Sentence examples for steady poverty from inspiring English sources

New York City's steady poverty rate was in contrast to a national decline.

Dissent was squelched and the country began a long and steady slide into poverty and corruption.

They add to the steady grind of poverty and malnutrition.Costa Rica and Panama are much better off and better governed than their neighbours.

For much of the world, the last 10 years was a period to savor — an era of impressive economic growth, ever-higher life expectancy, relative peace and steady progress against poverty.

The steady criminalization of poverty manifests itself in no-go zones for homeless people -- a brutal public work program that blatantly distorts unemployment statistics and forced evictions of Roma settlements.

Things are particularly bad right now and many argue that it's a good thing that these figures are high, as they represent improved lives... but if governmental redistribution was succeeding over time by its stated goals, there would be a steady decline in poverty and dependency over time -- but there is not.

This period was characterized by steady increase in poverty in all transition countries – with dramatic increase in some.

HANOI, 12 May 2011 – Rapid economic and social progress has been made over the past two decades in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien, including steady reduction in poverty, increased per capital income and improvements in education, health and survival outcomes for children.

For others who have always been dependent on jobs as their source of income, there has been a steady decline to poverty-level labor incomes or loss of employment.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies projects that after a decade of steady reductions in child poverty rates, 300,000 more children will be living in poverty in the UK by 2015.

— For decades, Mississippi and neighboring states with large black populations and expanses of enduring poverty made steady progress in reducing infant death.