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VANCOUVER PROTESTERS ORDERED TO STOP BLOCKING HOMELESS HOUSING PROJECT
The development is part of a wider effort to create 600 units of temporary housing across the city, as Vancouver grapples with record levels of homelessness... READ MORE›
AMERICAN VOTERS AREN'T HAPPY ABOUT THE GOP'S TAX PLAN
President Trump's job approval rating was at 35 percent, with 58 percent saying they disapproved... READ MORE›
WORLD BANK REPORT SAYS WEALTH INEQUALITY IS A THREAT TO EAST ASIA, PACIFIC NATIONS
A rapidly growing gap between rich and poor in many developing East Asian nations is threatening the foundation for the region's economic success, the Worl... READ MORE›
PEAK PERFORMANCE BY CHINESE NURSE ON SCOTLAND'S MOUNTAINS
Sunny He Huang, 45, from Liaoning province in northeast China, started the 70 Munros Challenge two years ago to raise money for the Christian Aid charity... READ MORE›
MILLIONS AT RISK OF FAMINE IN POST-HURRICANE HAITI
It's been almost a year since southern Haiti was devastated by Hurricane Matthew... READ MORE›
UNIVERSAL CREDIT IS NO ANSWER TO GROWING POVERTY
Poverty in Britain is jeopardising children's health, lowers living standards and promotes inequality... READ MORE›
CHURCH IN MALIBU BEING PRESSURED TO END MEALS FOR THE HOMELESS BECAUSE IT 'LURES THE NEEDY'
The United Methodist Church, one of many churches that provides food and help, has been offering free meals twice a week... READ MORE›
FIFTEEN WOMEN KILLED IN FOOD AID STAMPEDE
At least 15 women killed in a stampede in west Morocco while gathering to receive food aid... READ MORE›
CHINA'S PROVEN STRATEGIES CAN HELP THE WORLD
Strategies like that have been tried and tested as part of China's own development path, and can be a valuable lesson for countries aspiring to reduce poverty, he added... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | THE REPUBLICANS' NEW TAX PLAN WILL INCREASE INEQUALITY. THAT'S BAD FOR DEMOCRACY.
Chang, found that growing inequality drives the gap in satisfaction with democracy between electoral winners and losers... READ MORE›
TECH, HOUSING BOOM CREATING WEST COAST CRISIS
A homeless crisis is rocking the entire West Coast, pushing abject poverty into the open like never before... READ MORE›
MIATTA FAHNBULLEH: PEOPLES TOLERANCE FOR AN UNFAIR ECONOMIC MODEL HAS HIT A BUFFER | DAWN FOSTER
Miatta Fahnbulleh, a former academic turned policy wonk who has worked for three prime ministers and the Labour party, is not your typical thinktank chief... READ MORE›
REVERSE CUTS OR BACKING FOR UNIVERSAL CREDIT MAY COLLAPSE, SAYS THINKTANK
The government is under increasing pressure to make changes to universal credit amid fears that the reform will reach poll tax levels of public unpopularity... READ MORE›
HURRICANE MARIA RECOVERY PUTS PUERTO RICO'S DEEP RICH-POOR GAP IN STARK RELIEF
VEGA BAJA, PUERTO RICO - Hurricane Maria didn't discriminate between rich and poor when it ravaged Puerto Rico, but the recovery has been another story... READ MORE›
NOBODY EATS POTENTIAL, AFRICA'S SAVANNAH NEEDS TO FEED THE WORLD
The 2017 World Food Prize Laureate said the world needs to help Africa to rapidly modernise its agriculture and unlock its full potential to feed the world... READ MORE›
WORLD BANK ON AFRICAN COUNTRIES' DEBT STOCK [BUSINESS AFRICA]
The International Monetary Fund has raised concerns about the debt burden of some African countries between 2010 and 2016... READ MORE›
WORLD BANK ON AFRICAN COUNTRIES' DEBT STOCK [BUSINESS AFRICA]
The International Monetary Fund has raised concerns about the debt burden of some African countries between 2010 and 2016... READ MORE›
GOVERNMENT URGED TO ACT ON HOMELESSNESS CRISIS AFTER MAN'S DEATH
The Government is under renewed pressure to tackle the country's homelessness crisis following the death of a man who was sleeping rough in Dublin... READ MORE›
ON WORLD FOOD DAY, 350,000 PEOPLE IN CHAD FACE STARVATION
Eight years ago, Boko Haram militants crossed the border from Nigeria and launched their first attacks in Chad, in the Lake Region... READ MORE›
