DEVELOPMENT-REPORT: 162 MILLION LIVE ON LESS THAN 50 CENTS A DAY

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  November 8, 2007 ;   Abid Aslam;   787 words ......but few of the world's 162 million ultra poor residents have benefited. In some regions the number of ultra poor -- defined as people living on less...efforts to fit the specific needs of the ultra poor. Necessary initiatives include basic...

Alienated life: socioeconomic characteristics of the ultra poor in...

Journal of Asian and African Studies;  July 1, 2002 ;   Krongkaew, Medhi;   787 words ......long as they can remember. These are the ultra poor of Thailand who are on the bottom rung...darn, a rough translation of which is ultra poor or hard-core poor. (2) Mainly as a result...do not recognize the problems of the ultra poor as a separate problem that may require...

LGED, 8 NGOs sign agreement, THE INDEPENDENT

The Independent (Bangladesh);  October 17, 2002 ;     177 words ......NGOs for support of food security for ultra poor was signed yesterday at the LGED head...nutrition and socioeconomic condition of the ultra poor men, women, malnourished children, pregnant...result of this agreement about 3 lac ultra poor in 11 districts will be benefited. ...

Feature: Microcredit brings smile to faces of ultra poor

Xinhua News Agency;  March 3, 2004 ;     643 words ......Microcredit brings smile to faces of ultra poor DHAKA, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Married at...women constitute the majority of the ultra poor, the small loans with little risk caters...their first loan, and 79 percent of the ultra poor clients were women. Other than successful...

WFP to Initiate Food Program for Ultra Poor in Bangladesh

Xinhua News Agency;  June 25, 2001 ;     194 words ......Program(WFP) is initiating a special food program for the ultra poor in Bangladesh, particularly children and women, according...the statistics of the WFP, there are still about 30 million ultra poor in the country who have little access to food and nutrition...

DEVELOPMENT-BANGLADESH: DONORS TRY TO ADDRESS ROOTS OF POVERTY

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  January 17, 2002 ;   Tabibul Islam;   787 words ......comments a WFP official here. After all, the ultra-poor not only have little access to sufficient...perhaps of the new schemes aimed at the ultra poor comes from the BRAC, which has launched...BRAC's health program aims to give the ultra poor firsthand knowledge on preventive and...

Survey shows poverty reduced in Malawi

Xinhua News Agency;  March 24, 2006 ;     217 words ......percent from 54 percent in 1998 and 52 percent in 2004. The percentage of ultra poor people has gone down from 22 percent in 2002 to 21 percent in 2005 and the Ultra poor people are those whose total consumption per capita on food and non-food...

Dr Kiene tells The Independent: WFP to redirect food aid to promote human...

The Independent (Bangladesh);  September 8, 2000 ;   Mostafa Kamal Majumder;   736 words ......the absolute number of people in the "ultra poor" category was increasing. Their situation...families. He said that the 30 million ultra poor people are not a problem, but a potential...succeeded to graduate a lot of families from ultra poor category to the regular poor category...

One crore ultra-poor get govt support, THE INDEPENDENT

The Independent (Bangladesh);  December 23, 2002 ;   BSS, Dhaka;   129 words ...00-00-0000 The government supported over one crore ultra- poor people by giving food assistance, creating jobs and developing rural infrastructure under food-based socio- economic development...

Italy to give 790,000 USD to ultra-poor women in Bangladesh

Xinhua News Agency;  April 2, 2008 ;     188 words ...Italy to give 790,000 USD to ultra-poor women in Bangladesh DHAKA, April 2 (Xinhua...food consumption and livelihoods to the ultra-poor women in Bangladesh, Italian Ambassador...Enhance Food Consumption and Livelihoods of Ultra Poor Women - Vulnerable Group Development...

Bangladesh to host Asia-Pacific micro-credit conference

Xinhua News Agency;  February 12, 2004 ;     253 words ......Bangladesh is to host the Asia- Pacific micro-credit summit from Feb. 16 to Feb. 19, with an aim to bring some 100 million ultra poor people of the world under micro-finance programs by 2005. This is the first time for Dhaka to hold such a high profile international...

FIRMS URGE ANDEAN PACT ACTION.(Andean Trade Preference Act )(Brief...

WWD;  October 9, 2001 ;   Ramey, Joanna;   571 words ...WASHINGTON -- Merino wool sweaters made in sub-Saharan Africa from yarn produced anywhere in the world could enter the U.S. duty...granted duty breaks. Such exceptions have already been granted to other ultra-poor countries in the region.

WFP Launches New Program for Ultra-poor Women in

Xinhua English Newswire;  July 15, 1999 ;     339 words ......VGD) program here Thursday to help the ultra-poor women in Bangladesh. The program will...provide food assistance to about 500,000 ultra-poor women all over the country. This is the...the worldwide context. The 30 million ultra-poor people in Bangladesh, who consume less...

DEVELOPMENT-BANGLADESH: FARM SURPLUS DOESN'T REACH "ULTRA-POOR"

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  September 25, 2000 ;   STAFF;   745 words ......has calculated that some 30 million "ultra-poor" Bangladeshis are eating far less than...line. This includes some 30 million "ultra-poor," he added. The WFP considers a person...is less than 2,100 kilo-calories. An ultra-poor person gets less than 1,800 kilo-calories...

WFP Wants Program More Effective in Bangladesh DHAKA, March 9

Xinhua English Newswire;  March 9, 2000 ;     141 words ......food assistance program in Bangladesh more effective for the "ultra-poor," the WFP Representative in the country Werner Kiene said...the food-assisted program more effective for the 30 million ultra-poor in Bangladesh," said Werner Kiene when calling on Food Minister...