The worldcould expect a returnof up to34dollarsforeverydollarspentonsanitation through improved productivityand reducedpovertyandhealthcosts, saidAdeel.
Claire Telfer from Save the Children told the Welfare Reform Committee the number of children in poverty would returnto the same levels as in 1999 as a result of the Welfare Reform Act .
It also would return the Social Security system to Roosevelt's idea of basic minimum protection against poverty, and would prod those now working to save more for their retirement.