Planet’s poor set to swell as World Bank revises poverty line, By Shawn Donnan, September 23, 2015, CNBC: “The World Bank is to make the most dramatic change to its global poverty line in 25 years, raising its measure by a half to about $1.90 per day in a move likely to swell the statistical ranks of the world’s poor by tens of millions…”
Tag: Extreme poverty
Extreme Poverty – Rochester, NY
Report: Rochester tops ‘extreme poverty’ list, By David Riley, January 9, 2015, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: “This is not the kind of national list that Rochester-area residents hope to top. Rochester now has more people living at less than half the federal poverty level than any other similarly-sized city in the U.S., says a report released Thursday by the Rochester Area Community Foundation and its ACT Rochester initiative. For a family of four, that means getting by on less than $11,925 a year — conditions that the report described as ‘extreme poverty.’ Another unfortunate distinction: Rochester is now the only city of its size where slightly more than half of children live in poverty, according to the report…”
Poverty Rate – Rochester, NY
- New study: Rochester is fifth poorest city in country, By Sean Dobbin, December 10, 2013, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: “Don Rosier wheeled his motorized scooter to the center of the room, laying his cheek on his fist as he waited his turn. Once a month, neighborhood residents can come to the St. Andrew’s Food Cupboard on Portland Avenue and collect a box of food. Rosier, 67 and sporting a baseball cap with ‘Vietnam Veteran’ written across it, said that lines at places like this are longer than they used to be. There’s one Rochester that everyone likes to boast about. It’s the one with the great cost-of-living, the high-performing suburban school systems, the affordable real estate, and the short commutes, all of which combines to push it to the top of those ‘Best places to live’ lists that come out every so often. And then there’s the Rochester that Rosier lives in. The one that’s the fifth poorest city in the United States…”
- New report paints grim picture of poverty in the Rochester area, By Tim Louis Macaluso, December 10, 2013, Rochester City Newspaper: “Rochester is the fifth poorest city in the country out of the 75 largest metro areas and the second poorest out of comparably sized cities, according to a sobering new report from the Rochester Area Community Foundation and ACT Rochester. But what’s most distressing about the report’s findings is the extreme concentration of poverty in Rochester, and the deep barriers to social and economic progress it poses. When compared to other cities, Rochester’s concentration of poverty is profound…”