Sentence examples for shrinking poverty from inspiring English sources

If the problem trio do not sort out their political mess soon, a return to the golden days of rapid growth and shrinking poverty could be a long time coming.

"One of the major reasons that the middle class in the United States is shrinking, poverty is increasing and the gap between the rich and the poor is growing wider is in fact due to our disastrous, unfettered trade policy," said Senator Bernard Sanders, an independent from Vermont.

In short, existing programs shrink poverty substantially and give large numbers of children a better chance.

I also found that microfinance reduces the depth of poverty, shrinking the gap between a person's daily budget for living and the current US$1.25 per day definition of extreme poverty (the non-poor have a 0% shortfall).

Its population is shrinking and its poverty rate hovers around 30%.

But Mr Toledo inherits a shrinking economy, widespread poverty, and what he called "the veil of corruption and lies" cast by his predecessor.Mr Toledo has placed economic policy in the hands of liberal technocrats.

Yet, to an economist, women are not exploited enough: they are the world's most under-utilised resource; getting more of them into work is part of the solution to many economic woes, including shrinking populations and poverty.Some people fret that if more women work rather than mind their children, this will boost GDP but create negative social externalities, such as a lower birth rate.

Poverty is shrinking.

Malawi's woes are typical: it has a shrinking economy and endemic poverty; half its children are chronically malnourished.

As parents of twin 8-year-olds, my husband and I have felt anxious about their futures in a world where there is shrinking middle ground between poverty and upper-middle-class professionals.

It is poor (with almost 30% of residents below the poverty line), shrinking (its population has fallen by a quarter since 1970) and broke (its mayor has declared "a new era of crisis").