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unusual facts about standard of living



History of the Republic of Singapore

During Lee Kuan Yew's term as prime minister from 1959 to 1990, his administration curbed unemployment, raised the standard of living and implemented a large-scale public housing programme.

Mosaic Foundation

The Mosaic Foundation is an American non-profit organization established in 1997 to raise the standard of living of women and children everywhere while also bridging the cultural gap between citizens of the United States and residents of the Arab World.


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African Wild Dog Conservancy

It exists to empower the most vulnerable members of the community, specifically women, destitute girls, and poor households in the Ijara, Garissa, and Wajir districts, by improving the standard of living through capacity building, thus enabling these members to take control of their lives.

Cultivation System

R.E. Elson has argued that the cultivation system directly contributed to the impoverishment of Javanese peasants but indirectly improved their standard of living.

Deep Economy

By contrast to such economists and commentators as Deirdre McCloskey, Thomas Friedman and Jeffrey Sachs, McKibben does not promote globalization in the developing world, which he views as ineffective means of raising the global standard of living and unsustainable given limited global resources.

Financial security

Economic security, the condition of having the resources to support a standard of living now and in the foreseeable future