Full coverage: Poverty

28.02.2005 "Ancora oggi la povertà uccide 50.000 persone al mondo mentre un miliardo di donne, uomini e bambini continua a soffrire la fame e la mancanza delle più elementari cure sanitarie. Nel frattempo i governi, tra cinismo e indifferenza, si dimenticano persino di rispettare i propri impegni. Ormai è certo che un cambiamento reale sarà possibile solo con una rinnovata mobilitazione della società civile mondiale. Per questo centinaia di organizzazioni di tutti i continenti, già da tempo impegnate nella lotta alla povertà, stanno unendo i propri sforzi per sollecitare i governi di tutto il mondo a cambiare le proprie politiche e mantenere le promesse realizzando almeno gli Obiettivi di Sviluppo del Millennio delle Nazioni Unite. Anche in Italia centinaia di gruppi e organizzazioni hanno risposto all'appello ed hanno dato vita ad una Coalizione nazionale contro la povertà.

28.02.2005 Federal finance minister pledges more resources for education, health and employment generation.

28.02.2005 The first way to analyze a federal budget is to look at what's been called for and what was delivered. Last fall, CPJ called for a limited, realistic mix of measures that would make a serious difference in the level and depth of child and family poverty in Canada. The government came through on its childcare commitment but offered nothing new on housing, child benefits or the Canada Social Transfer.

25.02.2005 UNICEF reports that, even with a ceasefire in place, progress in restoring school enrolment in the conflict region is inhibited by parental uncertainty and by continued child soldier recruitment.

24.02.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb 24 (OneWorld) - Global policymakers scheduled to hold special U.N. talks starting next week must boost women's share of resources and political standing in the developing world if they hope to make a significant dent in world poverty, researchers say.

24.02.2005 More than a decade of research by the International Food Policy Research Institute has found that empowering women in developing nations is essential in winning the fight against poverty, hunger and environmental degradation. IFPRI is calling on world leaders to place women's issues at the forefront of policy action.

24.02.2005 Finance Minister Ralph Goodale's budget does not go far enough to address the pressing concerns of poor people world wide. Additionally, the government has failed to give any indication, through a timetable, when it might reach the internationally agreed to target of 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income for aid spending.

23.02.2005 When a project on legalising housing settlements in the Sarajevo area known as Gorica was completed a year ago, Dervo Sejdiæ was already thinking about the employment problems of the Roma population.

23.02.2005 The conference dedicated to the start of the implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper was held yesterday in the poor Banat municipality of Plandiste, in Vojvodina. Approximately 800,000 people live below the poverty line in Serbia, with less than 4,790 Dinars monthly per household member.

22.02.2005 Konferencija posvećena početku primene Strategije za smanjenje siromastva otvorena je u siromašnoj banatskoj opštini Plandište, u Vojvodini. Oko 800.000 ljudi u Srbiji trenutno živi ispod granice siromaštva, s manje od 4.970 dinara mesečno po članu domaćinstva

22.02.2005 “Poverty is the greatest problem of the Roma. Because of that, people live in conditions of insufficient hygiene. The children don’t go to school because of the lack of possibilities to maintain basic hygiene, and the lack of money to buy school equipment and textbooks”, says Supanj Semsi, President of the “Neretva” Association of Roma from Mostar.

21.02.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb 21 (OneWorld) - A diverse array of advocacy groups is expressing hope that proposals in President George W. Bush's budget for fiscal year 2006 and in legislation before the U.S. Senate will help tackle rural poverty in the United States and the developing world.

21.02.2005 A report by the ILO says that though unemployment declined in 2004, the first time since 2000, job creation in 2005 will remain weak.

21.02.2005 A study finds out that globalisation and migration of people to cities in search of work is wreaking havoc on the health of both those who migrate as well as those who are left behind.

20.02.2005 Rat ih je doveo do kotorske raskrsnice, ali velikog izbora nisu imali. Nista im, do smetlista na Lovanji, nije preostalo, pa su tu podigli naselje. Daske i ter-papir im bio jedini gradjevinski materijal. Mnogima su bili interesantni dok su iz inostranstva pare, ne kapale, nego lile. Na tridesetak porodica Roma i Egipcana sa Kosova vjezbala se humanost. Kolektivna i pojedinacna, inostrana i domaca, vladina i nevladina.

18.02.2005 Bez donacija medjunarodnih organizacija, drzava nece biti sposobna da sama realizuju Akcioni plan ‘Dekada Roma 2005-2015’, koji predvidja smanjene siromastva i diskriminacije - ocijenio je na jucerasnjoj konferenciji za novinare koordinator mreze romskih nevladinih organizacija Veselj Beganaj. Vlada je 20. januara usvojila Akcioni plan, cime se obavezala da Romima obezbijedi bolje uslove zivota. Prioriteti u realizaciji tog plana bice obrazovanje, zaposljavanje, zdravlje i smjestaj Roma, kojih u Crnoj Gori ima oko 20 hiljada.

18.02.2005 The federal government will have an estimated $45 billion in surplus over the next three years – money that could significantly reduce poverty and inequalities in Canada and lay to rest overheated squabbles over cash transfers to the provinces, says the 2005 Alternative Federal Budget (AFB). The AFB incorporates the priorities of a wide range of prominent organizations representing millions of Canadians.

18.02.2005 Mondalin perheen elämä on mullistunut. Poika on käynyt autokoulun, vaikka isä on polkupyöräriksan kuljettaja. Tytär pyrkii korkeakouluun opiskelemaan fysiikkaa, ja äiti opettelee lukemaan kerosiinilampun valossa ja Kirkon ulkomaanavun tuella. Elämästä Kalkutan slummeissa kertoo tuore Tule ja auta -lehti.

18.02.2005 Huge government payments to the largest U.S. farms are driving family farms out of business, depriving farmers in poor countries from a fair price for their products, and costing U.S. taxpayers billions each year, explains Oxfam. A proposed bill in the Senate could change all that, but it needs support to get off the ground, the group says.

17.02.2005 As the country prepares for another round of elections--which the international community has already condemned as tainted--even card-carrying party loyalists have given up hope that any of Zimbabwe's politicians will do anything to improve their everyday lives.