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| | | ... microinsurance, up from only seven in 2005. The compendium warns that microinsurance is unlikely to break the cycle of poverty by itself, but is nonetheless valuable as a poverty alleviation tool because so much hardship is caused by the inability to ... |
| | | | ... The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned Israel of possible instability due to the high unemployment and deep poverty among Arab-Israelis and ultra-orthodox Haredi Jews. SEOUL - South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries says it has won a 3.05 trillion ... |
| | | | ... for projects in developing regions of the world which were funded by organisations whose goals included the reduction of poverty. ASIC alleged funds made available to ICG to further these projects were misappropriated. According to ASIC, when one of ... |
| | | | ... petrol process and, you guessed it, the European sovereign debt saga. Wait till they read the Census Bureau that America's poverty rate rose to 15.1% last year from 14.3% in 2009 and the median household income dropped by 2.3%. Wait till they read the ... |
| | | | ... the lessons of the past. They've easily forgotten -- and forgiven -- S&P, Moody's and Fitch for leading them down into poverty alley only three years ago. Worse, they've given these credit-rating agencies renewed credibility. Oh, sorry I meant to say ... |
| | | | ... point is some countries have very high pension expenditure as a proportion of GDP yet have very high rates of retiree poverty, highlighting that untargeted pension spending is economically inefficient and socially inequitable. This has prompted the Scandinavian ... |
| | | | Thousands of 100-year-old baby boomers will live out their last days in poverty unless superannuation changes are passed, Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten has told delegates at the Conference of Major Super Funds. Minister Shorten, who flew to the Gold ... |
| | | | ... and provide basic financial education nationwide, particularly for poor households. The grant is from Japan's Fund for Poverty Reduction, financed by the Government of Japan and administered by ADB. "This support will help strengthen the regulation and ... |
| | | | ... agenda that discusses issues such as combating corruption, "green" recovery, energy subsidies, BP oil spill, reducing poverty, etc. Will this be a case of "in trying to please everyone, no on is pleased?" They agreed to continue fiscal stimulus if necessary. ... |
| | | | ... the public's mood when it stated that, "The policies that are being followed are leading workers and the society toward poverty, penury and insecurity, while at the same time preserving and increasing the privileges of the financially well-off, banks ... |
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