These people succeeded because they understood that you can’t let your failures define you -- you have to let your failures teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently the next time. So if you get into ...
Highlights the existence of child poverty in the U.S. Figures pertaining to children reeling under the abysmal poverty in the U.S.; Prevalence of poverty among white non-Hispanic children; Assessment of U.S. President George W. Bush's poverty program and policies.Edelman...
Why Don't We See Poverty Convergence? The most interesting thing about the fact that we do not see poverty convergence in the developing world is what it tells us about the underlying process o... Martin,Ravallion - 《American Economic Review》 被引量: 225发表: 2012年 Why Don't We See...
The values that we learn from our parents and family have greater influence on our future success than knowledge and skills we learn at school. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write...
根据关键词we do not talk much about poverty定位到第2段。该段开头指出,现在人们对贫困谈论得较少,但接下来并没有指明为什么,而是在第3段给出了原因:贫困的状况的确在过去几十年里有所缓解。故B项正确。其他三项信息均与原文不符。3 本题是细节理解题,问从文章中我们能得出什么结论。根据最后一段的内容...
Over the last two decades, global wealth has risen. Yet material affluence has not translated into time affluence. Most people report feeling persistently ‘time poor’—like they have too many things to do and not enough time to do them. Time poverty is
“It’s like we have a bunch of people in power that do not really love the country. They take the wealth and go build in the Dominican Republic and to other countries. It’s like they’re taking things away from the country. We have a minority, a few families that own everything,...
While many countries in the developing world are looking to draw on China's experience on poverty reduction and socioeconomic development, they are also inspired by its determination to explore a modernization paradigm other than by way of Westernization. ...
The problem isn’t just a lack of toilets—it’s a lack of toilets that people want to use. The result: millions of deaths and disease-stunted lives.
As we will show, poor countries are poor because those who have power make choices that create poverty. They get it wrong not by mistake or ignorance but on purpose. To understand this, you have to go beyond economics and expert advice on the best thing to do and, instead, study how ...