by John Freund, CM | Dec 29, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The World Bank takes A Look Back at 2012: Year in Review See reports, issues, resources … Drop in extreme poverty rates World’s ocean/s in peril Women at work Curbing Corruption Safety nets that work Measuring the unbanked Think GREEN for inclusive growth...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 26, 2012 | Church
Bono: Catholics Should be Made Aware of How Their Church Helped Secure Debt Forgiveness A CNA/EWTN article describing Bono’s comments about the Catholic Church’s pivotal role in the debt forgiveness of and how it helped build schools reads in part: Vatican City, Nov...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 21, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Good works do pay – Study shows that education can cost less that poverty ! CANBERRA: The first economic analysis of a groundbreaking university course for Australians experiencing multiple disadvantage has found potential savings of $14, 624 per annum to the...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 17, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Santiago Barquín, CM writes, “Poverty, misery or want is a phantom with a thousand faces that vents its fury primarily among the majority of people who live in what is referred to as the Third World and among the pockets of poor people living on the fringes of...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 16, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Going behind the headlines… Yesterday, Newark Mayor Cory Booker finished his widely publicized “SNAP Challenge,” during which he subsisted solely on meals he could prepare on an average week’s worth of SNAP (formerly food stamps) benefits – which works out to...