The lives which they live is based on their Karma or the negative or positive force based on the person's actions. ... If only India's government was not based on apartheid, or for many there is no apartheid only a mutual understanding of a people's places in the world. ... Those who became wealthy and respected based on their birth and who their parents were. ... What should the Indian government do? ... While the lower caste have no say in the government. ...

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Community-based programs are critical to operating an efficient welfare system, but there is not enough information on the adequacy of community-based services. ... In this article, Coulton concludes that "such information [on community-based services] is vital to ensure that responsibilities at the community level are met and that no child or family slips through cracks in the system" (2). ... The need for further study is required to appropriately reform community-based systems. ... Elan Melmid and Gabriel Brodbar of the Child Welfare League of America writes, "Low income groups are the ...

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Society itself has taken a toll into the economic backdrop such as inflation, unemployment, company bankruptcy, government shutdowns and reduction in work hours that have contributed in this predicament. ... Another aspect of the increase in wages directly affected the unemployment rates due to cause and effect of the sheer fact that the cost of labor has now increased reducing the demand of the hirable workforce; this makes a competitive businesses hire less people if the revenue does not meet the desired amount based on the labor costs. ... Housing situations based on the amount of individu...

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For example, in medieval times welfare was completely church based. ... On taking office the Liberal Government had no policy on social reforms and old age pensions. ... Consequences were on the one hand rising taxes (that proved that the tax based -non contributory- system did not work) -and on the other hand there was only a restricted entitlement to pensions, i.e. one needed a very high income and had to be at least 70 years old. ... To put it bluntly, the government had given as little as they could get away with. ... Writing at the end of 1908, Churchill suggested a political strat...

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As stated in 1995 by the United States government, 36 million people or 13.8% of the population was poor. The government defines a family of four as being poor if they generate a yearly income of $15,569 or less, although the average improvised families income was only around $10,000 in 1995. ... An additional reason for so little being known about the homeless is that homelessness is such a controversial issue that many of the interviewers are biased and base the findings of their interviews on the personal beliefs. ... The government dropped the more compassionate pollicies of ...

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As stated in 1995 by the United States government, 36 million people or 13.8% of the population was poor. The government defines a family of four as being poor if they generate a yearly income of $15,569 or less, although the average improvised families income was only around $10,000 in 1995. ... An additional reason for so little being known about the homeless is that homelessness is such a controversial issue that many of the interviewers are biased and base the findings of their interviews on the personal beliefs. ... The government dropped the more compassionate pollicies of ...

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As stated in 1995 by the United States government, 36 million people or 13.8% of the population was poor. The government defines a family of four as being poor if they generate a yearly income of $15,569 or less, although the average improvised family's income was only around $10,000 in 1995. ... An additional reason for so little being known about the homeless is that homelessness is such a controversial issue that many of the interviewers are biased and base the findings of their interviews on the personal beliefs. ... The government dropped the more compassionate policies of the past ...

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Factors that contribute to this poverty and by extension access to healthcare is gender-based biases, exposure to harmful practices like female genital mutilation, political and policy changes. Government agencies and the structural changes they make, play a part in women not having access to proper healthcare. ... Williams also writes, "Cuts in government spending which are part and parcel of SAPs usually have their most dramatic effect on social services." ... The organization did projects based on economic rights to a life without violence, human rights, political rights, and sexual and re...

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We need to bring the aggressive wage costs decreed by the Federal Government under control. ... It is felt based on the data currently available, only 11% of those who would benefit are considered in poverty, if the federal minimum wage was brought up to $9.50. ... This is based only on the assumption that the worker is the sole source of income for a multi-unit family with no other money being brought in. ... In addition those who are the single parents, supporting multiple children qualify for and typically utilize government assistance and programs that are available to offset lower wages e...

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Sri Lanka's multi-party political system with regular elections and periodic changes of the government had continued in downfall. ... The Rajapakse government is committed to the unitary state. ... The Free Trade also based on women's work, were established. ... The most recent computation of poverty, the government of Sri Lanka now claims that the poverty has decreased further to 8.9 percent of the population in 2010 based upon an official poverty line of LKR 3,028 per person per month. ... The current Sri Lanka government would prefer describing their policies based upon the paradi...

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Despite of many aids from both government and communities, the rate of homeless people keeps increasing every year. ... Also, based on the article" Homelessness", there are two categories of homeless that is long-term homeless and short-term homeless. ... They are originally families who lose welfare benefit and receive a very little aid from the government. ... Despite of receiving some succors from government or communities, but they still remain on the street. ... " Most homeless people qualify for food stamps, which are awarded based on income thresholds, and applications c...

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The government has compiled many studies on child care and its effects on families. ... Parents can't afford to pay child care, so the state or government pays for it. However, what the state and/or government is paying is low and this causes the child care center to be understaffed or to have unqualified staff, and to have poor or inadequate facilities. ... Another point is that children who attend day cares and pre-school and receive education could be very beneficial to the government as a whole. ... The biggest financial challenge, however, is the child care sector as far as governmen...

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A minimum wage based on actual minimum living expenses would go a long way towards solving this problem. The government should consider calculating how much it costs to live comfortably. ... The snapshot assesses housing affordability for a range of household groups on Government benefits as well as the minimum wage. ... According to (Kylyssa Shay, 2014) a minimum wage that is actually based on a basic living style (shelter, food, bills, health care. ... The Australian government in 2014 has come with a new action plan to address homelessness. ...

