Today, I read the most interesting article about poverty that I’ve read in a long time. In the recent article, Steven Pearlstein explains the ideas of Charles Karelis in regards to the seemingly counterintuitive behaviors common to poor people. I include an excerpt: The reason the poor are poor is that they are more likely […]
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Help Ends Early for Poor South African Children
Katharine Hall And Jo Monson posted an article about South African Poverty. They say that help for poor children ends too early. In South Africa the majority of children are born into poor households. Poverty is associated with unemployment and exacerbated by low levels of education, and so the stage is set for yet another […]
Food Aid Reforms Needed to Combat Hunger
Emergency aid has saved millions of lives, but such help provided over longer periods might destabilise markets, create dependency on imports and delay reforms needed to lift domestic output, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said in a report. “Reforms to the international food aid system are necessary but they should be undertaken giving […]