The number
of people below the poverty line, measured in terms of minimum necessary nutritional standards, is said to be going down and yet malnutrition as well as severe physical debilities and destitution are on the increase, especially these affecting women and children, the simple physical capacity of the youngest generation to withstand the strains of living becoming ever more unstable and fragile.»
While giving specific instances, Mr. Narayanan said, `' we have the largest number
of people below the poverty line and the largest number of children suffering from malnutrition.»
400 million: region's share
of people below the poverty line (out of 767 million worldwide)-- defined as $ 1.90 per person per day, using 2011 purchasing power parity
Not exact matches
There is a 58 percent figure mentioned, but it has to do with the racial makeup
of restaurant workers affected: 58 percent
of workers
below the
poverty line, according to the report, are
people of color.
Poverty Rate
Gender & Age
Overall
14.6 %
Percentage of people who fell below the poverty line — $ 24,340 for a family of four — in 2016
Children
20.1 %
PercenPoverty Rate
Gender & Age
Overall
14.6 %
Percentage of people who fell below the poverty line — $ 24,340 for a family of four — in 2016
Children
20.1 %
Percenpoverty line — $ 24,340 for a family of four — in 2016
Children
20.1 %
Percentage...
Specific policies include the 30 - 50 Plan to Fight
Poverty, which is committed to reducing the number of people living below the poverty line by 30 percent and the number of children by 50 percent; an Affordable Housing Plan; pursing the long - term goal of a national high - quality, universal, community - based, early education and child care system; increasing the Guaranteed Income Supplement by $ 600 per year for low - income seniors; and creating a new relationship with Canada's First Nation, Inuit and Métis peoples, including re-instating the Kelowna
Poverty, which is committed to reducing the number
of people living
below the
poverty line by 30 percent and the number of children by 50 percent; an Affordable Housing Plan; pursing the long - term goal of a national high - quality, universal, community - based, early education and child care system; increasing the Guaranteed Income Supplement by $ 600 per year for low - income seniors; and creating a new relationship with Canada's First Nation, Inuit and Métis peoples, including re-instating the Kelowna
poverty line by 30 percent and the number
of children by 50 percent; an Affordable Housing Plan; pursing the long - term goal
of a national high - quality, universal, community - based, early education and child care system; increasing the Guaranteed Income Supplement by $ 600 per year for low - income seniors; and creating a new relationship with Canada's First Nation, Inuit and Métis
peoples, including re-instating the Kelowna Accord.
Aimed at improving the health standards
of people at or
below the
poverty line, four
of the public sector general insurers implemented UHIS in India.
Deep
poverty means living
below 50 %
of the
poverty line, which would be an income
of $ 11,157 for a family
of four and $ 5,672 for a non-elderly
person living alone.
One estimate shows that in the first year
of reforms, «nearly 6 to 7 million
people went
below the «
poverty line» in contrast to an annual improvement
of nearly 10 to 15 million moving above the
poverty line over the last decade.»
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.
Not only are its
people more polarized than ever over Puerto Rico's status question — whether to become a sovereign nation, become a state
of the U.S. or stay as it is; it is the most impoverished North American territory, with an external debt
of over $ 7 billion, an unemployment rate
of more than 20 per cent, 65 per cent
of its
people on federal food stamps and 38 per cent who have an income
below the
poverty line.
Growing up in the second poorest county in Illinois, where many families
below the
poverty line depended on venison from hunting to get through the winter, the only times I saw
people like me on TV were in Dukes
of Hazard reruns (my own family has a storied moonshining history) and in a VHS copy
of the 1974 film Where the Red Fern Grows.
In India's «ten percent economy» as economist C.T. Kurien calls it, 40 to 50 percent
of people are living
below the
poverty line; and the present pattern
of development through globalization with economic growth as the only criterion will lead to large - scale cuts in welfare measures and to the capital - intensive industries under the auspices
of the multi-national corporations and consequently to more
poverty and unemployment as it happened in Latin America.
On the basis
of an examination
of the relevant figures, one estimate shows that in the first year
of reforms, «nearly 6 to 7 million
people went
below the «
poverty line» in contrast to an annual improvement
of nearly 10 to 15 million moving above the
poverty line over the last decade.»
The Bill will enable every
person Below the
Poverty Line (BPL) to receive 25 kilograms
of wheat or rice per month at the rate
of Rupees three or 0.065 per kilogram.
As the report shows, more than 14 percent
of people living in the Chicago are in areas
of extreme
poverty — neighborhoods where 40 percent or more
of the households are
below the
poverty line.
Mr. Spencer Taylor Acting Executive Director
of CEDECOM noted that pineapple growing has been identified as the pre-occupation and the life blood
of the
people of Ekumfi although the farmers are confronted with challenges which position them
below the
poverty line.
However there has been an increase
of 500,000
people without children living
below the
poverty line - from 2.5 million in 1997 to 3 million today.
Nearly seven out
of ten
people were living
below the extreme
poverty line, on less than $ 1 a day, and livelihood opportunities were severely limited.»
