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UN magazine features stories of families finding their way out of poverty
Shyamola in her tea stall with her two daughters. “Until I became destitute, I had never imagined I could run a business,” she said. (Mercedes White, PHOTO: SALMAN SAEED/UNDP BANGLADESH) Mercedes...
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Everything you think you know about poverty is wrong
Lant Pritchett speaks at the Sept. 24, 2010, conference organized by Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID). (Darren Boyd, ANU College of Asia & the Pacific) Mercedes White...
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Widows’ affliction: a hidden global problem
A widow Ampamma carries garbage on a cart, along with her children in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007. (Mahesh Kumar A, ASSOCIATED PRESS) Mercedes White Nearly 250 million women around the...
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Can a poor American get a fair trial?
Defendant Colton Louder and public defender Lisa Crawford sit in front of Judge Fred Howard at the 4th District Judicial Court, Tuesday, Nov.17, 2009. Louder was charged with the murder of his uncle,...
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USDA expands efforts to reduce rural poverty
This August 7, 2002 photo shows Joe Fuhriman received assistance from the Utah Conservation Corps, a part of AmeriCorps, to install a truss on one end of his century-old barn in Nibley. Fuhriman is a...
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America’s debtors’ prisons: Poor people in Ohio being locked up for failure...
Courts in Ohio are illegally throwing poor people in jail for being unable to pay their debts, a new report by the Ohio chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union says. (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret...
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Microcredit founder says business can end poverty
Muhammad Yunus in 2006 (Keizo Mori, UPI/Landov) Mercedes White Many Americans may not recognize Muhammad Yunus’ name but they have heard of his work. Yunus, who won the Congressional Gold Medal on...
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Poor no more? Oxford study says global poverty decreasing
Beggars wait to receive food distributed at a temple, in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007. (Rajesh Kumar Singh, ASSOCIATED PRESS) Mercedes White The world’s poorest people are becoming...
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No strings attached: How one nonprofit is helping the poor by giving them cash
A Kenyan woman shows the message that appears on her phone when her GiveDirectly funds are available. (GiveDirectly) Mercedes White Paul Niehaus was pursuing a Ph.D. in developmental economics when he...
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Microsavings are building wealth penny by penny
Activists say microsavings can also reach the poorest of the poor, far outside the reaches of the formal banking system, reported the Washington Post. Mercedes White Bill Gates once said, “If you are...
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