Archive for November, 2007

World Hunger and Poverty RSS Feed

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

I want to make sure that you all know that this blog has an RSS feed. Here is the URL of this blog’s RSS feed:
http://millionsofmouths.com/blog/nfblog/wp-rss2.php
If you do not know what an RSS feed is, let me tell you. It is a form of internet syndication. Users can subscribe to RSS feeds, and then they can […]

Child Abuse Can Lead To Poverty

Friday, November 9th, 2007

New studies show that child abuse can lead to poverty. Victims of child abuse have an increased chance of ending up in poverty than children from non-abusive homes.
“You can come from a family that has money but if they don’t treat you well, you can end up in a lot of trouble,” said Senior Research […]

Yunus Criticizes World Bank for Failure to Cut Poverty

Sunday, November 4th, 2007

A recent AFP article reports that Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus criticized the World Bank for its failure to cut poverty.
On Sunday, Yunus told Bank President Robert Zoellick that the bank’s failure to modernize anti-poverty lending programs has made its work ineffective. Additionally, Yunus says that the bank needs to include input from the […]