The Burden of Debt: How High Interest Rates Are Impacting Developing Countries

The Burden of Debt: How High Interest Rates Are Impacting Developing Countries

The money that the poorest countries need to build schools, build bridges or modernize hospitals is increasingly more expensive and difficult to obtain. Over the last decade, low- and middle-income states have faced a large accumulation of liabilities and, consequently, have made a shift towards less conventional sources of financing that charge more interest, such … Read more

Rising Income, but Increasing Poverty – The Paradox of Household Finances

Rising Income, but Increasing Poverty – The Paradox of Household Finances

26 dec 2023 om 05:01 Household income is no longer a good indicator of poverty. Salaries and allowances increased for many households last year. Yet aid organizations saw more and more people knocking because they could no longer make ends meet. This year, the National Children’s Aid Fund received an average of 120 requests for … Read more

Inequalities for Children and Young People Affected by Poverty Persist During Pandemic, Survey Shows – Volkshilfe Austria

Inequalities for Children and Young People Affected by Poverty Persist During Pandemic, Survey Shows – Volkshilfe Austria

Pandemic-related inequalities remain present for children and young people affected by poverty Vienna (OTS) – Better protecting the population from the consequences of any crises is one of the points that the government has set out to achieve today when presenting its Corona assessment. A particularly important project if you look at the results of … Read more

Russian President Putin Defends Living Paycheck to Paycheck: Is Poverty an Incentive?

Russian President Putin Defends Living Paycheck to Paycheck: Is Poverty an Incentive?

Russian President Putin openly stated that Russians live from paycheck to paycheck, but there is nothing wrong with that. The head of the Kremlin is convinced that citizens of the Russian Federation should not live richly, because having large incomes relaxes people, and every person should “climb somewhere.” The message says that at a meeting … Read more

Malburgen: One of Arnhem’s Poorest Neighborhoods, Where 7% of Households Have Low Income – CBS Figures Show

Malburgen: One of Arnhem’s Poorest Neighborhoods, Where 7% of Households Have Low Income – CBS Figures Show

Malburgen is one of the poorest neighborhoods in Arnhem. About 7 percent of households here have a low income, it shows CBS figures from last Friday. Residents can go to the form consultation hours with questions about benefits. “I never actually have the heating on,” says a woman who says she cannot afford the energy … Read more

Rising Number of Households with Problematic Benefit Debts – CBS Report

Rising Number of Households with Problematic Benefit Debts – CBS Report

NOS NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 17:39 Real Police editor Economics Bart Kamphuis Economics reporter Real Police editor Economics Bart Kamphuis Economics reporter Benefits that need to be repaid have become an increasingly important source of problematic debt. The number of households with debts resulting from benefits has increased significantly in the past five years. That appears from … Read more

Helmond Municipality to Buy Off Debts of Young People to Prevent Crime

Helmond Municipality to Buy Off Debts of Young People to Prevent Crime

The municipality of Helmond plans to buy off debts of young people. The municipality announced this on Tuesday during the presentation of a new youth policy. The Ministry of Justice and Security has given Helmond 3.5 million euros to prevent young people from drifting into crime. The municipality cites a study by RTL Nieuws, which … Read more

Lyon. Laetitia is homeless with her baby: “I am ready to give everything for accommodation”

Lyon.  Laetitia is homeless with her baby: “I am ready to give everything for accommodation”

Par Anthony Soudani Published on 10 Dec 23 at 6:44 See my news Follow Lyon News Laetitia Boujard is at the end of her rope. With drawn features, tears in her eyes, she pushes open the doors of the editorialnews Lyon. Accompanied by her partner, the mother pushes a stroller. We can barely see Sira’s … Read more

Extreme Impoverishment of Russians: Rising Prices and Economic Crisis

Evidence of extreme impoverishment of Russians is emerging in Russian regions, the expert writes. In Russia, the impoverishment of the population is worsening due to the deteriorating economic situation. Russian blogger and economic analyst Anatoly Nesmiyan notes that a new sign of extreme impoverishment of people has been recorded on the territory of the Russian … Read more

Social food security, the story of an emerging idea

Social food security, the story of an emerging idea

In Cadenet, a small rural town of 5,000 inhabitants in Vaucluse, Social Food Security has been under construction since 2021. In Paris, the capital of more than 2 million inhabitants, the Paris Council decided on Wednesday November 15, on the proposal of the environmental group, that it would be tested from September 2024 in three … Read more