Poverty

US / 48 percent of all public school children came from homes with incomes low enough to earn those students free or reduced lunches

A new study by the Southern Education Foundation has revealed that the number of low income students enrolled in schools has surged in recent years to new astronomical numbers Continue reading →

Anti-Poverty Week / The best solution is job creation

Today marks the beginning of – Anti-Poverty Week – in Australia and elsewhere Continue reading →

UK / Red Cross launches first emergency food aid for UK since WWII — RT News

Austerity measures and the economic downturn in the UK have prompted the British branch of the Red Cross to begin formulating an emergency food aid plan for Britain – the first the charity has set up for the country since WWII Continue reading →

US / Social mobility and the growing education gap

Poverty blocks children from high-quality educational opportunities while privilege insures better schools, advanced degrees, and access to jobs linked to the networking of privilege Continue reading →

US / The number of poor in the 100 largest metro areas edges upward by 1.1 percent

For the fifth year in a row since the onset of the Great Recession, the number of poor residents in the nation’s 100 largest metro areas grew between 2011 and 2012, edging upward by 1.1 percent or 320,000 people. Continue reading →

Asia-Pacific / Economic growth is not generating sufficient decent and productive employment says the Asian Development Bank

One reason why the region continues to experience significant levels of poverty and rising inequality is that economic growth is not generating sufficient decent and productive employment. This is due to the nature of growth and the pattern of structural change in many countries in which workers move from agriculture into low-productivity services Continue reading →

The psychology of poverty (Infographics)

Jobs Program in US / Placing low-income adults and youth helps

Thirty-nine states and the District of Columbia used $1.3 billion from the TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) Emergency Fund to place more than 260,000 low-income adults and youth in temporary jobs in the private and public sectors during the Great Recession. Now, from the Economic Mobility Corporation (EMC), there’s new evidence that these subsidized … Continue reading →

Poverty, brain power and the Chicago’s School of economics

Poverty and the all-consuming fretting that comes with it require so much mental energy that the poor have little brain power left to devote to other areas of life, according to the findings of an international study published on Thursday. The mental strain could be costing poor people up to 13 IQ (intelligence quotient) points … Continue reading →

Anti-Poverty Programs / How to go viral

A study shows how that anti-poverty programs are much more popular when socially well-connected citizens are the first to know about them Continue reading →

US / 4 in 5 adults face near-poverty, no work

Four out of five US adults struggle with joblessness, near poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives Continue reading →

Germany / Poverty afflicts older ‘guest workers’

A newly published study indicates that today, more than 40 percent of migrants in retirement age are affected by poverty Continue reading →

Asia / The Elusive Quest for Inclusive Growth: Growth, Poverty, and Inequality

Over the last two decades, growth in most Asian economies has translated into significant reductions in poverty; nevertheless, Asia is still home to the largest number of the world’s poor Continue reading →

US / Those on Food Stamps Outnumber the Entire Population of Spain

47.7 million Americans are now on some form of food stamps. There are more individuals on food stamps in the U.S. economy than the entire population of Spain—46.17 million Continue reading →

Undermatching: academically capable low-income and minority students who do graduate from high school and are well prepared for college who do not succeed

“It has become a truism and a rare example of political consensus: Educators, researchers, and policymakers across the political spectrum agree that America must send more of its young people to college and must find ways to help them graduate” writes Jay Sherwin in Make Me a Match: Helping Low-Income and First-Generation Students Make Good College Choices … Continue reading →