The other main factor is poverty, which is widespread but particularly bad in the south.
Her passion is poverty eradication and ensuring people in remote areas of the world have access to clean energy.
So, err, no, it would appear that the answer to the original question, is poverty a death sentence, is no.
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John Edwards, all he can talk about is poverty, and he's rich.
Where there is poverty and lack of community involvement, schools do poorly.
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The real issue that ignites anger, fear, and sadness is poverty.
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As long as there is poverty and illiteracy, sociologists say it will take a very long time for the villagers to start preferring female babies.
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Save the Children says another reason is poverty and inequality, as women with unemployed partners are six times more likely to die as a result of complications during pregnancy or childbirth.
One is poverty, the second is ignorance, and the third is a lot of hope, especially with the young that have no way out, that have no future, that have no jobs.
Hunger has always been a symptom of a deeper problem, which is poverty, but in terms of actually getting people the supports they need, governors and mayors and others have the ability to do that.
"Across the country what we are seeing in our low-income communities, unfortunately, is poverty oftentimes predicts destiny and where kids can go, " says Shyam Kumar, the executive director of Teach for America in Metro Atlanta.
Is poverty an absolute or relative condition?
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"The insecurity we have in Haiti - the real cause, the profound cause, is poverty, inequality and underemployment, and if UN wants to do a good job in Haiti they have to put as much emphasis in Haiti on development as to the military aspect, " Mr Latortue said.
This is what poverty actually is, long hours, bad conditions and low wages.
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Where there is widespread poverty, it is also much easier to find out higher level of illiteracy and a shorter life expectancy, to refer to the key elements of the Human Development Index.
Given the myriad of other reasons to limit human fertility (Dr Potts notes, for example, that slowing population growth is essential if poverty is to be eradicated), your correspondent cannot help but commend the report to mandarins meeting in Bangkok on September 28th to discuss the forthcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.
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Now, I think the history of anti-poverty efforts is, is that the most important anti-poverty effort is growing the economy and making sure there are enough jobs out there -- single most important thing we can do.
Perhaps this is really why relative poverty is New Labour's favourite measure, putting the health and welfare of its citizens before the interests of Bill Gates and his millionaire co-workers should they decide to emigrate if Janet Reno gets her way.
The right question is whether poverty and knowledge are mutually exclusive, and the answer given by Jamal's example is no, they are not, provided the knowledge is based on experience.
The real poverty which stops so many young people from getting on the ladder to better well-being is the poverty of ambition, the poverty of aspiration and the poverty of hope.
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Whatever power structure emerges, Yemen's next leaders will face daunting tasks as they inherit a state where oil revenues have declined and the economy is in ruins, where poverty is endemic and a young and rapidly growing population faces a chronic shortage of water.
There is educational, cultural, scientific and social poverty, which is the corollary of material poverty and must be combated with the same determination.
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