Sentence examples for mass destitution from inspiring English sources

The basic political problem in Haiti, from colonial through post-colonial to neo-colonial times, has always been much the same: how can a tiny and precarious ruling class secure its property and privileges in the face of mass destitution and resentment?

With the collapse of its vibrant offshore banking system now the price of financial assistance, Cyprus's 800,000-strong population, almost overnight, faces economic destitution, mass unemployment and plummeting living standards.

In some cases these companies have driven "devastating impacts for Cambodian citizens and the environment, including land grabs that have caused mass displacements and destitution among Cambodia's rural poor", Global Witness says.

That national government continued until 1940 and was directly responsible for the appalling suffering during the slump that followed, with mass unemployment and destitution for the many thrown out of work.

Poorer people are facing destitution, perhaps a decade of destitution, felt by future generations".

As a result, famines can be divided into three: minor famines causing hunger, severe famines causing destitution, and catastrophic famines resulting in mass deaths (De Waal 1989 cited in Devereux 2000).

In some cases people are being driven to destitution.

Once again, Angola's strongmen prosper through the destitution of their people.

Although abject poverty will likely continue to decrease, vast numbers of people continue to live in destitution, Deaton noted.

Threatening us with homelessness and destitution will not create the 2m jobs needed to deal with mass unemployment.

For these people, it takes little to tip into destitution.