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The article explores how Bolsa Família, a social welfare programme that supports poor people in Brazil, is being undermined by the government under President Jair Bolsonaro. Topics covered include decline in number of families admitted to the cash transfer programme and number of people on the waiting list, background of Bolsonaro's indifference to poverty, status of inequality in the country and ways by which the programme has benefited the poor.

The article discusses how the pursuit of leisure drives internet use in the poor world. Topics discussed include connectivity in the poor world, growth of internet use in India, timepass as the essence of the internet, the use of the Internet in work and crucial aspects of understanding the second half of internet users.

The article examines how a deal struck in the dying days of apartheid afflicts modern Zululand, South Africa. It mentions the decision could change the lives of some of South Africa's poorest people for the better if the judges disagree with the trust when they return a verdict early in 2021. It mentions Ingonyama Trust Act was enacted before the election in April1994 that brought apartheid to a close and Nelson Mandela to power.

The article focuses on a scheme developed by the Congress party of India known by its Hindi acronym NYAY under which it will hand out 6,000 rupees to poor households in the country if it wins power in the 2019 national election. Topics covered include action taken by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to address rural resentment, failure of the government to identify the poor and possibility for NYAY to become a reality in line with the electoral prospects of Congress.

The article informs on in different ways rich and poor are fending for themselves in South Africa. It mentions that police cannot control the crime and the community is angry, diepsloot has the fourth-highest rate of violent assault of any police precinct in the country, and addiction to nyaope- a mix of cheap heroin, cannabis, antiretroviral drugs and dilutants-is common.

The article informs on several policies enacted by Condesa or Roma Norte, and Iztapalapa of Mexico City for helping poor inhabitants. It mentions that they have made polices through which housing is affordable to newcomer, and have built dozens of green spaces and turned cui-de-sacs into playgrounds. It also mentions about their education and tax policies.

The article offers information on a luxurious jet for Mexico president, Enrique Pena Nieto, that symbolized an out-of-touch government in a country with lots of poor people. Topics include reports that sellers rarely recover fitting costs because new owners have their own ideas about colour schemes and comfy seats; and considered that National Lottery which is heavily indebted and lost money in seven of the past ten years is managing the raffle.

The article discusses how the poor are being victimized by digital financial services. Topics covered include role of financial services accessibility in the misuse and theft of personal data, susceptibility to fraud of poor people, according to a report by the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor, examples of scams targeting the poor and how the implicit sale of data in financial services undermine the privacy of the poor.

The article discusses Black Americans are spending more of the day being kept waiting according to analysis of Bureau of Labour Statistics. It mentions poorer people have to wait longer for basic services; and low-income neighbourhoods often have fewer shops and medical centres; and the worse-off claim unemployment benefits or food stamps, means interacting with government administration.

The article explores the transfer of the concentration of poor people in the suburbs in the U.S. It attributes the changing geography of poverty to the declining median household income and the mismanagement of city finances. The effect of increasing housing costs and income inequality on the condition of poor people is discussed, as well as the rising number of poor children in cities across the country.

The article considers the challenges of persuading poor farmers to buy insurance in Zambia and India. Topics discussed include the poor farmers' access to financial services, on how technology and new ideas can bring insurance to poor people around the world, and the results of a survey which show that mobile phone adoption outpaced both financial inclusion and insurance coverage.

The article discusses how the U.S. federal government can address the problem of poverty in the country. It commends government programmes for helping poor people in the country. The problem has been attributed to the lack of intervention. According to statistics, 40 million people are poor in 2017 and a fifth of children remain poor after government benefits.

The article discusses non-bank alternatives for financial services for the poor globally and how startup companies are providing financial services for those without bank accounts. Topics discusses include financial technology (fintech) companies and venture-capital firm investment, the use of mobile money and electronic payments, microloans and microlenders. It also gives details on unbanked consumers globally and government bank regulation.

The article explores the high poverty rate in California despite its developed economy. According to statistics, California has 7.4 million poor people based on the official poverty line. The impact of the high number of undocumented immigrants on the economy of California is discussed, as well as the success of the state's high technology industry and the motion picture industry.

The article focuses on the lack of efforts to persuade poor people, particularly in Africa, to change their cooking method from wood and charcoal to cleaner fuels like liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and electricity. Topics include the negative health effects of household smoke produced by burning primitive solid fuels, the factors that influenced the poor change in cooking methods including weak markets and shortage of jambaar stoves, and the need to improve promotion of clean fuel for cooking.

The article focuses on the widening gap between rich and poor Chinese regions. Topics discussed include the challenge of closing the gap between inland China and its coast, economic conditions of China's south coastal region, China's wealthiest, the north-east that has been burdened by a legacy of state ownership and a rise in fiscal deficits.

