Sentences with phrase «cycles of poverty over»

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According to a Harvard Business Review study, women in emerging markets reinvest 90 % of every dollar earned into «human resources» — their families» education, health and nutrition — compared to only 30 to 40 % of every dollar earned by men.2 In other words, Kiva's loans have helped countless families and communities in over 80 countries escape a vicious cycle of poverty.

I would note that while «the poor will always be with you», since we acknowledge that the number of people «caught in the bear trap» goes up and down over time with the business cycle, and human nature is largely consistent in aggregate, that human nature alone can not explain why people end up in poverty.

Most Eye - Opening: Meredith Birkett with «Child marriage continues cycle of abuse, poverty for girls in over 50 countries»

The charity works on international projects, including the Adopt a Village model, which brings over 650 schools and school rooms to youth and provides clean water, health care and sanitation to one million people around the world, freeing children and their families from the cycle of poverty.

Over the first 10 years more than 22 sponsors worked with over 180 sites at a cost of over $ 500 million in a massive effort to find ways to break the cycle of poverty through improved education.&raOver the first 10 years more than 22 sponsors worked with over 180 sites at a cost of over $ 500 million in a massive effort to find ways to break the cycle of poverty through improved education.&raover 180 sites at a cost of over $ 500 million in a massive effort to find ways to break the cycle of poverty through improved education.&raover $ 500 million in a massive effort to find ways to break the cycle of poverty through improved education.»

Only about 46 percent of children aged three through six in families below the federal poverty line are enrolled in center - based early childhood programming, compared to 72 percent of children in families above the federal poverty line.1 Poor children are about 25 percent less likely to be ready for school at age five than children who are not poor.2 Once in school, these children lag behind their better - off peers in reading and math, are less likely to be enrolled in college preparatory coursework, less likely to graduate, and over 10 percent more likely to require remediation if they attend a four - year post-secondary institution.3 All of these issues compound one another to create a cycle of low opportunity: children in poverty are less likely to achieve high educational attainment, and low educational attainment leads to lower median weekly earnings and higher rates of unemployment.

As education reform leaders and unions fight over policies that mandate rigorous teacher evaluations and encourage the growth of charter schools, poor kids are losing out in the most basic of ways — a situation that embeds them deeper in the cycle of poverty.

The cycle of poverty made it taboo to talk about personal finance so I watched in silence as my parents stressed over money.