AUSTERITY POLICY BLAMED FOR RECORD NUMBERS OF CHILDREN TAKEN INTO CARE
Michalska, who is the director of children and adult services at Nottingham city council, said a growing number of families faced a bleak reality... READ MORE›
OFGEM EXTENDS PRICE CAP AHEAD OF ENERGY LEGISLATION
Ofgem said it will work with the government so customers on standard variable and other default tariffs receive price protection... READ MORE›
MORE THAN HALF OF LONDONERS IN POVERTY ARE IN WORKING FAMILIES
More than half of the 2.3 million Londoners living in poverty are members of households in which someone is earning money, research has found... READ MORE›
BILL WOULD PROTECT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION BASED ON GENETICS, IMMIGRATION STATUS, POLICE RECORDS
Ottawa mpp nathalie des rosiers aims to modernize ontario human rights code with new bill... READ MORE›
LONDON'S HOMELESS ESTIMATED AT 12,000, WITH MANY 'SOFA SURFING' OR RESORTING TO 'SURVIVAL SEX' WITH STRANGERS
In April, a law will come into force in Britain requiring local councils to prevent homelessness by supporting anyone in danger of losing their home... READ MORE›
UK COULD RESCUE ENERGY EFFICIENT HOMES POLICY WITH FEW KEY STEPS
'Clean growth' report steps into scrapping of green deal void and reinstates all new homes be zero carbon by 2020... READ MORE›
GERMANYS HIDDEN HUNGER: ON THE BREADLINE IN EUROPES RICHEST COUNTRY
At a food bank in one of Germanys wealthiest areas, growing poverty sparks anger ahead of upcoming elections... READ MORE›
POOREST LONDON CHILDREN FACE HEALTH RISKS FROM TOXIC AIR, POVERTY AND OBESITY
The study found that schools in the capital worst affected by the UK's air pollution crisis were also disproportionately poor, with high levels of obesity... READ MORE›
TWO WOMEN FROM KENYA AND MALI JOINTLY WIN THE 2017 AFRICA FOOD PRIZE
This is the second Africa Food Prize award since the rebranding in 2016 from the Yara Prize to Africa to give the award an African identity... READ MORE›
TRUMP CHANGES TO FOREIGN AID BEING FELT BY WOMEN IN POOREST COUNTRIES
Reinstatement of mexico city policy bars u.s. funding for organizations that perform or advocate for abortion... READ MORE›
'ALARM BELLS WE CANNOT IGNORE': WORLD HUNGER RISING FOR FIRST TIME THIS CENTURY
UN agencies warn conflict and climate change are undermining food security, causing chronic undernourishment and threatening to reverse years of progress... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Poverty
BILLIONAIRE BLOOMBERG TO FUND $5M PUBLIC HEALTH PROJECTS IN 40 CITIES WORLDWIDE
Exclusive Melbourne, Accra and Ulaanbaatar among cities to benefit from funding pledged by former New York mayor to tackle issues from air pollution to obesity... READ MORE›
8 PEOPLE HAVE SAME WEALTH AS WORLD'S POOREST HALF
Income inequality is so now lopsided that eight men now own the same amount of wealth as the poorest half of the world... READ MORE›
EMPTY HOMES OWNED BY RICH SHOULD BE 'REQUISITIONED' FOR GRENFELL TOWER RESIDENTS
Jeremy Corbyn Empty homes owned by rich should be 'requisitioned' for Grenfell Tower residents... READ MORE›
THE RICH ARE LIVING LONGER AND TAKING MORE FROM TAXPAYERS
Life expectancy trends also affect the long-term finances of entitlement programs such as Social Security... READ MORE›
TOURIST FLIES HOMELESS EDINBURGH MAN TO SWEDEN FOR CHRISTMAS
Annis Lindkvist befriended Jimmy Fraser after asking him for directions while he was begging in Edinburgh... READ MORE›
DROUGHT AND WAR HEIGHTEN THREAT OF NOT JUST 1 FAMINE, BUT 4
We underestimated the role of water and its contribution to mortality in the last famine, said Ann Thomas, a water, sanitation and hygiene specialist for Unicef... READ MORE›
DON KING DROPS N-WORD WHILE INTRODUCING DONALD TRUMP
Don King drops N-word while introducing Donald Trump... READ MORE›
525 REFUGEES DIE AT SEA IN FIRST FEW WEEKS OF 2017
It is clear that from Libya we are seeing a mixed flow of refugees and migrants escaping extreme poverty... READ MORE›
REPORT REVEALS SCALE OF FOOD BANK USE IN THE UK
