Low income from this industry and the brave losses through the tsunami placed them on the verge of falling into acute poverty. (globaleducationmagazine.com)
With tens of millions of their people still suffering from acute poverty, and from the dire consequences of poverty such as preventable disease, malnutrition and premature death, it is understandable that their overriding priority is the fastest feasible rate of economic development. (climatescience.org.nz)
«There is conflict in many regions of our world, acute poverty, unemployment and an influx of oppressed people driven away from their own countries and seeking refuge elsewhere. (premierchristianity.com)