The article argues that China should focus on helping people, not building more infrastructure, if it wants to help its backward interior regions. Topics discussed include suggestions for China to invest in hospitals, schools and job trainings, allow workers to move freely by abolishing the "hukou" system that restricts migrants' access to public services outside their home towns and outlook for China.

The author argues that the schemes adopted by competing political parties, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress party, to give money to poor people in India, need rethinking due to the difficulty of identifying the poorest in the country. Topics covered include number of people in India who live in extreme poverty, outcomes of the schemes launched by the Indian government to help the poor, negative effects of the BJP and Congress' schemes and the cost of eradicating poverty in India.

The article looks at the plight of poor Americans as of November 2012, in the aftermath of the 2012 U.S. presidential election. It notes the U.S. poverty rate has risen in recent years, and that poverty is not prominent on U.S. politicians' agenda as it was under U.S. President Lyndon Johnson. Factors including the changing nature of jobs, stagnant wages, and a high rate of incarceration are cited.

The article focuses on the conditions for the poor in Bangladesh in 2012. Topics include the economic conditions within Bangladesh in 2012, the contraction of private sector, and the improvement of health care and education in the country. Information is provided on the child and maternal mortality rate and the impact of family planning on the stability of women.

The article discusses the level of poverty throughout Egypt and the lack of the poor's complaints about it. While the rich get richer and the middle class is expanding, the rest have struggled with the inflation rate that is higher than in most comparable countries, according to the article. It is suggested by sociologists that poor Egyptians have appropriated the things they lack such as space and freedom. Why the poor don't complain because of security agencies and the mafia are discussed.

The article discusses a study which has found that the cash transfer poverty reduction scheme benefits not only the recipients but also their neighbors.

The article looks at social programs in Brazil and Mexico that help the poor. Bolsa Família is a scheme set up in 2003 that provides a basic income to 7.5 million of Brazil's poorest families. The goal is to reach all with a monthly income per head of less than 100 reais by the end of 2006. The success of Bolsa Família is vital to Brazil's left-wing president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. It is the biggest of a new generation of social programs across Latin America, known as "conditional cash transfer" schemes. Beneficiaries must have their children vaccinated, and their health monitored, and keep them in school. Similar schemes now exist in half a dozen Latin American countries.

Focuses on how environmental conditions magnify in poor and developing countries. Number of people who die from urban air pollution and exposure to stove smoke in their own homes; Sustainability for the link between environment and poverty; Doubt regarding how trade and economic growth will help environmental problems.

The article discusses the areas pertaining to the poor in the U.S. which need to be addressed despite their progress. Economic expansion, accelerating productivity growth, growing equity markets and low unemployment rates have initiated progress of the poor. But one in four black American families is still poor. A recent survey of 26 big cities by the Conference of Mayors shows that more than two-thirds of them saw requests for emergency shelter increase in 1999.

The article explores the inadequate supply of housing for the poor in the Middle East in 2018. Many developers have launched expensive homes for the rich instead of building flats for the poor. The luxury housing market is expected to slow due to lower demand from the rich. In response, many developers have decided to offer financing with no down-payment.

The article explores the scandal affecting El Cantri, a housing project for poor people in Jujuy, Arnetina. An overview of the building of the settlement by the social movement Túpac Amaru is given. Some of the problems encountered by residents in El Cantri are identified, including water shortages. The impact of political conflicts on the settlement is also discussed.

Presents information on the state of the poor in Egypt as of March 1999. How they have been hit hard by the end of most food subsidies; The number of children who are stunted because of malnutrition; How public education is so bad that parents must choose which among their children will have a private tutor; Study by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; State of the public health care system.

The article focuses on the cruel, discriminating and counterproductive attitude of Chinese schools, especially in rural areas. Topics discussed are need for better education to transform the young into skilled citizens who can help growth, issue of rural poor students to travel long distance due to lack of schools and health facilities, need for Chinese government to provide public education, health and other services for an equal and fair growth.

The article reports on the increase in number of people who were classified as poor in Egypt despite the mission of the Egyptian government to halve poverty by 2020 and eliminate it by 2030. Topics covered include official poverty line set by the Egyptian government, economic reforms introduced by President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi with loans provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), how reforms led to increase in household expenditures and the limited cash-transfer schemes for the poor.

The article discusses antigovernment protests, food shortages, and violent crime in Venezuela as of March 2014, focusing on the claim that support among the poor people for the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is conditional. According to the article, opposition leaders have been arrested and armed civilian gangs (colectivos) have been filmed and photographed using firearms against protesters. The Democratic Unity alliance and data from the Datos polling firm are examined.

