Overcoming poverty

This week I will continue to look at poverty issues

For Full Access Login OR Subscribe Now - for as low as 25 cents a day


Coping with crisis
Whom do shocks hit the most? Who are the most vulnerable to crises? In shocks such as a macroeconomic crisis, climate change impacts and global food inflation, the low income consumers are assumed to be the one who are mostly affected. However, who takes the pain …..


MORE IN Features, Sunday


Reader Comments »

The Comments section is intended to provide a forum for reasoned and reasonable debate on the newspaper's content and is an extension of the newspaper and what it has become well known for over its history: accuracy, balance and fairness.
  • We reserve the right to edit/delete comments which contain attacks on other users, slander, coarse language and profanity, and gratuitous and incendiary references to race and ethnicity.
  • We moderate ALL comments, so your comment will not be published until it has been reviewed by a moderator.
  • Our Comments are powered by the Disqus service. You may comment as a Guest by entering your comment and selecting "Post as". Optionally, you may sign-in using your Facebook, Yahoo or Twitter Accounts.

    Disqus' Privacy Policy can be read here. Please read our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.