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Poverty

The latest news and stories on poverty

If giving birth is natural, why do so many mothers die?

The NationalApril 01, 2014

Alleviating poverty starts with electricity

The NationalMarch 29, 2014

Learning from five days of poverty

The NationalMarch 14, 2014
People protested against the government for raising bus fares in Brazil last year. Nelson Antoine / AP Photo

2014 World Cup: Brazil a country of two halves

SportFebruary 05, 2014

Financial help for poor Emirati families in Sharjah

GovernmentJanuary 26, 2014
People lay floral tributes for late South African former president Nelson Mandela around the fountain in Trafalgar Square in central London. Justin Tallis / AFP

Mandela’s last public appearance outside South Africa ‘crucial’ to forgiving debt

WorldDecember 15, 2013
Villagers in Africa and India use solar-rechargeable LED lanterns manufactured and distributed by d.light, a company that has been selected by the Expo Live project, which is part of Dubai’s Expo 2020 bid. Courtesy: d.light

Solar-powered lanterns may be answer to breaking poverty cycle for Indian villagers

EnvironmentNovember 26, 2013

India’s small towns favour opposition, despite Congress handouts

WorldNovember 18, 2013
Mazlumder, a human rights association, estimates that up to 100,000 unregistered Syrians are living in Istanbul’s parks and in apartments in poorer neighbourhoods. Kerem Uzel for The National

Thousands of Syrians shun refugee camps to sleep rough on Istanbul’s streets

WorldNovember 14, 2013
Workers at the PT Royal Korindah factory make false eyelashes destined for cosmetics firms such as L’Oreal, MAC and Eylure;. Gethin Chamberlain for The National

Forty lashes, two dirhams

November 07, 2013

India’s Mars rocket is all about prestige

The NationalNovember 03, 2013

Who will pay for reconstruction in post-war Syria?

The NationalOctober 29, 2013
IOday Alwadiya, 11, with his sister Seba, 3, in the small yard of their makeshift house next to a sewerage plant in Gaza City. Adel Hana / AP
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In pictures: The Gaza Strip’s poorest

WorldOctober 22, 2013
Heba Alwadiya, 11, stands at a cloth-covered door as her sister and brother leave their family house in Gaza City. Most of their family's clothes and food comes from donations. Adel Hana / AP

Gaza’s poorest struggle to survive

WorldOctober 22, 2013
Schoolchildren study inside their classroom at their government-run primary school, at Brahimpur village in the Chapra district of the eastern Indian state of Bihar.

Fatal poisonings highlight poor standard of schools for rural Indians

AsiaJuly 24, 2013

Dubai shoppers urged to help children get educated

UAEJuly 09, 2013
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