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| SAN SALVADOR |
Nearly a quarter of a million Salvadorans joined the ranks of those living in extreme poverty, as a result of two major earthquakes earlier this year, the UN Development Program said Thursday.
More than half of all Salvadorans live in poverty, from 47.5 percent prior to the January 13 and February 13 earthquakes, to 51.2 percent of El Salvador's population of 6.3 million.
Some 225,000 people joined the ranks of the poor, while the situation of 200,000 others worsened from one of poverty to extreme poverty.
The quakes, which measured 7.7 and 6.1 on the Richter scale respectively, left 1,142 people dead and 1.3 million people homeless, after destroying 200,000 homes.
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| WASHINGTON |
The seven large industrial economies and international lending institutions should focus on achieving "a new level of success in reducing poverty," US Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill said Thursday.
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| MOSCOW |
Russia's parliament gave initial backing Thursday to a new labor code which stipulates for the first time that employers may not offer salaries lower than the government recognized poverty level.
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| ROME |
In the build up to the G8 summit the Italian parliament has adopted two motions that ask for continued dialogue on the environment with the US and the cancellation of debt for poor countries.
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| JAKARTA |
A new multi-billion dollar oil and gas agreement between Australia and East Timor won't make the fledgling state rich but will give its people a chance to build a future, the territory's chief negotiator said Wednesday.
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| CAPE TOWN |
Thirteen South African organisations on Tuesday called on government to pay every citizen a basic income grant of 100 randdollars) "from cradle to grave" to alleviate widespread poverty.
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| MOSCOW |
The standard of living in Russia is lower than it was before the 1998 economic crisis, with 44 million Russians living below the poverty line, according to statistics committee figures for the first part of the year.
Although average real income in the first five months of 2001 was six percent higher than in the same period last year, the level was still 78 percent of the pre-August 1998 level, the committee said.
The gap between rich and poor is still vast -- the income of the highest 10 percent of earners is 14.1 times those of the lowest 10 ... |
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| OUAGADOUGOU |
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released a total of 5.5 billion CFA francs (8.38 million euros, 7.1 million dollars) to Burkina Faso for poverty alleviation schemes, the IMF said here Tuesday.
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