By contrast, despite spending over $ 2 trillion in 5 decades, aid programs have much less to show in terms of poverty reduction — or its ancillary benefits, e.g., reductions in hunger, disease, better health care and education, and greater adaptive capacity to deal with climate change and natural disasters — than does fossil fuel - powered economic development. (cato-unbound.org)
In other words, most students in the district attend schools with students of similar income backgrounds, or most of the district's schools look very different from the district as a whole in terms of poverty levels. (americanprogress.org)
The answer, in terms of poverty reduction for working age people, is the same as it has been over decades for seniors — automatic top - ups for those who fall beneath the poverty line.... (slaw.ca)