mass poverty
1The Nature of Mass Poverty — [The nature of mass poverty Galbraith, J.K. Cambridge, Mass. (USA) Harvard Univ. Press 1979 ISBN 0 674 60533 0 Originally given as lectures at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, University of Geneva and at Radcliffe Institute;] is… …
2Poverty — Street children sleeping in Mulberry Street – Jacob Riis photo New York, United States (1890) Poverty is the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money.[1] Absolute poverty or destitution is inability to afford …
3Poverty — • Discusses poverty as a concept and canonical discipline Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Poverty Poverty † …
4Mass psychogenic illness — (MPI), also called mass sociogenic illness,[1] is “the rapid spread of illness signs and symptoms affecting members of a cohesive group, originating from a nervous system disturbance involving excitation, loss or alteration of function, whereby… …
5Mass racial violence in the United States — Mass racial violence, also called race riots can include such disparate events as: attacks on Irish Catholics, the Chinese and other immigrants in the 19th century. attacks on Italian immigrants in the early 20th century, and Mexicans and Puerto… …
6Poverty in India — One third of India s population (roughly equivalent to the entire population of the United States) lives below the poverty line and India is home to one third of the world s poor people.Though the middle class has gained from recent positive… …
7Poverty Trap — A mechanism which makes it very difficult for people to escape poverty. A poverty trap is created when an economic system requires a significant amount of various forms of capital in order to earn enough to escape poverty. When individuals lack… …
8Poverty threshold — For the term as defined in the United States, see Poverty thresholds (United States). Percentage of population living on less than $1.25 per day. UN estimates 2000 2007. The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of income… …
9poverty — /pov euhr tee/, n. 1. the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor; indigence. 2. deficiency of necessary or desirable ingredients, qualities, etc.: poverty of the soil. 3. scantiness;… …
10Poverty Point — This article is about the US National Monument in the lower Mississippi valley; for the geographical feature in Massachusetts also called Poverty Point, see Fairhaven, Massachusetts.Infobox Protected area name = Poverty Point National Monument… …