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All of these factors are important when looking at the malnutrition crisis because based on rising prices, poor cultivation methods, and higher demands of these foods in developed countries, many locals have had to switch to a cheaper, yet lower nutritionally dense diet. ... Now, because these items are just too expensive to buy, many locals would rather eat processed flour based products; which are easier to prepare and cheaper. ... One of the priorities of his government has been poverty reduction. Malnutrition is now one of the major concerns of the president and subsequently the governme...

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Based on the data that I find from World Bank, remittances are steadily increased from 2000 to 2008. ... However, Vietnam government still has a lot of work to do to eliminate poverty. Based on the new poverty line that post on World Bank, Vietnam is VN 653,000/person/month or $2.25/person/day, which is significantly lower than the U.S. $11,490/person/year or $31.49/person/day standard, but higher than among of other countries in the region. ... Vietnam's government has been relatively successful in providing for its people; however this process had uneven benefits. ... According to Glob...

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It has been developed in partnership with the Planning Commission as the nodal partner from the Government of India (GoI); prepared in collaboration with government agencies, civil society, donors and other key development partners. ... The UNDAF will work towards the achievement of six outcomes which are as follows: Outcome 1 Inclusive Growth Inclusive and equitable growth policies and poverty reduction strategies of the government strengthened to ensure that most vulnerable and marginalized people in rural and urban areas have greater access to decent employment, skills development, social...

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Maslow developed a pyramid and at the base of the pyramid are the basic physiological needs such as hunger, thirst, and the need for oxygen. ... (Drug Sense) "The government seemed committed to ensuring that every American could obtain and keep a job.... It would be worth looking at our government enacting laws that will allow rent to be allocated based upon income. Those landlords that have to lower rent costs considerably, could be subsidized by the government. ... "Additional help for the homeless was provided by the federal government in 1983. ...

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During the 1980s, cutbacks in government benefits attached with rapidly increasing rents and a scarcity of low-income housing jeopardized the stability of all people on reduced or fixed incomes. ... Job training, education, trade schools, and other systemic economic incentives and welfare disincentives should be applied with whatever funds are available from foundation or government sources. ... Even though documenting peoples" lives in detail verges on an invasion of privacy, we feel if the US taxpayers need to foot the bill, which they ultimately do, there is no alternative but to build an e...

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Shortly after his installation as archbishop in February 1977, his Jesuit friend Rutilio Grande, who helped build base Christian communities in rural areas, was murdered. ... He was, at the time, not only the spiritual leader of El Salvador's Catholics but one of the most outspoken critics of the government - a government portrayed in this film as little more than a "company" for the economic exploiters of the country. ... He would like to consider the government honest and legitimate, but he is lied to time and time again. ... His conscience eventually requires him to speak out against a...

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Karoly and Gonzalez summarize this by economic and sociodemographic elements such as language, cultural preferences, bureaucratic complexity, and distrust in government. ... This report outlines that for the cohort that entered kindergarten in 1990-99, children of immigrant mothers were less likely to be enrolled in center or school-based preschool programs than other children in the year before they entered kindergarten. ... As expected, any center based care is higher for children within each of the subgroups. This shows that, for example, immigrant children, above the poverty line, are mor...

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How do the American government and the wealthy of America profit from the country's evident financial inequality gap? ... The U.S. government should be present throughout all of this commotion; not only are the wealthy taking advantage of the lower and middle class but the government is not doing anything to fix this issue, yet there using tax payers money for social purposes. ... This quote illustrates how the U.S government is over abusing their power towards their own citizens simply to become wealthier and re invest the tax papers money in industries the government sees as profitable ...

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It also follows a Liberalism view because the government provides opportunities to people that are not given a chance. ... For this to be possible, the government would have to tax rich people a lot for the sake of social programs so the people under the poverty line could do better. ... However, this is only possible through the help of government programs, grants and loans because corporations demand highly educated workers and to attain that education you need money. The government provides services like OSAP to help students pay for their education and allows them to repay their loan when ...

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The United States government reports on human trafficking every year and government responses to this issue. Countries in this report are rated in 4 tiers based upon the efforts of their government to prevent trafficking. ... This can be attributed to the effort the countries government makes to prevent the problem. ... Making this continent stand out as an area with little government effort to prevent the trade of humans. ... In these areas governments are actively working to prevent human trafficking (see appendix A). ...

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They can provide care that is based on the needs of the patient and the best course of action instead of providing care based on discounted resources and charitable donations. ... If an individual is eligible for Medicaid, they will be nearly fully covered by the federal government, and the state in turn will be saving money by not having to spend money on state funded healthcare. ... Another 14 million Americans who are currently uninsured will be able to receive government financial assistance when they buy coverage through their state's health insurance exchange. ... In an effo...

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This common goal has caused the creation of the World Bank, the United Nations Development Program, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, aid agencies in the governments of the most prosperous economies, and countless non-governmental organizations (World Politics, pg. 41). ... One reason they are at a disadvantage is because water-based transportation is much more affordable than overland transportation. ... It is not clear that this kind of improvement should be a priority for the Kenyan government or, if any improvements are made, the railway will be sufficient enough to...

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