetes have an extra-high risk of developing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder ...

Thu, December 15, 2011

Hunger stalks U.S. cities as poverty rises: study

By Lucia Mutikani

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A growing number of families in the United States are struggling to put food on the table as poverty ...

Thu, December 15, 2011

Hunger stalks U.S. cities as poverty rises: study

By Lucia Mutikani

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A growing number of families in the United States are struggling to put food on the table as poverty ...

Wed, November 30, 2011

Poverty rate rises among school-age children

UNDATED (WSAU) 17-percent of Wisconsin school kids were living in poverty last year, up from almost 13-percent in 2007 before the start of the ...

Wed, November 30, 2011

Number of school kids in poverty growing in Wisconsin

MILWAUKEE (WTAQ) - Seventeen-percent of Wisconsin school kids were living in poverty last year, up from almost 13 percent in 2007 before the start of ...

Tue, November 29, 2011

Poverty dominates many school districts: Census

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly half of all children in America live in school districts with high levels of poverty, according to U.S. Census data ...

Mon, November 28, 2011

Proposal: $3-billion to fight poverty in Wisconsin

MILWAUKEE (WSAU) A public policy group is finalizing a plan that seeks to cut Wisconsin's poverty rate in half.

The Community Advocates' institute ...

Tue, November 22, 2011

Many above poverty line struggle to make ends meet

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly half of all Americans lack economic security, meaning they live above the federal poverty threshold but still do not have enough ...

Tue, November 22, 2011

Many above poverty line struggle to make ends meet

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly half of all Americans lack economic security, meaning they live above the federal poverty threshold but still do not have enough ...

Mon, September 26, 2011

Recession drove up poverty rates in most states

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Poverty rates increased in almost all U.S. states and the District of Columbia over the course of the economic recession, with ...

Fri, September 09, 2011

For Sachs, U.S. 9/11 response undercut war on poverty

By Lesley Wroughton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World-renowned development economist Jeffrey Sachs has made it his mission to improve the lives of the world's poor ...

Sun, May 01, 2011

Study: Adults Living in Poverty on the Rise

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A new study says the number of adults living in poverty is on the rise in Wisconsin.

The Institute for Women ...

Fri, February 18, 2011

For kids in poverty, no brain benefit to iron, zinc

By Amy Norton

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Giving impoverished infants iron and zinc supplements to prevent nutritional deficiencies may not have lasting benefits for ...

Fri, February 04, 2011

Road traffic tied to poverty-stricken kids' asthma

By Amy Norton

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Teenagers living close to a busy road are more likely to have allergies and asthma than those ...

Mon, December 20, 2010

Poverty rates up in Wisconsin

UNDATED (WSAU) Poverty rates in most Wisconsin counties have gone up by over 10-percent since 2000. That’s according to the U-W Extension service ...

Mon, December 20, 2010

Wisconsin's Poverty Rates in Most Counties Top 10%

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Poverty rates in most Wisconsin counties have gone up by over 10 percent since 2000.

That’s according to the UW ...

Tue, December 14, 2010

Poverty equals obesity? Study bucks common wisdom

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women who are poor are much more likely to be obese but men are not, U.S. government researchers said on Tuesday ...

Tue, November 23, 2010

School lunch programs might break poverty cycle

By Adam Marcus

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Teens who live in households where food is scarce suffer academically, but a new study has found ...

Thu, November 18, 2010

Poverty reduction falls victim to crisis: World Bank

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank disbursed some $80.6 billion in 2009 and 2010 to soften the blow from the economic crisis but warns ...

Mon, October 25, 2010

Jackman helps anti-poverty campaign

The Hollywood actor helped launch the Global Poverty Project's new awareness movie 1.4 Billion Reasons at Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art ...

Tue, October 19, 2010

153 High Poverty Schools Honored for Academics

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin’s poorest youngsters can still do great in school.

That was the message given at the State Capitol Monday, when ...

Thu, October 14, 2010

Mobile phones help lift poor out of poverty: U.N. study

GENEVA (Reuters) - Mobile phones -- spreading faster than any other information technology -- can improve the livelihoods of the poorest people in developing countries, a United ...

Thu, October 07, 2010

Poverty rises in suburbs, help lags: Brookings

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Poverty has increased in the suburbs of U.S. cities in the last decade, but public services to the poor have not ...

Thu, September 30, 2010

President Obama Tabs Green to Head Foreign Poverty Board

WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) - President Obama has nominated former Wisconsin Congressman Mark Green to the board of a foreign aid agency that seeks to ...

Thu, September 30, 2010

Statewide poverty increases

UNDATED (WRN) Taking a closer look at those Census Bureau numbers. Poverty was up for Wisconsin children by more than three percentage points last ...

Wed, September 29, 2010

Census: Milwaukee Has 4th Highest Poverty Rate

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - New Census figures say Milwaukee now has the nation’s fourth-highest poverty rate, up from 11th just two years ago.

27 ...

Wed, September 29, 2010

Poverty rate rises in Milwaukee

UNDATED (WSAU) New Census figures say Milwaukee now has the nation’s fourth-highest poverty rate, up from 11th just two years ago.

27% of ...

Wed, September 22, 2010

Water, sanitation vital to poverty goals: U.N.

By Helen Popper

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The lack of clean drinking water and sanitation in the world's poorest nations threatens U.N. goals ...

Wed, September 22, 2010

Obama calls for new ways to tackle poverty

By Patrick Worsnip and Lesley Wroughton

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called on Wednesday for new ways to tackle global poverty and said ...

Fri, September 17, 2010

More Americans Now Living In Poverty

NEW YORK (WKZO) -- We may live in the richest country in the history of the world, but not everyone has been invited to that ...

Thu, September 16, 2010

Poverty rate hits 15-year high

By Donna Smith

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. poverty rate rose to 14.3 percent in 2009 from 13.2 percent the year before ...

Thu, September 09, 2010

U.N. goals to slash poverty, hunger achievable: draft

By Louis Charbonneau

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A set of U.N. goals aimed at drastically reducing poverty and hunger worldwide by 2015 are achievable ...

Thu, September 02, 2010

Study: Over 11% of Wisconsinites Lived in Poverty in '08

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Over 11 percent of Wisconsinites lived in poverty in 2008, just as the recession began to hit.

That’s according to ...

Tue, August 31, 2010

Drug costs would push millions more into poverty: study

By Kate Kelland

LONDON (Reuters) - Tens of millions of people in low and middle income countries would be pushed below the poverty line by ...

Mon, July 19, 2010

Poverty-stricken U.S. cities have HIV epidemics

By Kate Kelland

VIENNA (Reuters) - Many low-income urban areas across the United States have epidemics of HIV, with 2.1 percent of heterosexuals in ...

Wed, November 18, 2009

Half of children in 17 U.S. counties live in poverty

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least one in two children in 17 small counties in the United States is living in poverty, according to a U ...

Tue, September 29, 2009

Wisconsin poverty rate at 10.4%

UNDATED (WSAU) Wisconsin has the nation’s 13th lowest poverty rate among the 50 states, and the 12th lowest among children. That’s according ...

Mon, September 14, 2009

U.S. Senate denies funds for poverty group