Huge inequalities are prevalent within each generation, with
poverty and ill health rife even among the so - called lucky generation
of baby - boomers: 1.8 million
people over state pension age are currently living
below the
poverty line and three quarters
of NHS clients are aged 65 and over.
There are, for example, more
people below the global
poverty line in India than in the whole
of sub-Saharan Africa.
Nearly 8,000 senior citizens would be affected in Upper Manhattan should the centers close, according to Rodriguez, who emphasized that nearly 25 percent
of households in his district house at least one elderly
person, many
of whom live
below the
poverty line.
More than 25 percent
of people with both Medicaid (government insurance for
people living
below the federal
poverty line) and Medicare (government insurance for older adults) reported having food insecurity.
STEVE: How are we going to stop it when the majority
of people are
below the
poverty line and many have got disease?
Meanwhile, the Modi government has made it clear that with more than 20 percent
of the country's residents still living
below the
poverty line and 300 million
people still without access to electricity, India is at a very different economic level than China.
All
of the children studied were born to mothers who lived near the contaminated harbor and dumpsites in these low - income communities, where twice as many
people live
below the
poverty line than the Massachusetts average.
We also show each state's absolute
poverty rate as it is traditionally defined: the percentage
of all
people in the state living in households
below the federal
poverty line, which is currently set at $ 24,250 for a family
of four.
WS: I believe that the main reason
of poorness and the high percentage
of people living
below the
poverty line goes back most importantly to state policy, the unfair distribution
of estates and the huge differences in the proportion
of salaries
of the government staff and the priorities go to those in higher positions on the expense
of the rest
of the nation or most
of them.
More than 40 %
of young
people in 25 constituencies now live
below the
poverty line according to The Child Poverty Action
poverty line according to The Child
Poverty Action
Poverty Action Group.
On the other hand, the poorest
people in society, that is to say about 16 %
of Jamaicans, live
below the
poverty line.
In this report, we examine need estimates through the lens
of four different policy options for financing
of out -
of - school time programs: universal coverage (every child in a public school receives full or partial subsidy), subsidies for children and young
people in households with incomes at 130 percent
of the
poverty line, subsidies for those designated as «at risk» for academic failure, and subsidies for those in households with incomes at or
below the
poverty line.
These costs nearly put college out -
of - reach for the 39 %
of young
people in Orleans parish who live
below the
poverty line.
Not all
of these
people are living
below the
poverty line; some have voluntarily simplified their lives, and don't see the need to add internet into the mix.
It's not what you may think: this 41 % is made up not only
of people living at or
below the
poverty line.
We provide valuable food and medicines for animals in the care
of people who live
below the
poverty line.
The calculation
of owned cat numbers was based on human population estimates and estimates
of the number
of persons above or
below the
poverty line.
In Milwaukee, the WHS looked at each ZIP code in the city, filling the spreadsheet with such information as the total population, number
of households, percentage
of renter - occupied homes, racial makeup, level
of education, median age, unemployment rate, average income and percentage
of people living
below the
poverty line.
In the Pets for Life program focus area in Atlanta, 38 %
of people live
below the
poverty line with little or no access to pet care services.
In North Minneapolis, where more than 37 percent
of the population lives
below the
poverty line and where MN SNAP's stationary clinic is located; there are
people who can't afford MN SNAP's small fees.
• Over 40 %
of people live
below the
poverty line.
According to the Humane Society
of the United States, 1/6
of individuals live
below poverty line with an annual income
of $ 22k (for a 4
person family).
In some areas
of South Dallas, more than 40 percent
of people live
below the
poverty line, and can not access much - needed services and supplies for their beloved pets.
Physical needs (that is, nutrition, sanitation, access to energy and elimination
of poverty below the US$ 1.90
line) could likely be met for 7 billion
people at a level
of resource use that does not significantly transgress planetary boundaries.
Law Society president Joe Egan said «The financial eligibility test for civil legal aid is disqualifying
people from receiving badly - needed legal advice and representation, even though they are already
below the
poverty line... The position has been getting progressively worse, because the means test thresholds have been frozen since 2010, while the cost
of living,
of course, has not.
New research commissioned by the Law Society and produced by Professor Donald Hirsch
of Loughborough University reveals that
people on incomes 10 % to 30 %
below the
poverty line are being excluded from legal aid.
Legal aide, again, bless their hearts but they can't possibly reach the need that they have for the
people that are
below the
poverty line and
of course they don't reach anybody in the middle class.
80 %
below the
poverty line and more than 1/2
of those in the middle class — the
people who need legal help the most can not get access to even modest legal advice on serious issues like custody, divorce and criminal questions.
The Pension Fund Development and Regulatory Authority, set up in 2003, regulates three broad types
of pension schemes — the government pension schemes (such as the one that covers Amit Chandra), the National Old Age Pension Scheme for
people living
below the
poverty line, and the private pension schemes / funds.
Health insurance scheme covering
people below poverty line has been target at 90 percent for most
of the states.
Over 40 percent
of the capital city's young
people live
below the
poverty line.