Sentences with phrase «areas of rural poverty»

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Over 1 billion people in the world today live under unacceptable conditions of poverty, mostly in developing countries, and particularly in rural areas of low - income Asia and the Pacific, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the least developed countries.

According to a study of the Food and Agriculture Organization about 700 million people in the rural areas of the poor countries live in absolute poverty and their lot is not improving.

The study, titled Impossible Choices, spoke to almost 200 teenagers between the ages of 13 and 18 in 20 focus groups across 10 different communities — including big cities like Chicago and Los Angeles, as well as rural areas like rural North Carolina and eastern Oregon — who were members of families facing poverty and food insecurity.

Both FAO and IRRI are actively promoting more sustainable rice practices throughout the value chain - production, marketing and consumption - to optimize its nutritional properties and as a means of improving livelihoods and tackling poverty, particularly in rural areas.

* A note about prices: I am located in a rural area with a high level of poverty.

Population size and age, fertility, mobility, poverty, equity, and resource availability and consumption all influence the impact on the environment» «Nigeria should focus on more influence in advocacy of family planning, the need to enhance people's knowledge on the modern family planning especially in rural areas» said Fayehun According to United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs as published on 21 June, 2017, global population will reach to 9.80 billion by 2050.

Identifying poverty and a race - wide issue, not just affecting inner - city or minority communities, as it was mentioned 62 percent of poverty in Erie County takes place outside the City of Buffalo; with the Rural Outreach Center (ROC) having been established in East Aurora as a central area of assistance; to go along with the Department of Social Services utilizing University at Buffalo student interms to assist those in the community.

As a result of the large - scale actions aimed at alleviation of poverty, the size of poor populations in rural areas of China decreased from 250 million in 1978 to 82 · 49 million in 2010.

Students from rural areas and high - poverty schools, as well as minority students, typically show gains that are two to three times larger than those of the total sample.

We also examine results separately for families with incomes below the poverty line (i.e., the poorest 19 percent of families), as compared to those at or above the poverty line, and families who live in rural areas (17 percent of all families), as compared to those in more urban areas.

Keeping Kids Cosy will target both rural and urban areas of higher deprivation across the two counties where the latest government statistics show fuel poverty levels as high as 22.9 %, or over one in five house holds.

I've taught in three states from urban to rural settings, and from deep poverty to an area of high affluence.

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True to Villanueva Beard's commitment to recognizing the cultural differences across the many regions in which TFA places corps members, the Mississippi Delta will become a hub for training TFA teachers headed to rural areas, where the demand for first - year teachers is much higher than in many cities, and where corps members will encounter a different type of poverty.

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Across the country, states and school districts experience a critical shortage of teachers, especially in hard - to - staff subjects, such as science, technology, and math, and in hard - to - staff schools, such as those in high - poverty and rural areas.

This report examines the extent to which teachers who are not fully certified are disproportionately assigned to teach in high - poverty schools, schools with high proportions of students of color, English learners, or students with disabilities, and schools located in rural or urban areas.

The law encourages local districts to submit teacher pay proposals for the pilot that could look like one of two distinct models: either pitch a plan that would reward teachers on the basis of how well their students do on tests, or present an idea for paying teachers who work in hard to staff subject areas or rural / high poverty schools and / or taking on additional leadership roles to improve student success.

Alison Ruff, a primary teacher in Leicestershire, said: «The difference in levels of funding between rural and urban areas creates poverty in rural schools.

The third believes most schools, and especially those in affluent areas, have never been better, but that schools in inner cities and rural areas sometimes underachieve because of poverty, segregation, and inequality.

Many students and families in Texas lack access to high - quality ELO programs, especially in rural and high - poverty areas of the state.

The area is made up of small, rural towns with high unemployment, high poverty, and low educational attainment.

