Leaving No-one Behind: The Urgent Challenge of Poverty and Injustice
The words of Jesus of Nazareth that ‘you will always have the poor with you’ (Matt 26:11) seem like a dark prophecy come true. Despite all efforts and advances, poverty still affects a large proportion of the world’s population. An estimated two billion people live on a daily income below $3.10, 767...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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ATF Press
2020
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Fullness of Life and Justice for All
Year: 2020, Pages: 135-152 |
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| Summary: | The words of Jesus of Nazareth that ‘you will always have the poor with you’ (Matt 26:11) seem like a dark prophecy come true. Despite all efforts and advances, poverty still affects a large proportion of the world’s population. An estimated two billion people live on a daily income below $3.10, 767 million in extreme poverty with less than $1.90 a day.¹ Even in an affluent part of the world like the European Union, 22.4% of the population is at risk of poverty or social exclusion.² But what is poverty? The figures cited above are based largely on monetary terms... |
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| ISBN: | 1925679438 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Fullness of Life and Justice for All
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv16t6ms2.13 |