Sentence examples for rampant poverty from inspiring English sources

This rampant poverty and unemployment fostered a significant black market.

Despite the rampant poverty, many view Minneapolis as a symbol of progress.

But, activists point out, it continues to be a country of rampant poverty and vast inequities.

I still see the rampant poverty in towns like Beacon, Poughkeepsie and Hudson, in particular.

Given rampant poverty and related social ills, it's no panacea for Chicago.

It's the one that put the skids to rampant poverty among the elderly.

Thanks to Yemen's enfeebled central governance, rugged terrain and rampant poverty, they have been able to thrive.

But focusing on its mile-long beachfront has meant neglecting rampant poverty across the tracks on the town's West Side.

It was surprising that, in a place with rampant poverty, there wasn't a greater demand to nationalize the treasure.

Rampant poverty, corruption among local officials, a Taliban resurgence and spreading lawlessness have turned the province into a narcotics juggernaut.

There were plenty of injustices out there — rampant poverty, swelling prison populations, a sexual-assault epidemic, an obesity crisis.