Search Results for 'Crisis'

The present crisis in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka has a long history. It is fairly well documented and most of us are having a fair knowledge of it. The history of Sri Lanka portrays one of the most sophisticated contemporary civilizations of the world. The ancient social order [...]

Posted On : Oct, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Impact of global crisis on poverty?

The Global Monitoring Report 2010 attempts to assess the impact of the global economic crisis on poverty. Are the numbers useful? According to the World Bank's analysis, the global economic crisis has had an negative impact on pove [...]

Posted On : May, 04 2012 | Comments : 0

The Poverty Crisis and New York

The U.S. Census Bureau has just reported a sobering statistic: another 2.6 million people fell into poverty in America last year, bringing the total number of people living in poverty to 46.2 million. That's the highest number in the [...]

Posted On : Sep, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Impact of global crisis on poverty?

According to the World Bank's analysis, the global economic crisis has had an negative impact on poverty, but could have been much worse. The report argues that timely and effective policies, including IFI assistance, helped save the [...]

Posted On : Jul, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Hunger, poverty at a 'crisis point'

The only way to stop the growing rate of hunger is by increasing wages, investing in income security programs, providing affordable housing and improving access to community food programs, according to a list of recommendations to be rel [...]

Posted On : Dec, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

Financial crisis hurting millions - ADB, UN

Seventeen million Asians have fallen into extreme poverty due to the global financial crisis, the Asian Development Bank and the United Nations said on Wednesday. And another four million could this year slip into the same situation [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2010 | Comments : 0

What does Americas economic crisis mean for the truly poor?

For months, the airwaves and pages have been filled with talk about the devastating economic crisis. Many said that it played a major role in President-elect Barack Obama’s victory over Sen. John McCain, while others have [...]

Posted On : Jul, 21 2009 | Comments : 0

A look at poverty as crisis

Theologians from across the country will lead a discussion on poverty during the fifth annual University of St. Thomas Fr. William J. Young Social Justice Summer Institute on June 4 and 5. The conference will treat poverty as a moral [...]

Posted On : May, 29 2009 | Comments : 0

Economic crisis will push 100m into poverty trap

The global economic meltdown is set to push as many as 100 million into a poverty trap, mostly in developing countries, UN Habitat has predicted. Highlighting that those who contributed the least to the problem -- those who live on le [...]

Posted On : Apr, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

Women's Day marks crisis of poverty, violence

Women rallied worldwide to demand equal rights and protest against domestic violence and growing poverty in the global economic crisis as they marked International Women's Day. Thousands gathered in public squares from Bangalore to Kinsha [...]

Posted On : Mar, 09 2009 | Comments : 0

Bishops demand action on 'poverty crisis'

Australian Catholic bishops say poverty in Australia has reached crisis point and the Federal Government needs to take emergency measures. The bishops have released their social justice statement for 2008.The Australian Catholic Social Jus [...]

Posted On : Sep, 18 2008 | Comments : 0

Dispatches from a crisis: It's not the food, it's the povert...

For years, even decades, they have been sounding the alarm on what the international community has only recently recognized as a food crisis. But the crisis, they say, is not new. In fact, it has been decades in the making. And they would [...]