Colleges Discover the Rural Student Students from rural areas, where residents are more likely to live in poverty and have lower education levels than those labeled urban, suburban or town, only make up less than 30 percent of college students nationRural Student Students from rural areas, where residents are more likely to live in poverty and have lower education levels than those labeled urban, suburban or town, only make up less than 30 percent of college students nationrural areas, where residents are more likely to live in poverty and have lower education levels than those labeled urban, suburban or town, only make up less than 30 percent of college students nationwide.

Key examples include Cawelti and Protheroe's (2001) study of change in six school districts in four states; Snipes, Dolittle and Herlihy's (2002) case studies of improvement in four urban school systems and states; Massell and Goertz's (2002) investigation of standards - based reform in 23 school districts across eight states; McLaughlin and Talbert's (2002) analysis of three urban or metropolitan area California districts; Togneri and Anderson's (2003) investigation of five high poverty districts (four urban, one rural) from five states; and several single - site case studies of district success (e.g., Hightower, 2002; Snyder, 2002).

Shelter access is the first line of defense against abandonment, and, in rural areas with chronic poverty, affordable spay / neuter services are the only line of defense against unwanted litters.

 «Despite the great agricultural potential in the region, the rural area has the largest number of people living in poverty.

In rural areas poverty and the remoteness of the communities have been contributing factors in preserving traditional plant knowledge.

As is common with many countries as they industrialize, the usual plagues of poverty — infectious diseases and high infant mortality — have given way to diseases more often associated with affluence, such as heart disease, stroke, and cancer.While this might be expected in China's richer cities, where bicycles are fast being traded in for cars and meat consumption is climbing, it also holds true in rural areas.

As part of the Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana, the BJP's rural electrification scheme, the government had also proposed to provide free electricity connections to over 43.5 million rural households below the poverty line (BPL, with the poverty line set at Rs 816 per capita per month for rural areas).

Energy poverty is suffered both by those on the periphery of sprawling urban areas and by those in remote rural villages.

Energy poverty is concentrated in rural areas, with sub-Saharan Africa and India accounting for 48 % and 24 %, respectively, of those without access to energy.

The distinctive characteristics of rural areas make them uniquely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change because: • Greater dependence on agriculture and natural resources makes them highly sensitive to climate variability, extreme climate events and climate change • Existing vulnerabilities caused by poverty, lower levels of education, isolation and neglect by policy makers, can all aggravate climate change impacts in many ways.

A holistic approach encompassing cultural, institutional, and legal issues in the formulation and implementation of energy supply strategies is essential, especially in areas of urban and rural poverty where conventional market approaches are insufficient.

Criminal activity in Honduras» forests is stripping the country of its natural wealth, deepening poverty in rural areas, and causing violent social unrest, as forest communities are pitted against timber gangs.

People living in rural, remote and regional areas are affected by wider policies that entrench poverty and punitive approaches for people already doing it tough (such as plans for drug testing of Centrelink recipients), as well as more general determinants of health such as structural racism.

The effects of place may also vary with individual and households characteristics.2 This is reflected in an urban excess of CMD only among those who were economically inactive, 51 variation in suicide rates with area level and individual socioeconomic factors, particularly unemployment, 52,53 and interaction between ethnicity and urban / rural location in the association with depressive symptoms among those living in poverty in the USA.54 Thus, place may only affect those with specific vulnerabilities.13

Since 2008, suburbs have experienced larger and faster increases in poverty than either urban or rural areas.24 This significant shift in the location and demographics of children and families dealing with financial stress makes necessary a reevaluation of the current engagement and service delivery systems that may not meet this emerging need.25

These attacks hurt marginalized communities domestically and abroad — people of color, those who live in rural areas, those struggling to make ends meet in the U.S. and women and girls living in poverty in developing countries — the most.

My experience includes working in a free mental health clinic in a rural high - poverty area, a day program serving low - income adult clients with severe mental illness, and in private practice setting where I worked with children and teens in the context of their families, individuals, couples, and families.