Afghans are met by both poverty and the freezing cold of winter after over a decade since the start of the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan.
Archive for the ‘Countries’ Category
War leaves Poverty in its Wake
Posted by Joseph Robertson on January 26th, 2012
Posted in Afghanistan 
Tags: Afghans, Async, Cold Of Winter, Cold Winter, Createelement, Document Location, Ga Document, Google, Google Analytics, Http Www Google, Insertbefore, Js, Last Decade, Left Behind, Poverty, Protocol, Text Javascript, Ua, War Afghanistan, War In Afghanistan 
Comments OffHaitian Poverty, 2 Years after the Earthquake
Posted by Joseph Robertson on January 20th, 2012
Having seen the slow recovery and response to the poor in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina (5 years after the disaster, most of the old poorer neighborhoods were still largely unrecovered), it is not a surprise to me the number of people in Haiti who are still without basic living needs after 2 years. This article details some of the numbers…
More than a third of households affected by the deadly 2010 Haiti earthquake and over half of those living in the camps have not recovered basic household assets nearly two years after the disaster, according to an analysis by Tulane University researchers.
Posted in Haiti Tags: Article Details, Assets, Chronic Poverty, Disaster, Earthquake Victims, Haiti, Household, Households, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Surprise, Tulane University Researchers Comments OffHaiti – Commentary 2 Years After
Posted by Joseph Robertson on January 20th, 2012
This particular article is a commentary on an Op/Ed piece in the New York Times. I appreciate the notations the author makes in this article as they point out some of the critical elements which serve to keep Haiti suppressed in it’s current state of poverty (and leftover destruction from the earthquake).
Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, a fact which an op/ed in today’s New York Times notes is an inevitable catchphrase in any article about the hapless country occupying the western third of Hispaniola.
Posted in Haiti Tags: Async, Catchphrase, Createelement, Critical Elements, Current State, Document Location, Earthquake, Ed Piece, Ga Document, Google, Google Analytics, Http Www Google, Insertbefore, Js, New York Times, New York Times Op Ed, Notations, Poorest Country, Text Javascript, Western Hemisphere Comments OffPolitics and Poverty in India
Posted by Joseph Robertson on January 1st, 2012
This article provides perhaps a look into Indian politics – specifically as they surround the subjects of poverty and the general welfare of the public.
Posted in India Tags: Async, Barun, Createelement, Debts, Dirt, Document Location, Electricity, Ga Document, Google, Google Analytics, Hallowed Land, Http Www Google, Indian Politics, Insertbefore, Js, Poor Farmers, Poverty In India, Public Hospitals, Slums, Text Javascript Comments OffIn Andrha Pradesh – Almost all In Poverty
Posted by Joseph Robertson on December 24th, 2011
In Andrha Pradesh – a state on the coast in SE India – 95% of the population lives below the poverty line…