Project by Independent Food Aid Network finds at least 2,000 food banks giving out parcels, with demand continuing to grow... READ MORE›
ONTARIO PLANS TO LAUNCH UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME TRIAL RUN THIS SUMMER
Ontario plans to launch universal basic income trial run this summer... READ MORE›
MATT DAMON IN DAVOS: WE CAN WORK WITH ANYBODY, EVEN TRUMP
We don't see our role here at the World Economic Forum as being part of a global elite... READ MORE›
LEVELS OF CHILD HUNGER AND DEPRIVATION IN UK AMONG HIGHEST OF RICH NATIONS
Unicef report finds that one in three British children are in 'multi-dimensional poverty' and says gaps between rich and poor are widening around the world... READ MORE›
HUNGER EATS AWAY AT VENEZUELA'S SOUL AS ITS PEOPLE STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE
Former foreign minister and top aide Delcy Rodriguez has denied the country has a food crisis, denouncing the blackmail of hunger ... READ MORE›
IN JAPAN, SINGLE MOTHERS STRUGGLE WITH POVERTY AND WITH SHAME
I feel like Japan is such a cold country towards children... READ MORE›
EIGHT CHARTS THAT SHOW 2016 WASN'T AS BAD AS YOU THINK
Put even more simply, every single day over the past 25 years, the number of people living in extreme poverty has declined by 137,000... READ MORE›
HOW YOU CAN HELP HAITI AFTER HURRICANE MATTHEW
After Hurricane Matthew roared through Haiti causing widespread destruction, the island nation has been left in disrepair... READ MORE›
AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF BAILOUTS, GREEKS SINK YET DEEPER IN POVERTY
But Greece isn't far behind in third place, with Eurostat data showing 22.2 percent of the population were severely materially deprived in 2015... READ MORE›
BENEFIT SANCTIONS FORCING PEOPLE TO USE FOOD BANKS, STUDY CONFIRMS
Oxford University research shows link between sanctions and use of charity parcels, a pattern ministers refuse to accept... READ MORE›
TRUMP FOREIGN AID CUTS HURT WORLD'S MOTHERS
Should the United States continue to spend 1 percent of our budget on foreign aid?... READ MORE›
AS THE POOR JOIN PROTESTS, VENEZUELA MAY BE HITTING A TURNING POINT
Maduro is so different, said Irene Castillo, 26, who lives in El Guarataro, a tough neighborhood not far from the presidential palace... READ MORE›
FOOD POVERTY IS THE 'NEW NORMAL' IN THE UK. WE ADOPTED IT FROM THE STATES
More than 40 million Americans use food banks, about one in eight people, and this includes 13 million children... READ MORE›
WORLD BANK'S STAR ECONOMIST IS SIDELINED IN WAR OVER WORDS
Romer pioneered research into endogenous growth, examining how the diffusion of knowledge boosts output... READ MORE›
LOS ANGELES HOMELESS NUMBERS JUMP 23% IN A YEAR
The homeless population in the city grew 20 percent while the numbers for the wider Los Angeles County were even higher at 23 percent, the figures revealed... READ MORE›
COAL DOESN'T HELP THE POOR; IT MAKES THEM POORER
Delivering electricity to those in energy poverty is certainly important... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 250,000 PEOPLE IN ENGLAND ARE HOMELESS, SAYS SHELTER
The analysis also identified homelessness hotspots in Brighton, Birmingham, Slough, Bristol, Coventry, Reading, Manchester, Luton and Chelmsford... READ MORE›
WORLD BANK SAYS PARIS CLIMATE GOALS AT RISK FROM NEW COAL SCHEMES
Jim Yong Kim said poor countries needed help to become more resilient to climate change... READ MORE›
POVERTY BLIGHTING HEALTH OF MANY UK CHILDREN, PAEDIATRICIANS WARN
Paediatricians around the country are telling us that poverty is affecting the health of children in a way we haven't seen before, he said... READ MORE›
'THE SUPER-RICH AND THE REST OF US'
He said the government is watching the issue of wealth inequality closely... READ MORE›
EIGHT PEOPLE HAVE SAME WEALTH AS HALF THE WORLD, OXFAM REVEALS AHEAD OF DAVOS
Each year we are misled by Oxfam's wealth statistics... READ MORE›
HALF OF CHILDREN NEEDING SUMMER FOOD BANK SUPPORT ARE IN PRIMARY SCHOOL
She added As a nation, we also must address the reasons why families with children are referred to food banks in the first place... READ MORE›