The article focuses on Ethiopia's scheme to help the poor which could be a model for other countries. Topics discussed include Ethiopia's urban Productive Safety Net Project launched in 2017, data on safety-nets that have proliferated across Africa, Ethiopia's programme as a step towards building a national social-security system and success of Ethiopia's rural scheme.

The article considers finance for U.S. poor people. Research by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) finding that approximately one in 12 U.S. households do not have a bank account and that 20 percent more rely on alternative financial services such as payday loans is discussed. The increased use of stored-value cards by households without bank accounts is examined.

The article highlights the results of economic research on South African inequality from 1993 to 2019 published by academics Aroop Chatterjee, Léo Czajka and Amory Gethin in 2021. There was an increase in the percentage of income of the top 10% of earners while the average income of the poorest declined by more than 30% after inflation. It cites the effect of value-added tax on poor people. Also noted is attribution of the narrowing of racial income gap to the African elite.

The article discusses survey data from the United National Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in 2015 which indicates that the poverty rate in the region has remained around 28 percent of the population over the past three years, and it mentions that social progress has stopped in the area. Stalled economic growth in Latin America is mentioned, along with the World Bank and initiatives for poor people such as Brazil's Bolsa Família and Chile Solidario.

The article examines Kentucky Homeplace, a rural community health program managed by the University of Kentucky. The organization employs so-called "lay navigators" who assist poor people in rural areas of the state in finding medical care and the means of financing it. The 2009 U.S. budget of President Barack Obama contains funding for similar organizations.

The article discusses the efforts to eradicate poverty in the U.S. in relation to the costs that low-income Americans incur while conducting financial transactions with banking and non-bank financial services facilities. According to the article, there is a discrepancy between the costs of money orders issued by banks and U.S. post offices. Bank fees and the process of cashing a pay cheque at a credit union are examined, along with pre-paid debit card and credit card costs.

The article discusses problems with Medicaid following Hurricane Katrina in the United States. Among the many things that Hurricane Katrina destroyed was any hope of reforming Medicaid soon. Before Hurricane Katrina (and now the prospect of Hurricane Rita) shook up everyone's calculations, Medicaid was expected to cost $329 billion in 2005, making it as large as Medicare and the single biggest expense for the states. To prevent the number of uninsured Americans from rising, successive governments have relaxed the eligibility criteria for Medicaid. By destroying tens of thousands of jobs, Hurricane Katrina has undoubtedly made more people poor enough to join the program, at least temporarily. It has also driven hundreds of thousands of poor people into neighboring states, where many will stay and claim Medicaid benefits.

The article reports that household incomes are growing again in the U.S. after a lengthy period of stagnation. It mentions that the low-income Americans appear to have fared the best in the upside-down post-pandemic period, in addition, shifts in taxation have failed to keep up with the explosive growth in incomes for America's wealthiest.

The article offers information on low income people spends major amount of their incomes on things to enhance their status as well as impact of different personality on poverty.

The article offers information on the skepticism of some individuals to charitable giving in China. The topics discussed include the use of large pandas in enticing individuals to donate some unwanted items to the needy, the awkwardness felt by some middle-class people in charitable giving, and the estimated gross domestic product (GDP) per Chinese individual.

The article discusses the impact of misfiring environmentalism in the context of climate change and its potential harm to the world's poor particularly in developing countries. Topics include the challenges of funding green development projects, the impact of global warming on vulnerable communities and the trade-offs between economic development and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The article discusses financial services for the poor in the U.S. Topics include the trend of poor people to use non-bank services, services offered to the Latino and immigrant community, and efforts to provide more services such as savings accounts and bank account promotion. Loans from banks such as Grameen Bank, a microfinance institution, and financial housing services such as Boston Community Capital (BCC) are also discussed.

The article discusses signs of improving economic conditions for colonias, impoverished districts in Texas along the border with Mexico populated largely by Mexican-Americans. The author focuses on the Cameron Park colonia in Brownsville, Texas. Between 2000 and 2010 per-capita income in Cameron Park has grown from $4,100 to $5,700..

The article discusses the World Bank's report which revealed that 767 million people in the world are living in extreme poverty. Topics discussed include extremely poor people's subsistence on less than 1.90 dollars per day which was calculated at 2011 prices and purchasing power parity, reasons why the global poverty count is an embarrassment to the world economy, and the World Bank's vision of a poverty-free world.

The article discusses child poverty in Japan, including the impact that dropping out of school has on poverty, poor children's eating of junk food and the impact of low-paid jobs of parents on child poverty.

The article reports on the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in India, an ongoing public works project designed both to offer seasonal work to the masses of poor in the countryside, and to improve India's decrepit public works systems. The plan, which went nationwide in April 2008, helped the Congress Party win power in 2004, and may determine the party's continued political success.