enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Causes of poverty - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_poverty

    Major causes of poverty, precipitated by a history of apartheid, involve disparities in the distribution of resources, coupled with poor educational opportunities. Non-whites have also had poor access to job opportunities and health care—known catalysts in the generation and cycle of poverty.

  3. Poverty - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty

    In Rajan's view the main cause of the increasing gap between high income and low income earners was lack of equal access to higher education for the latter. [328] Several studies have found a relationship between poverty reduction and good governance. A number of articles have found linkages between poverty reduction and good governance. [329]

  4. Poverty in the United States - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States

    Burkhauser et al. find that accounting for cash income, taxes, and major in-kind transfers and updating poverty thresholds for inflation show that a Full-income Poverty Rate based on President Johnson's standards fell from 19.5 percent to 2.3 percent over the 1963–2017 period.

  5. Princeton's Matthew Desmond Gets Everything Wrong About ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/news/princetons-matthew-desmond-gets...

    The book argues that eviction is a major cause and exacerbator of misery for poor people. The evidence Desmond assembled actually shows that eviction is one thread in a skein of causes—and one ...

  6. Income inequality in the United States - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_inequality_in_the...

    The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) estimated that greater income inequality added 5.5% to the poverty rate between 1979 and 2007, other factors equal. Income inequality was the largest driver of the change in the poverty rate, with economic growth, family structure, education and race other important factors.

  7. Map: These US states have the highest rates of long-term poverty

    www.aol.com/finance/map-us-states-highest-rates...

    For example, a low-income state like Mississippi — where the median income for an individual is the lowest in the country at $47,446 — also has the highest rate of persistent poverty at 24.4% ...

  8. What Income Will Be Considered Poverty Level In 5 Years? - AOL

    www.aol.com/income-considered-poverty-level-5...

    Guessing the future poverty line is like trying to hit a moving target. There are a lot of economic factors at play, like inflation, how much wages grow, what the government decides to do in ...

  9. Theories of poverty - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theories_of_poverty

    Theories on the causes of poverty are the foundation upon which poverty reduction strategies are based. While in developed nations poverty is often seen as either a personal or a structural defect, in developing nations the issue of poverty is more profound due to the lack of governmental funds.