concentration of poverty
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconcentrationandpoverty
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concentration
noun
uk/ˌkɒn.sənˈtreɪ.ʃən/us/ˌkɑːn.sənˈtreɪ.ʃən/
the ability to think carefully about something you are doing and ...
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poverty
noun[U]
uk/ˈpɒv.ə.ti/us/ˈpɑː.vɚ.t̬i/
the condition of being ...
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(Definition ofconcentrationandpovertyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thai emergency allowances are distributed equally across all the country's villages, so that destitute elders in villages with high concentrations of poverty are much less likely to receive one.
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Moreover, minimum wage activities will likely fail in the more conservative states, which often have the highest concentrations of poverty.
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He further argues that the pathologies caused by aconcentrationofpovertyare likely to spread to surrounding neighborhoods, forcing local residents and businesses to relocate.
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These studies have illustrated that crime and delinquency, education, psychological distress, and various health problems, among many other issues, are affected by neighborhood characteristics, particularly theconcentrationofpoverty.
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Studies have shown that theconcentrationofpovertyis self-perpetuating, thus some postulate that the hurricane may have a small positive impact on future poverty levels.
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There is a concern that measures are not sufficiently targeted on concentrations of poverty in areas outside the inner city.
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Others are sited in areas which have borne the brunt of the deepeningconcentrationofpovertyand deprivation characteristic of the 1980s and 1990s.
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The inner city areas have a heavyconcentrationofpovertyand poor housing conditions and a great need for welfare facilities.
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There is aconcentrationofpoverty, unemployment and a lack of training in the inner cities.
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It is also a group in which there is a very highconcentrationofpoverty.
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There are very poor pockets of rural deprivation but the majorconcentrationofpovertyin this country is in the inner cities and urban areas.
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There is also aconcentrationofpovertyin larger families.
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In the same way, we can take action to combat the territorialconcentrationofpoverty, if we want to.
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In my belief, there is no section of the community amongst whom there is a greaterconcentrationofpovertythan in the section we are now discussing.
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That has led to aconcentrationofpovertyin particular wards in certain seaside towns, where landlords pack as many tenants as possible into substandard accommodation.
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There is aconcentrationofpovertythere that needs to be addressed, but, to be absolutely frank, the local council cannot and will not handle it.
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The third of our social divisions which has been vastly accentuated is theconcentrationofpovertyand unemployment in the inner cities of our major conurbations.
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Due to its highconcentrationofpoverty, the building was characterized in a 1993 paper as a ghetto tipped on its edge.
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When effective, inclusionary zoning reduces theconcentrationofpovertyin slum districts where social norms may not provide adequate models of success.
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Theconcentrationofpovertyand geographic isolation of many reservations severely limits the human capital from which business owners may draw to develop their business plans.
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This isolates poor, inner city residents from the labor market compouding theconcentrationofpoverty, welfare dependency, rise of unemployment, and physical isolation in these areas.
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