Professor Roth says poverty and unemployment do not lead to higher murder rates.

VOA: special.2009.12.19

It did not stem overpopulation, cut poverty, lower the divorce rate or put an end to unwanted pregnancies.

VOA: standard.2010.05.12

But improving the agricultural sector alone will not solve the growing poverty in urban areas where 40 percent of the population is unemployed.

VOA: standard.2009.08.28

Yemeni officials say the international funding is not nearly enough to combat poverty, which they say is the real security threat in Yemen.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

"We do not need to be importing a massive poverty stricken, poorly educated welfare class."

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

You're born into a situation that you may not like,poverty, and that weighs on children.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

Poverty is not first thing that comes to mind when you think of Japan.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

"Poverty or hunger are things that exist in different countries, not here in Japan.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09