by Beth | Jul 8, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Pew Hispanic Center Offers Portrait of Unauthorized Migrants – Contrary to the stereotype of undocumented migrants as single males with very little education who perform manual labor in agriculture or construction, a new Pew Hispanic Center report shows that...
by Beth | May 30, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
In the recent letter reporting on their meeting in Paris leaders of many branches of the Vincentian Family propose the following as among the more vulnerable populations in the world today.1. Children 2. Indigenous Peoples 3. Migrants 4. Women 1. The State of World’s...
by Beth | Mar 7, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
In a world of plenty, 1 billion people are so poor, their lives are in danger. How to change that for good. Time Magazine (USA)This is a story about ending poverty in our time. It is not a forecast. I am not predicting what will happen, only explaining what can...
by Beth | Mar 3, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“…up to 40% of aid is “tied”, forcing developing countries to buy overpriced goods from donor countries”Only one-fifth of global aid is actually going to the world’s poorest countries, say humanitarian agencies. “An illusion...
by Beth | Jan 31, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“How do we move from the idea of poor people being sinners to poverty being a sin?” …. “At Union Theological Seminary in New York City, a liberal school, students this year developed a nine-day course called the Poverty Immersion Experience to...
