#OldAgePoverty

[…] The annual update of the Wegweiser Kommune is now complete. That means the data – which mostly comes from Germany’s federal and state statistical offices and the Federal Employment Agency – can now be [...]

[…] How are you doing, Europe? Mapping Social Imbalances in the EU At the end of May, Europeans will elect a new European Parliament and soon after a new European Commission will begin its five-year [...]

[…] European economic and debt crisis: Children and young people are hardest hit In the EU, some 26 million children and young people are threatened by poverty or social exclusion. The social justice gap [...]

[…] Return to poverty among the elderly? Many studies, especially those examining Germany as a whole or its individual states, show that the poverty rate is not particularly high when compared to the [...]

[…] Bolivia's economy is growing rapidly thanks to income from natural resources, and the country's left-wing government is committed to distributing the wealth. That's good news for Bolivia's poor – [...]