La Pobreza y el Tercer Mundo Flashcards
(69 cards)
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the developing countries
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the underprivileged, the helpless
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the deprived, the have-nots
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poverty
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human problems
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economic and health conditions
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to become poor, impoverished
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malnutrition
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to be malnourished
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infant mortality
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rural deprivation
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endemic hunger, starvation
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to die of starvation
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marginalisation
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to be marginalised
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to exploit
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to feel exploited
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the struggle for daily survival
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apathy
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to be apathetic
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despair
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to be in an ever more precarious situation
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poverty-related diseases
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to age quickly
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to suffer an irreversible decline in living conditions
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to be illiterate
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illiteracy
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the abysmal level of education
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to beg
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social inequality
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to receive an income below the per capita average
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to live below the poverty line
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not to be able to manage until the end of the month
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to live in a state of dire need
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to have no means / resources
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to depend on charity
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to steal in order to obtain food
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to owe the rent
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to evict
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to be homeless
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to live in a hovel
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shanty towns
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shack, shanty, slum
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the problem of the chabolas
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to support seven or eight children
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orphan
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orphanage
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to be just a statistic, "statistic fodder"
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there's no more hope
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economic aid
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charity, charitable organization
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to shelter, to house
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self-sufficiency in food, ability to feed oneself
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to live off the land
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to leave the countryside
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to move to the city
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to share (with)
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to have a real social policy towards poverty
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the welfare state
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to detect signs of poverty
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to sponsor a child
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fair trade
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economic problems at a national level
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foreign debt
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debtor
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creditor
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loan
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to reduce / cancel third-world debt
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to stem the spiraling growth of third-world debt
