These programs, like the Harlem Children's Zone and the No Excuses schools, are led by people who figure they don't understand all the factors that have contributed to poverty, but they don't care.
Let's not forget that, throughout history, racist government policies have contributed to poverty, unemployment and lack of mental health services in communities that are predominantly African-American.
In Thailand and Costa Rica, two countries that have experienced rapid economic growth, Andam and others (2010) estimate that conservation and ecosystem protection have contributed to poverty reduction.
The Roma community suffers from a legacy of discrimination that has contributed to widespread poverty, unemployment, homelessness and a lack of access to education.
Kenya's low gross domestic product (GDP) per capita of US $1246 has contributed to increased family poverty and economic inequalities.
Here is some of what we wrote about how the path of structural statism has contributed to Baltimore's poverty and associated problems.
Steady economic growth matched by growing employment rates among women (and among single parents) has contributed to reducing child poverty in the 1990s in a number of OECD countries.
This phenomenon has contributed to raise the poverty level which in turn has enhanced armed conflicts, particularly in five municipalities (Tacaná, Tajumulco, Ixchiguán, Sibinal and San José Ojetenam) in which 90% of the population is at the edge of the poverty line.
In the same way economic growth in recent years has contributed to decline in global poverty rates, less optimistic expectations in the coming years could create challenges for bringing the final 9percentt of the world out from poverty — something Kim pointed out in a statement this week.
The Generation Opportunity report found that a lack of employment opportunity has contributed to the doubling of poverty levels among young people to 16percentt in 2013, compared with the 8percentt experienced by early baby boomers at a similar point in their lives.
