They report less poverty and less use of child labor.
Less poverty does not always mean better-nourished people.
Millions die of famine – does that make for less poverty ?
An election-year promise of higher wages and less poverty makes a compelling campaign platform.
More likely, the poor would prefer less poverty to knee-jerk attacks on top pay.
"I'll create more jobs, better salaries and Mexico will have less crime and less poverty".
They have shown less poverty among blacks but more among Asians; less poverty in rural areas and more in cities and suburbs, where the cost of living is high.
Given that the rich saved more than the poor, this implied that less poverty would mean lower growth.
Everyone thinks it would be terrific if there were less poverty, less pollution, less disease, less war, less corruption.
Before that, annual growth was 0.9%; after it, the rate leapt to 4.3%.Growth alone does not guarantee less poverty.
With few exceptions, the less poverty a borough has, the more federal aid its poor schools get for each child.
