Using the map, we can see that poverty rates are high in the northern and central parts of the country.

High vacancy rates

On the narrower measure, as East Asia experienced a sharp drop in poverty rates, there was a persistent rise in the numbers elsewhere.

High figures persist for unemployment and underemployment.

If the global poverty reduction target is met, it will be due to high growth in emerging countries such as China or India rather than to a decline in absolute poverty in the neediest countries.

T hat has to subtract growth and could cause core inflation to pick up.

Jordan asserts that the large influx of refugees into its territory caused an increase in the poverty rate in Jordan, which in turn caused an increase in the crime rate.

This explains high economic growth rates.

It also contributes to high crime rates.

But rising unemployment and falling incomes underscore the enduring threat of poverty worldwide.

Indeed, the government s key economic committee, the Central Work Committee, has concluded that after years of high growth and low inflation, China is on a route to high growth with high inflation.

With personal incomes rising strongly, poverty is declining, while 68 of Russia s college age youth now attend universities.

Unemployment is 16 and rising.

Africa has the highest level of poverty in the world and is one of the two regions where poverty has not declined in the past twenty years.

First, poverty rates increased despite overall growth in the economy and in employment rates.

The Palestinian Authority had the arduous task of jump starting economic recovery while formulating effective development strategies to address soaring unemployment and rising poverty levels.

Those experiencing rising and now double digit inflation will have to raise interest rates, while other high inflation countries will lose export competitiveness.

As food prices rise, so is hunger and poverty.

But the price for protecting workers and firms was slower growth and higher unemployment.

The increase in the crime rate resulted in mental pain and suffering for the victims of crime.

In addition, there are differences related to income quintile and level of education.

22. The Committee expresses its deep concern about the high rate of children under 5 that are chronically malnourished (45 per cent according to government statistics), as well as the high incidence of poverty related diseases.

The number of deaths is projected to increase due to higher smoking rates and an aging population in many countries.

If a government attempts to push the unemployment rate too low, inflation will increase, and so, too, will inflationary expectations.

Absent the willingness of large developing countries to run trade surpluses and high savings rates relative to investment, the asset bubble in the US leading to a rise in domestic consumption and a fall in the savings rate would have triggered inflation and higher interest rates.

The rapid population growth in these periods was due to high birth rates at a time when mortality started to diminish.

Frankly, higher US personal saving rates would not be a bad thing.

Indeed, the spike in oil prices actually gives independent producers an incentive to boost production.

The German economy faced a decade of high unemployment and slow growth.

At that time, no one had foreseen the escalation of the AIDS pandemic.

Meanwhile, poverty rates in South America have remained relatively constant.

Results usually show that child labour rates are higher among indigenous children and that, in turn, their school attendance rates are lower, especially among girls.

Even within countries where death rates are declining, there are areas and populations where mortality remains high.

Currently, the Maghreb countries suffer from soaring unemployment, poverty, and high prices for basic commodities.

Moreover, global warming appears to be increasing the intensity of storms.

This minimal nourishment of calves results in high death rates in the young.

It also notes with concern the high rates of sexually transmitted infections among young women.

Rates of idiopathic no known cause of infertility are on the rise in both men and women.

The hard problem that Alice chose was the rising incidence of childhood cancers.

The result has been elevated unit labor costs relative to France s peer group (especially Germany) and stubbornly high unemployment.

But as Louis Kuijs of the World Bank has pointed out, what sets China apart from many other developing countries is not that households save uniquely high levels of their income, but that enterprises do.

Measures aimed at reducing poverty should take into account the linkages between high poverty levels, illiteracy and the potential for corruption.

It also explains why Continental Europe has had such high unemployment rates for so long.

Higher energy use is already changing the world's climate in dangerous ways.

It is not true that automation has caused the rise of unemployment since 2008.