Le monde face au défi de la pauvreté

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Europe's Poverty Problem

Europa frente al reto de la pobreza

Problem ubóstwa w Europie

One in five European citizens live in poverty today. Although the European Union has set a target to reduce poverty by 25%, poverty is a difficult problem to solve.

The fastest growing group of homeless people in the USA today is baby boomers. The generation who helped build modern America are now finding life very difficult. A report from Phoenix, Arizona where homelessness is a major problem.

USA: Homeless Baby Boomers

The fastest growing group of homeless people in the USA today is baby boomers. A report from Phoenix, Arizona.

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Citizens across Europe who used to belong to the lower middle class have fallen into poverty. An in-depth investigation into the precariat, a new social class of financially insecure citizens who, although they are employed, find it very difficult to make ends meet.

The Middle Class in Crisis

An in-depth investigation into the precariat, a new social class of financially insecure citizens who, although they are employed, find it very difficult to make ends meet.

Working But Poor

With expensive tuition fees and exorbitant housing costs, it is thought that as many as 15% of California’s university students have experienced homelessness during their studies with many resorting to sleeping in their cars.

USA: Homeless Students in California

A retired female doctor, Dr. Ihanta has returned to her village in Madagascar to help locals lift themselves out of poverty. She and her small team set up a charity that supports the 800 inhabitants of Fiadanana.

Madagascar: Fighting Poverty

Dr. Ihanta has had a successful life, so now she spends her retirement giving something back.

Living in Guernica, Argentina, is nobody's dream but everybody's last resort. The pandemic left these families no longer able to pay rent, and so instead the shanty town of Guernica sprang up in July in a matter of days. But even this last refuge is under threat, as the land the shacks are built on is private property, earmarked for a luxury development. 

The Homeless of the Pandemic

Living in Guernica, Argentina, is nobody's dream but everybody's last resort

Since the Euro was introduced, economic inequality between member states has risen. Some EU citizens believe that the single currency and the Stability and Growth Pact are entirely responsible. As ever, the reality is more nuanced.

Euromyth No. 8

Since the Euro was introduced, economic inequality between member states has risen with many blaming this on the single currency. 

Europe's Poverty Problem

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