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Argentina's Soaring Poverty And What President Javier Milei Is Doing About It
Argentina, a nation once ranked among the wealthiest in the world, has found itself grappling with severe economic challenges over 25 years. Then, one year ago, provocative libertarian economist Javier Milei was inaugurated as its new president.
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Indian-Americans Have Lowest Poverty Rate Among Asian Americans: Research
Indian-Americans are doing better than any other Asian-American group, according to a study by the Pew Research Center.
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"Expelled By Violence, Poverty": Thousands Of Migrants March To Reach US
The caravan of migrants from Central America grew to roughly 5,000 on Sunday, a massive group that stretched across this city's main highway for more than a half-mile.
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Dire Poverty In US To Worsen Under Trump, Threatening Democracy, Says Top UN Official
Poverty and inequality rates in the United States are alarming, poised to worsen under President Donald Trump and threatening the nation's democracy, a top United Nations official said on Friday.
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Thousands Of Central American Children Seek To Enter United States: United Nations
Thousands of children trying to escape gang violence and poverty in Central America have made their way to the United States this year - and there is no sign that the flow is letting up, the UN children's agency said in a report released late Monday.
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America Does Not Feel 'Great' To Millions Of Americans: Donald Trump
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump today said America does not feel "great" to the millions of Americans living in poverty and despair, rebutting President Barack Obama's criticism of him that the country was "already great".
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Mumbai teenager beats odds, leaves red-light zone for US degree
A young Indian woman who grew up in Mumbai's red-light district facing poverty and sexual abuse has overcome the odds to win a scholarship to study in New York.
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US poverty rate unchanged at 15%; record numbers persist
The ranks of America's poor remained stuck at record levels, although dwindling unemployment benefits and modest job gains helped stave off what experts had predicted would be the fourth rise in a row in the poverty rate.
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US poverty on track to rise to highest since 1960s
While the unemployment rate improved from 9.6% in 2010 to 8.9% in 2011, the employment-population ratio remained largely unchanged.
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Rising income inequality a threat to Asia's growth, says ADB
In its Asian Development Outlook 2012 report, the bank said if inequality in the region had remained stable over the past two decades, growth over the years would have lifted 240 million people more out of poverty, the equivalent of 6.5 per cent of developing Asia's population in 2010.
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America's working poor grew in 2010, highest in two decades
Number of working Americans earning so little they lived in poverty reached 7.2 per cent of the labor force
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1 in 7 Americans live in poverty: US Census
The Census Bureau in America has reported that the number of Americans living in poverty jumped to 14.3 percent in 2009, with the ranks of working-age poor reaching the highest since at least 1965.About 43.6 million people, or 1 in 7, were in poverty. That is up from 39.8 million, or 13.2 percent, in 2008.The number of people lacking health insuran...
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Argentina's Soaring Poverty And What President Javier Milei Is Doing About It
Argentina, a nation once ranked among the wealthiest in the world, has found itself grappling with severe economic challenges over 25 years. Then, one year ago, provocative libertarian economist Javier Milei was inaugurated as its new president.
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Indian-Americans Have Lowest Poverty Rate Among Asian Americans: Research
Indian-Americans are doing better than any other Asian-American group, according to a study by the Pew Research Center.
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"Expelled By Violence, Poverty": Thousands Of Migrants March To Reach US
The caravan of migrants from Central America grew to roughly 5,000 on Sunday, a massive group that stretched across this city's main highway for more than a half-mile.
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Dire Poverty In US To Worsen Under Trump, Threatening Democracy, Says Top UN Official
Poverty and inequality rates in the United States are alarming, poised to worsen under President Donald Trump and threatening the nation's democracy, a top United Nations official said on Friday.
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Thousands Of Central American Children Seek To Enter United States: United Nations
Thousands of children trying to escape gang violence and poverty in Central America have made their way to the United States this year - and there is no sign that the flow is letting up, the UN children's agency said in a report released late Monday.
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America Does Not Feel 'Great' To Millions Of Americans: Donald Trump
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump today said America does not feel "great" to the millions of Americans living in poverty and despair, rebutting President Barack Obama's criticism of him that the country was "already great".
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Mumbai teenager beats odds, leaves red-light zone for US degree
A young Indian woman who grew up in Mumbai's red-light district facing poverty and sexual abuse has overcome the odds to win a scholarship to study in New York.
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US poverty rate unchanged at 15%; record numbers persist
The ranks of America's poor remained stuck at record levels, although dwindling unemployment benefits and modest job gains helped stave off what experts had predicted would be the fourth rise in a row in the poverty rate.
-
US poverty on track to rise to highest since 1960s
While the unemployment rate improved from 9.6% in 2010 to 8.9% in 2011, the employment-population ratio remained largely unchanged.
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Rising income inequality a threat to Asia's growth, says ADB
In its Asian Development Outlook 2012 report, the bank said if inequality in the region had remained stable over the past two decades, growth over the years would have lifted 240 million people more out of poverty, the equivalent of 6.5 per cent of developing Asia's population in 2010.
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America's working poor grew in 2010, highest in two decades
Number of working Americans earning so little they lived in poverty reached 7.2 per cent of the labor force
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1 in 7 Americans live in poverty: US Census
The Census Bureau in America has reported that the number of Americans living in poverty jumped to 14.3 percent in 2009, with the ranks of working-age poor reaching the highest since at least 1965.About 43.6 million people, or 1 in 7, were in poverty. That is up from 39.8 million, or 13.2 percent, in 2008.The number of people lacking health insuran...
