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Syracuse's poverty rate remains among worst in nation, Census finds

Edit Syracuse 15 Sep 2016
recorded its single largest decline in poverty since 1968 with 3.5 million fewer people living below the poverty line, according to the annual Census Bureau review of poverty and income in America. The latest report means 31 percent of Syracuse's population – or 40,500 residents – were living below the federal poverty line in 2015 ... impact of poverty....

Census: Syracuse, Buffalo, Rochester among nation's poorest cities (database)

Edit Syracuse 15 Sep 2016
Some of the poorest cities in the nation are in Upstate New York, where Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse lag the nation when it comes to reducing poverty, according to new data from the U.S ... In each of the ... with a poverty rate of 40.5 percent, the report found....

Chicago area's poverty rate declined in 2015 as incomes rose

Edit Chicago Tribune 15 Sep 2016
The Chicago metro area had nearly 52,000 fewer people living in poverty in 2015 than it did the year before, following national trends as its poverty rate dropped and household incomes rose — though the economic improvements locally were not as vigorous as national averages. The poverty rate fell... ....

One in three pensioners living well below the poverty line, says report

Edit The Guardian 15 Sep 2016
The age pension is wholly inadequate, with some 500,000 older Australians – or one third of those on the pension – living well below the poverty line, according to a new report ... An Assessment of Pensioner Living Standards, makes clear that age pensioners, especially older women who rent privately and live solely on the age pension, are at great risk of living in poverty....

#dnaEdit: Feverish every year

Edit DNA India 15 Sep 2016
However, the number of patients thronging government and private hospitals and clinics with chikungunya-like symptoms raises suspicions of underreporting of the incidence of this disease ... Caught between dysfunctional civic bodies, politicking and short-term measures, Indian cities are failing to produce the ecosystem that can help pull people out of poverty and improve the quality of their lives....

New 2015 American Community Survey Statistics Available (US Bureau of the Census)

Edit Public Technologies 15 Sep 2016
Below are some of the local-level income, poverty and health insurance statistics from the American Community Survey that complement the national-level statistics released earlier this week from the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey ... Poverty rates in 2015 ranged from a low of 8.2 percent in New Hampshire to a high of 22.0 percent in Mississippi....

Lehigh Valley lags nation, state on income gains

Edit The Morning Call 15 Sep 2016
Plummeting poverty rates and rising per capita incomes paint a rosier picture for the Lehigh Valley than may be the reality for most residents, economic experts say. The U.S. Census Bureau's annual report on income and poverty showed promise at the national and state levels with the median household... ....

Coldplay, Jay Z set to bring anti-poverty anthem to Mumbai

Edit The Times of India 15 Sep 2016
The Global Citizen India, an initiative of so cial action platform Global Citizen and the Global Education & Leadership Foundation, is aiming to pitchfork India towards achieving global goals to end extreme poverty and bring about sustainable development ... "The years I spent living and working in India as a teenager, were a key catalyst of my passion for challenging the status quo of poverty alleviation....

Chikungunya toll climbs to 11 in Delhi, AIIMS confirms 1 case

Edit Deccan Chronicle 15 Sep 2016
Five more deaths from chikungunya complications were reported on Wednesday at a private hospital in Delhi, while AIIMS confirmed one suspected case, taking to 11 the number of fatalities due to the vector-borne disease in the city that is grappling with a severe health crisis ... He died of multi-organ failure triggered by complications from the disease," they said....

Government sets new targets to fight poverty in state

Edit The Times of India 15 Sep 2016
Himachal Pradesh has set the target to bring the percentage of population living below poverty line (BPL) from existing 8.1% to 2% by 2022 against the set timeline of 2030 under sustainable development goals (SDGs), said state chief secretary V C Pharka ... 169 targets to end poverty, fight inequality and injustice and tackle climate change by 2030....

Clinton led 'destruction overseas, poverty at home': Trump

Edit Deccan Herald 15 Sep 2016
Donald Trump has called rival Hillary Clinton's record as secretary of state a "historic failure" as he held her responsible for "destruction overseas and poverty at home", making it clear that if elected he would reverse the policies and create a future "for all Americans." ... "The policies of Hillary Clinton have produced only destruction overseas ......

UN Agency: Invest in Farmers to Stop Desperate Migration to City Slums

Edit Voa News 15 Sep 2016
Investing in rural areas is crucial to slowing the migration of millions of desperate people from farms to city slums, helping to end poverty and boosting the economies of developing countries, a U.N ... Three quarters of the world's poorest and hungriest people live in rural areas, yet these are often ignored by governments and development experts, the U.N....

‘Google says Chikungunya can't kill’: Delhi minister’s foot in mouth

Edit Deccan Chronicle 15 Sep 2016
Speaking to the media, Jain said that Delhiites need not panic and that all they needed to do is to take precautions and go to the hospital only if they experience symptoms of the vector-borne disease ... Nadda informed, "We today held a review meeting in regard with the upsurge of vector borne diseases ... The second was addressed by the Secretary and the third was done by heads of vector borne diseases," he said....
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