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Jim Yong Kim secures World Bank job amid criticism of US domination of role. Seoul-born Kim beats Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who s...

by Dominic Rushe The Guardian April 16, 2012

The World Bank named Korean-born doctor Jim Yong Kim as its new president today amid criticism that the role had once more gone to a US-nominated candidate....

Republicans’ budgets imply deep cuts in programs helping the poor

by Ezra Klein Washington Post April 10, 2012

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People applying for food stamps in Lawrenceville, Ga., in 2009, at the height of the recession. Photo: Erik S. Lesser/New York Times

Food stamps helped reduce poverty rate, study finds

by Sabrina Tavernise New York Times April 9, 2012

WASHINGTON — A new study by the Agriculture Department has found that food stamps, one of the country’s largest social safety net programs, reduced the poverty rate substantially during the recent recession. The food stamp program, formally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,...

Lawmakers face increasing pressure to raise the minimum wage

by Steven Greenhouse New York Times April 9, 2012

As the nation’s economy slowly recovers and income inequality emerges as a crucial issue in the presidential campaign, lawmakers are facing growing pressure to raise the minimum wage, which was last increased at the federal level to $7.25 an hour in July 2009....

Federal funds to train the jobless are drying up

by Motoko Rich New York Times April 8, 2012

With the economy slowly reviving, an executive from Atlas Van Lines recently visited Louisville, Ky., with good news: the company wanted to hire more than 100 truck drivers ahead of the summer moving season....

An illegal immigrant from Mexico, above, the mother of four American-born children, started redeeming bottles and cans in Phoenix after she lost her $164 monthly welfare aid. Photo: Joshua Lott/New York Times

Welfare limits left poor adrift as recession hit

by Jason DeParle New York Times April 7, 2012

PHOENIX — Perhaps no law in the past generation has drawn more praise than the drive to “end welfare as we know it,” which joined the late-’90s economic boom to send caseloads plunging, employment rates rising and officials of both parties hailing the virtues of tough love....

Aid groups push Obama administration to shift the way US helps feed starving people abroad

by Associated Press Washington Post April 5, 2012

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Jim Yong Kim, Dartmouth College president, tapped by Obama to head World Bank

by Howard Schneider and Zachary Goldfarb Washington Post March 23, 2012

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‘Special interest’ tax breaks would be tough to cut, Congressional Research Service says

by Lori Mongomery Washington Post March 23, 2012

The vast majority of tax breaks in the U.S. tax code would be hard to cut because they promote important social goals or are “hugely popular” with voters, according to a new congressional analysis that casts doubt on Republican pro...

US economy adds 227,000 jobs in February; unemployment rate remains at 8.3 percent; 13 million people still unemployed

by Ylan Q Mui Washington Post March 10, 2012

As the country logs its third straight month of strong job growth, economists and politicians are daring to hope that a recovery dogged by false starts and sluggishness is finally taking hold....

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  • About WHES & Hunger Notes
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