Sentence examples for important poverty from inspiring English sources

The beauty of Fundación Paraguaya's concept, christened Ikatú ("Yes we can" in Guaraní), is that although it starts out like a poverty measurement program, it turns into a much more important poverty reduction program.

The effects of not seeking care for poorer households is of particular concern given that the ability to work is one of the most important poverty escape routes [ 68- 72].

There are some who argue that democracy is important for poverty reduction, and others who suggest that democracy can actually throw up barriers to progress on social and economic rights.

More important is "Poverty and Deprivation in the U.S.," a bulky pamphlet issued by the Conference on Economic Progress, in Washington, whose national committee includes Thurman Arnold, Leon H. Keyserling (said to be the principal author of the pamphlet), and Walter P. Reuther.

To reverse that slide, argues Robert Glofcheski, an economist at the UN Development Programme, the government must revert to the same tactics that made its agricultural reforms so successful: more spending on health and education, further transfers of assets from the public to the private sector and faster deregulation.Such moves are particularly important if poverty is to be reduced further.

Ownership of assets is important for poverty reduction, and women's control of assets is associated with positive development outcomes at the household and individual levels.

Americans are being force fed a caricature of our worst fears; elections that have turned into vaudeville where name-calling and one-liners are more important than poverty and dying children.

Of these, the most important were poverty, road access, education, language and women's position in society.

The single most important anti-poverty program we can put in place is making sure folks have jobs and the economy is growing.

You often hear people say that the most important anti-poverty program is investment in education.

But logic and experience tell us that the most important anti-poverty work cannot be left primarily to government.