poverty

More than a quarter of Syrians live in extreme poverty, the World Bank said Saturday, 13 years into a devastating civil war that has battered the economy and impoverished millions. The World Bank published two new reports on Syria, which…
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Five stalls selling newspapers and books on the sidewalks of Beirut’s Hamra Street are all that remain of a series of similar stalls that had defined this historic commercial street for decades. Lebanon’s years-long economic crisis has…
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In a square that a few years ago was a grim stage for the Daesh group’s brutal rule in the Syrian city of Raqqa, Mahmoud Dander sat deep in thought. He wants to leave Syria, but has a problem: The 75-year-old has no money. He recalled…
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Qatari tweets circulated a short video clip on Twitter of a woman complaining to a man of poverty and poor health and demanding the employment of one of her children to improve her conditions and support her. A Qatari person named Hazaa…
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Pakistan’s imports of used clothing have nearly doubled this year as more people flock to markets selling secondhand clothes due to rising inflation and poverty, traders and experts said. During the past fiscal year, imports of…
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new documentary launched on Friday has revealed the poverty being experienced by the Lebanese, as the country continues to grapple with a deep economic and financial crisis as well as the COVID-19 pandemic. The documentary is from the…
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Images showing desperate Turkish citizens scrambling to grab free handouts of potatoes have stoked an ongoing debate over chronic poverty in the country. The government recently began distributing potatoes and onions to needy people in…
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