Article: Celtic Tiger didnt tackle poverty.

Article: Drawing the Poverty Line: A Calculation of Necessity and Self-Image
The Washington Post;  May 10, 1993 ;     700+ words ...At first glance, creating a "poverty line" may seem like something anybody could...day care, immunization? The annual poverty line income - still computed according to...congressionally mandated examination of the poverty line, seeking possible ways of changing the...

Article: Proposed poverty line to measure trends, wellbeing.(News)
Cape Times (South Africa);  February 22, 2007 ;     276 words ...BYLINE: Linda Daniels An official poverty line is on the cards to help track poverty...announced that Statistics SA would pilot a poverty line and allow for public comments and consultations...its design was finalised. The first poverty line report is expected in September for...

Article: Poverty line means NIS 7,494 for a family of nine
Jerusalem Post;  December 11, 2001 ;     211 words ......Jerusalem Post 12-11-2001 Headline: Poverty line means NIS 7,494 for a family of nine...of Israeli families living below the poverty line last year struggled to make ends meet...Individuals had to live off of NIS 1,673. The poverty line is not based on an assessment of a family...

Article: Poverty line
Charleston Gazette;  September 30, 2006 ;     650 words ......problem, experts say, is that the poverty line has little relevance in the modern...salary of $16,000 a year. The poverty line for a family of two is $13,200. Since the 1960s, the federal poverty line has stood as the official division...

Article: Economist Says Poverty Line Should Be Higher;Revised Formula Would Take Into Account Rising Social Standards for a Decent Life
The Washington Post;  May 4, 1990 ;     700+ words ......Conservatives have argued that the poverty line-the level of cash income below which...family's income stands in relation to the poverty line. Now, economist Patricia Ruggles, in...consumer spending. Under her revisions, the poverty line for a family of three in 1988 would...

Article: Single poverty line may be misleading.(Business Report)
The Star (South Africa);  March 22, 2007 ;     367 words ......Tonny Mafu Johannesburg – A single poverty line may give a distorted view of the extent...proposed the adoption of an official poverty line to help measure the extent of poverty...BMR, said the bureau opposed a single poverty line. He said such a benchmark would miss...

Article: Fed: Many welfare recipientsa live below poverty line: report
AAP General News (Australia);  August 3, 2006 ;     116 words ......Many welfare recipientsa live below poverty line: report A University of Melbourne report...on welfare are living well below the poverty line. The report's found single people on...benefits were 77 dollars a week below the poverty line in the March quarter this year. In the...

Article: Fong: MTUC, ILO used wrong methodology on poverty line study
New Straits Times;  March 23, 2000 ;     458 words ......MTUC, ILO used wrong methodology on poverty line study Edition: Main/Lifestyle; 2* Section...study on households living below the poverty line. Denying the outcome of a study by both...323,000 households living below the poverty line. Fong said the method used by the two...

Article: New criteria proposed to calculate poverty line.(Business Report)
The Star (South Africa);  February 22, 2007 ;     394 words ......Statistics SA are proposing an official poverty line to help measure the extent of household...to last year's prices would bring the poverty line to about R430 a month. This is where...options available for drawing up the poverty line. Should a single poverty line be ...

Article: Number of Russians living below poverty line will fall to 10.7% in 2010.
Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire;  May 25, 2007 ;     95 words ...Number of Russians living below poverty line will fall to 10.7% in 2010 MOSCOW. May...number of Russians living below the poverty line in half by 2010 compared to 2003, Finance...million Russians will be living below the poverty line in 2010 compared to almost 30 million...

Article: South Africa to set poverty line
Xinhua News Agency;  February 21, 2007 ;     314 words ...South Africa to set poverty line JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- South Africa is to set an official "poverty line" as a tool to help measure progress...South Africa has no an official poverty line. However, just under half of all...

Article: 'Poverty line' to be introduced.(News)
The Mercury (South Africa);  February 22, 2007 ;     491 words ......Daniels & Sipho Khumalo AN OFFICIAL poverty line is on the cards to help track poverty...announced that Statistics SA would pilot a poverty line and allow for public comment and consultation...its design was finalised. The first poverty line report is expected in September. The...

Article: Over 1 million people in Kyrgyzstan below poverty line.
AKIpress News Agency;  February 26, 2009 ;     165 words ......million people in Kyrgyzstan are below poverty line, 340 thousand Kyrgyz citizens are below...from 12% to 6-7%, he said.The abject poverty line is on a very low level, in the result...welfare payments is very low and is below poverty line, according to the report.The poverty...

Article: India: ADB defines Asian Poverty Line at $ 1.35 per day.
TendersInfo;  September 1, 2008 ;     219 words ...Byline: Mamta03 Asian Development Bank (ADB) today released a new poverty line, called the Asian Poverty Line to measure the poverty in the Asia and Pacific region. The poverty line is roughly $ 1.35 per day. This new measure is contained in ADBs...