Sentences with phrase «between rural poverty»

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Half a century after Independence, as of now, we have the largest population of poor people in the world, one third of our rural population is below the poverty line and despite the UN agencies» massive aid projects, the development assistance of the World Bank, bilateral aid, the Center and State governments» intervention, the gap between the rich and the poor has doubled in the last three decades - fifteen years ago the lowest 20 per cent of global population received 2.5 per cent of global wealth whereas at present, the share has been reduced to less than 1.3 per cent.

Plant With Purpose began work in the Dominican Republic 27 years ago after recognizing the connection between deforestation and rural poverty, and has responded by developing a holistic program of watershed restoration, sustainable agriculture, microfinance, and Christian discipleship.

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.

The Farmers Forum is an on - going dialogue between small farmers» and rural producers» organizations, IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development) and governments, focused on agricultural and rural development and poverty reduction.

In an Open Access article published in the Journal of Cognition and Development titled «Working Memory Differences Between Children Living in Rural and Urban Poverty,» author Michele Tine investigated whether working memory of children living in rural poverty is distinct from the working memory profiles of children in urban povRural and Urban Poverty,» author Michele Tine investigated whether working memory of children living in rural poverty is distinct from the working memory profiles of children in urban pPoverty,» author Michele Tine investigated whether working memory of children living in rural poverty is distinct from the working memory profiles of children in urban povrural poverty is distinct from the working memory profiles of children in urban ppoverty is distinct from the working memory profiles of children in urban povertypoverty.

The critical - thinking gap between field trip students from rural and high - poverty schools and similar students who didn't go on the trip was significantly larger than the gap between affluent students who went and affluent students who didn't go.

It has also meant making links between formal and informal sectors, urban and rural livelihoods, coastal and forest livelihoods, private and public interventions, social conflicts, economic thinking, agriculture, fisheries, environment, poverty alleviation, and subjective and objective wellbeing analyses in order to approach things from a humanitarian and educative and inclusive dimension that will be relevant to my immediate contexts which is Africa and the rest of the world.

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 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