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Paul Bentham

Voices of Youth - 0 views

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Global Perspectives

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  • Paul Bentham on 18 Nov 13
     
    Unicef website highlighting different ways that young people can do things.
Mark Roper

Poverty: Growth or safety net? | The Economist - 0 views

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poverty and inequality economist poverty

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      Mark Roper on 28 Oct 13
       
      This is interesting because...
  • Yet as Nepal shows, cutting poverty is not just about boosting incomes.
  • MPI, or multidimensional poverty index
    • Mark Roper
      Mark Roper on 28 Oct 13
       
      We need to find this out - I think it is a measure of poverty.  Can we use it to compare countries?
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  • Emma Samman of ODI says, “It is not clear that the $1.25-a-day poverty line, the measure upon which this vision of a poverty-free world exists, is necessarily the best way to think about and measure poverty
  • multidimensional poverty index
    • Mark Roper
      Mark Roper on 28 Oct 13
       
      What is this?  Can it be used to compare countries?
  • 2006 Nepal has seen the largest falls in poverty,
  • Between 1990 and 2010 the proportion of the population living on less than $1.25 a day in developing countries halved to 21%, or 1.2 billion people (see chart)
pete sims

Hong Kong government sets first poverty line - Channel NewsAsia - 0 views

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  • 1.31 million people or 19.6 per cent of the city's population are now classified as poor

  • HONG KONG:

  • he Hong Kong government recently set its first threshold to define poverty in the territory.
  • pete sims on 28 Oct 13
     
    "The government-appointed Commission on Poverty has set Hong Kong's first poverty line at half of the median monthly household income"
Paul Bentham

Hong Kong's human battery hens: Claustrophobic images show how slum families squeeze th... - 1 views

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  • Paul Bentham on 27 Sep 13
     
    Daily article from the UK on Hong Kong cage homes.
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