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The central region has the highest rates of poverty (41 per cent) and extreme poverty (57.1 per cent). That region's rate of extreme poverty is the worst in Nicaragua, at 17 times the rate in Managua and three times the rate in the other Pacific departments.

COLOMBIA ILLITERACY RATE BY SEX AND POVERTY LEVEL, 1978 1993

Empirical evidence shows that there is no invariant relationship between the rate of growth and the rate of poverty reduction, and that even in a context of faster growth, complementary policies specifically targeting poverty are required.

According to the 1993 DANE National Survey of Poverty and Quality of Life, rural households have a much higher poverty rate than urban households (table 14.2).

In 2002, the total poverty rate in my country was 46.4 per cent because of decades of neglect.

The child poverty rate decreased from 17.6 percent in 2000 to 12.9 percent in 2002.

The poverty rate rose from 62 per cent in 1992 to 75 per cent in 2003.

When the Government came to power in 2003, the extreme poverty rate was 20.1 per cent.

Jordan asserts that the large influx of refugees into its territory caused an increase in the poverty rate in Jordan, which in turn caused an increase in the crime rate.

Poverty in the Caribbean was generally characterized by large income disparities and was linked to a high rate of unemployment.

Noting the rapid rate of urbanization of small island developing States, which is accompanied by the growth of slums, poverty, and rising insecurity,

296. The representative stated that, of the 5 million women living in poverty, 18 per cent live in extreme poverty but that the Government had committed itself to a 50 per cent reduction in the rate of extreme poverty by the year 2000.

During the East Asian crisis of 1997 1998, poverty rose sharply. For example, Indonesia s poverty rate soared from roughly 11 to 37 during the crisis, mainly owing to the massive depreciation of the rupiah.

The subject of income distribution is closely linked with poverty and changes in social policies, see discussions in the American Congress in quot Recent changes in the poverty rate and distribution of income quot .

The rate of incidence of TB increased in Bosnia and Herzegovina after the war and it is directly connected with the increase of poverty.

Poverty increased, the currency suffered repeated devaluations, foreign and domestic debt registered an increase and the growth rate of the economy fell.

15. A high rate of economic growth and job creation were crucial to poverty eradication, particularly in countries with rapid population growth.

The poverty rate was 36 per cent in the Gaza Strip and 10.5 per cent in the West Bank.

However, the socio economic conditions of the Palestinian refugees remained difficult, characterized by a high rate of unemployment, extreme poverty, overcrowding and inadequate infrastructure.

The World Bank avoids this problem by assuming that the poverty rate of any country without such data matches the region s average. But this approach has led to North Korea being assigned essentially the same poverty rate as China, even though the former regularly receives food aid from the latter.

With that strategy, we aim, by 2009, to reduce the unemployment rate from 9.5 per cent to 5.1 per cent and to cut the poverty rate by half, to 8.1 percent.

In the short run, the incidence of poverty is determined largely by the rate of growth of the economy, the employment situation, inflation and government policies.

Also, the current, relatively low poverty rate among the population is a result of spending, which significantly exceeds current production levels. This spending has

In second place comes the category of households whose breadwinner is a farm worker, with a poverty rate of 12.7 per cent, i.e. about 100,000 poor people.

The consequences of such policy are a long term decrease of the birth rate in BiH due to the increasing poverty, and we can freely state talk about the feminization of poverty , a term that has become common in our parts as well.

The latest household budget and consumption survey, carried out in 1990, found 81,000 households living below the threshold of absolute poverty, i.e. a total of 544,000 people, corresponding to a poverty rate of 6.7 per cent as against 22 per cent in 1975.

Even though the poor are in all parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the poverty rate varies by region, and so is significantly more in Republika Srpska.

The growth rate in GDP has not yet reached the target of 6 per cent under the new agenda, far lower than the rate of 8 9 per cent, which some development experts claim would be needed to significantly reduce poverty in Africa.

India s poverty rate (an indicator that is admittedly both conceptually and practically difficult to measure) fell by half between 1981 and 2010, to just under 30 a remarkable achievement. But faster growing East Asia has experienced significantly greater progress, with the poverty rate falling from 77 to 14 over the same period.

That is why governments in Bosnia and Herzegovina have to find ways and possible means to prevent an upsurge in the poverty rate.

In some countries, it is reported that young people experience a poverty rate above the average. Yet the concerns of young people are not always taken into consideration in national policies for poverty reduction, leading to incoherent and sometimes detrimental actions.

The rate of TB cases in the post war period is increasing when compared to the pre war period, which is directly connected with the poverty of the population.

In addition, the data of 2003 reveals that the rate of Arab children who live below the poverty line is growing to 57.5 vis à vis 30.8 of Jewish Children.

In those least developed countries whose economies had attained relatively satisfactory levels, the growth rate was still insufficient to generate employment and reduce poverty.

However, along with trade policy, deregulation policies, fiscal policy, and exchange rate regimes also have the potential to cause considerable adverse effects in terms of inequality and poverty.

34. An average real growth rate of about 7 per cent annually, on a sustainable basis, would need to be achieved to effectively reduce the problem of poverty in Africa.

26. Low rate of activity and high unemployment rate.

The overall poverty rate (Low Income Cutoffs After Tax) for Newfoundland and Labrador has decreased from 12.8 percent in 2000 to 9.6 percent in 2002.

In general, expenditure aimed at alleviating poverty had increased, with welfare payments rising by three times the expected rate of inflation and pension and child benefits also rising substantially.

Today, according to the most recent data, we have managed to reduce the total poverty rate from 46.4 per cent in 2002 to 39.2 per cent.

50. From 1990 to 1997 the poverty rate increased from 35 to 58 per cent in rural areas and from 32 to 66 per cent in urban areas of Burundi.

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