by Beth | Dec 4, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
In a Nov. 2005 statement on the upcoming WTO ministerial in Hong Kong December 13-18, 2005, the Vatican wrote, “trade rules should be aligned with a wider commitment to human development and to the lifting of living standards of the poor.” The statement went on to...
by Beth | Nov 29, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Award honours importance of a particular program that is the first of its kind in Australia to offer University courses for homeless people… enriching the lives of homeless people in a way that breaks the cycles of poverty and disadvantage and has the potential...
by Beth | Nov 28, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
GENOA, Italy, NOV. 23, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Loans by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, as well as country-to-country loans, are usurious and should be declared illegal, says the archbishop of Genoa. Cardinal Tarsicio Bertone voiced this criticism when...
by Beth | Nov 26, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
WASHINGTON, D.C., NOV. 26, 2005 (Zenit.org).- International migration can be an important tool in helping developing countries, affirmed a World Bank report published Nov. 16. Migrants and the money they send back home, remittances, is the main theme in the annual...
by Beth | Nov 26, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
As the rain comes to southern Africa this month, it will bring with it more malaria deaths. But in a glimmer of hope, Zambia, where malaria kills 30,000 people annually, is launching a campaign — aided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Global Fund...
by Beth | Nov 23, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Some 38 million people in America are considered “food insecure” — they have trouble finding the money to keep food on the table. NPR profiles families who have faced hunger in three different settings: rural, suburban and urban America.Hunger Hidden...
