Topic – Poverty
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World poverty rates improve
In spite of lasting recession
A new World Bank report shows the seemingly illogical improvement of those in "extreme poverty" during the continued world economic recession.
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Climate change a threat to poor urban populations
Small changes, big disasters
Bad infrastructure in slums in the developing world leave poor urban populations more vulnerable to climate change disasters, according to a World Bank study.
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Fast metro growth=lower incomes
Study links poverty, growth
Faster metropolitan growth rates are associated with lower incomes, greater income declines, and higher poverty rates, according to a new study.
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Increasing sub-urban poverty strains local resources
Outlying counties affected
Rising sub-urban poverty rates are straining the resources of outlying Houston-area counties.
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Poverty rising in sub-urban Inland Empire
Up 31% between 07-09
The Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA area - the Inland Empire - is experiencing rising poverty and lacking sufficient resources to meet the new problem.
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Suburban poverty increasing in Greater Chicago
Higher rate in 2010
Brookings' 2010 update to the "Two Steps Back" suburban poverty report reveals worsening conditions.
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Texas 34th in child well-being
Child poverty increasing
Numbers measuring 10 different factors affecting childhood well-being rank Texas 34th.
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Nonprofit seeks grocery stores for low-income communities
'Food deserts' far too common
The Food Trust is a Pennsylvania group aiming to improve food access and health in low-income communities, and it has inspired a new national initiative.
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Brookings: ‘job sprawl’ contributes to Houston’s suburban poverty
56% of poor live in suburbs
Suburban poverty, which results in inadequate jobs, transportation, and social services, increased more than 16% in Houston between 1990 and 2006.
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Houston’s Future, Houston’s Children: Spring Class Series
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