Sentences with phrase «rampant poverty»

Chicago Tribune columnist Mike Royko has been looking at the data and he reports this exchange with a fictional barroom interlocutor who is not impressed by all the talk about rampant poverty in America:

Deteriorating security, rampant poverty and illiteracy, logistical difficulties and allegations of rigging are among the concerns raised by analysts and activists ahead of the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) presidential and parliamentary elections, scheduled for 28 November.

Max (Damon) has grown up dreaming of life on the Stanford torus, while dealing with the rampant poverty, crime, and illiteracy of Earth.

Rampant poverty and lack of awareness regarding the importance of education are the main reasons behind the high dropout and out of school children in these tribal villages.

The Indian story of implementation is globally acknowledged as a story of success; there are several lessons to be learnt especially when the country is battling with large base of people living with the virus and rampant poverty.

In a context where violence, rampant poverty, abuse of alcohol / drugs and infant birth / AIDS are the masters, the train surfing is configured as the search for a social redemption that will never come for the characters of this story.