Sentences with phrase «lifted out of poverty as»

Mr Duncan Smith said 350,000 children would be lifted out of poverty as a result of the changes, which - thanks to the simplification of the existing system - would save # 1 billion a year.

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And if banks are doing God's work — and «lift people out of poverty,» as Blankfein said at the Clinton gathering last year, how can encouraging talent to leave that work to join the government be beneficial for humankind?

The talks, known as the Doha round, were launched six years ago with the aim of adding billions of dollars to the global economy and lifting millions of people out of poverty through trade liberalization.

Lula leaves office on Dec. 31, his legacy as a transformative figure in Brazilian history all but assured thanks to massive social programs like the Bolsa Familia that have lifted millions out of poverty, the securing of the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, and a rapidly growing economy that's expected to become the world's fifth largest in the next six years and pay for it all.

It's estimated that the EITC, paired with the Child Tax Credit, lifted 5 million children out of poverty in 2013 and can give families as much as $ 3,400 for child healthcare (that number can be more for families with more kids).

As the OECD has pointed out, most of these people were lifted out of poverty by the globalization and expansion of trade since the end of the Second World War, the largest shift out of poverty in human history.

I do think that — I passionately believe that free market economics — a liberty - oriented economic policy creating high sustained growth needs to be recognized as the best means for people to be lifted out of poverty.

Child poverty reduced dramatically between 1998/9 -2010 / 12 when 1.1 million children were lifted out of poverty (BHC).9 This reduction is credited in large part to measures that increased the levels of lone parents working, as well as real and often significant increases in the level of benefits paid to families with children.

Plans intended to lift pick - up rates for funded alternatives hardly reach those at risk of pension poverty, as they often can't afford to pay into such schemes and their employers are disproportionately likely to opt out.

That is why as a county, as a community, under my administration we will continue to focus on issues related to lifting people out of poverty.

Over the next decade, a wide range of progressive social reforms were enacted, [68][69] with millions lifted out of poverty during Labour's time in office largely as a result of various tax and benefit reforms.

Pay is not the only determining factor of whether a job is good or not, and as previous work by JRF has demonstrated jobs that are low skilled, insecure and lack progression opportunities will not lift people out of poverty.

«2.5 million more jobs, economy is stronger, hundreds of thousands kids and pensioners lifted out of poverty, massively improved school results,» he said as an example.

During his time as work and pensions secretary, Iain Duncan Smith would regularly talk about lifting people out of poverty and restoring their self - worth.

«People in Syracuse work hard and deserve someone in City Hall working just as hard to protect what we have and to fight for what we deserve, thereby lifting more people out of poverty.»

He said he would expand economic development across the county as a means to provide jobs to lift people out of poverty.

And giving a helping hand to all these other crises as a result of all the fossil fuel burning needed to power our lives and lift billions out of poverty: anthropogenic climate change.

As more people worldwide are lifted out of poverty, many more can afford to eat meat regularly; global demand for animal products, now 14 grams per person per day, is expected to more than double by 2050.

Years ago Dean Karlan asked a naive question about microlending initiatives, which showed promise as a tool for lifting people out of poverty: How do we know they really work?

Education will enable refugees to lift themselves out of poverty and misery and, eventually, obtain the means to participate fully in the host communities as well as to contribute to national economic development and, upon return, to the development of their own countries.

As an empowerment rights, education is the primary vehicle by which economically and socially marginalised adults and children can lift themselves out of poverty and obtain the means to participate fully in their communities.

As part of his campaign plan for lifting children out of poverty, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Bradley recently proposed spending more on child care and early - childhood education, guaranteeing health care for all children, and creating a new program to recruit teachers for urban and rural districts.

As an empowerment right, education is the primary vehicle by which marginalized children, young people and adults can lift themselves out of poverty and participate fully in communities and society.

As parents, teachers, students and community members, we know that to win the schools all our children deserve we must take the fight beyond the classroom and lift families and communities out of poverty.

However, they also want society to serve as equal partners in the effort, lifting disadvantaged families out of poverty and closing all the gaps for children so they are as prepared for school as their higher - income peers.

And, so long as burning fossil fuels is the cheapest and easiest way of achieving that, they'll continue to burn fossil fuels — and, in the process, they'll continue to lift millions of people out of poverty.

One day, they (or some other as yet unimaginable energy source) may replace the fossil fuels that still account for 81 % of the energy that makes U.S. livelihoods, living standards, and life spans possible — and is lifting billions out of abject poverty, malnutrition, and disease.

Given that India is currently planning to double coal production by 2020 as it lifts itself out of poverty, this looks incredibly unlikely.

Carbon dioxide (CO2) has increased quite significantly during this time, as developing countries built coal - fired power plants, created jobs, lifted people out of abject poverty, dramatically improved the living standards for billions, built roads and highways, and put millions of cars and trucks on them.

As a result, it offers the only way for humanity to both significantly reduce its environmental impact and lift every country out of poverty.

The Church should stick to lifting poor souls from spiritual poverty and butt out of the narcotic of global Marxism as the means to cure economic poverty.

That, against this dark background, China — a proud country that has for all its many faults lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty — has emerged as the chief voice of a southern bloc that has consistently refused to accept the choice between developmental justice and climate stabilization.

That, against this dark background, China a proud though undemocratic country that has for all its many faults lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty has emerged as the chief voice of a southern bloc that has consistently refused to accept the choice between developmental justice and climate stabilization.

I'd agree with you 100 % that «the poorest countries will suffer the most» if they are prevented from developing a reliable, low - cost energy infrastructure based, where possible, on local basic energy resources, to lift themselves out of poverty (as we in the industrialized world did a century ago).

We need to redefine sustainable development as oil, gas, coal — energy that works and energy that lifts people out of poverty.»

Child health professionals and their professional associations can advocate for policy action on the social determinants that support parents» capacity and ability to care for children.46 We need child health professionals to advocate for more equitable welfare reforms, with the test that they must protect children as the most vulnerable members of our society.2 This will include labour market, tax and transfer polices that aim to lift all families with children out of poverty.

Young children under age 6 are more likely than any other age group to be poor, with nearly one - quarter of children living in poverty and nearly half living in low - income families.2 Children are also the largest age cohort participating in public benefit programs such as SNAP, Medicaid, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and research shows that these programs that help families meet their basic needs are effective at lifting families like Kelly's out of poverty and promoting child well - being.3 When benefit programs such as nutrition assistance, Medicaid, and tax credits are taken into consideration, the child poverty rate in the United States is reduced by half.4