Tag: poverty

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2008-07 Consumer debt, which does not include mortgages, reached $2.56 trillion in April, up from $2.28 trillion at the end of 2005.
-- According to the US Federal Reserve
2008-05-23 "I think it is a partnership that could be very productive and fruitful for both continents not only in terms of trade and investment. We can have a partnership in global warming, clean water, technology transfer and the fight against poverty.
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With the European Union we can expand our relationship and I think that's going to be very productive."
-- Alejandro Toledo, the former President of Peru, in an interview with Bloomberg Television
2008-01-05 The unrest "threatens impressive recent gains in economic growth and poverty reduction
-- Statement of the World Bank
2007-11-14 "The number of people in China living below the World Bank's dollar-a-day poverty line is 300 million -- three times larger than currently estimated."
-- Albert Keidel, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a former US Treasury official and World Bank economist
2007-11-10 “I’m in this race for the same reason that I fought for jobs for the jobless and hope for the hopeless on the streets of Chicago; for the same reason I fought for justice and equality as a civil rights lawyer; for the same reason that I fought for Illinois families for over a decade…That’s why I’m running, Democrats — to keep the American Dream alive for those who still hunger for opportunity, who still thirst for equality.”
-– Barack Obama, Speech in Des Moines, IA
2007-11 “Guatemala is in dire shape today, with extreme poverty, failing institutions and ruthless mafias that have been growing virtually unchecked for over a decade.”
-- Daniel Wilkinson, deputy director for the Americas, Human Rights Watch
2007-10 Robert Zoellick, World Bank president, argued that the bank should continue to lend to countries such as China, India and Brazil because they still had large shares of the world's poor.
2007-08-15 "It is never just water for water's sake, but water for poverty's sake. Clean water and improved sanitation can save the poor time, improve their health and provide them income opportunities."
-- Arjun Thapan, author of the report titled "Asia Water Watch 2015"
2007-06-14 ‘The situation in Gaza is dangerous, and the danger is that Hamas will take over and turn Gaza into “Hamastan” – into a kingdom of thugs, murderers, terrorists, poverty and despair.’
-- Ephraim Sneh, Israel’s deputy defence minister
2007-02-14 Zimbabwean police arrest Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) President Takavafira Zhou and Secretary General Raymond Majongwe for spearheading the national strikes by teachers demanding salary increases. An indication of the distortion caused by hyperinflation is the fact that teachers on the lowest salary grade earn as little as Zim$84,000 while the poverty line is currently Zim$556,000

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