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The results of the tests suggest that scarcity of any kind creates a tendency to borrow a needed resource without thinking through the costs and benefits of that strategy. This effect lies behind the popularity of short-term, high-interest loans among the poor. 
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At a recent weekend “hackathon,” engineers and entrepreneurs sought ways to use tech to help people in the Tenderloin and Mid-Market Street area find food, housing, healthcare and jobs. In the process, city leaders hope to ease tensions between needy locals and newly arriving startups flush with cash.
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Suppose scientists discovered a clump of neurons in the brain that, when stimulated, turned people into egalitarians. This would be good news for Democratic strategists and speechwriters, who could now get to work framing arguments about wealth and taxation in ways that might activate the relevant section of cerebral cortex.
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"It was no surprise to see that diabetes risk is high in areas where poverty was high. What was surprising was that some of these pockets of deprivation and ill-health have persisted for over 100 years."
Leow Guo Shao's curator insight,
February 3, 2013 2:53 AM
From the article, I can see that there is a link between poverty and having illnesses. In poverty countries, people contract illnesses and they cannot afford to get medication to cure their illnesses, which becomes a problem. Being deprived of medication and illnesses have also persisted for over 100 years. I think that they need to have more hospitals and better medications so that they can lead a better lifestyle rather than suffering. I wonder why rich people did not built more hospitals in the countries facing poverty. 
Jueniewann SpotOn Sniper's curator insight,
February 4, 2013 6:00 AM
well through poverty, many people have gotten really terrible sickness. from what i know, the rate of people who gained sickness are almost the same as those who were under the state of poverty. due to lack of proper food, their health could not be sustained. their immune system become worse thus making their body weak. furthermore, some places doesn't have proper medical places to help cure this sickly people. i pity them. if there is a way to help, i would have done so. i hope the richer peopl would also have that thought in mind and would do more than me to help them 
Ameer Artsyrup's curator insight,
February 4, 2013 10:04 AM
After reading yhis article, i can deduce that there is a direct link between health problems and poverty. For example, the poeple who stay in countries that suffer from poverty suffer from health problems both physically and psychologically. This is happening towards them as their country might not have sufficient sanitation services to help protact them from diseases. The poeple from these area might also not knoew of the diseases that they are facing due to the insufficient amount of health services. The people might also suffer from psychological ilness due to som bacteria that ar not known by them that primarily attacks the brain. In order to stop this problem, the government of the affected country should learn from other governments and take risks to help its people.
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Limited access to clean sources of energy, known as energy poverty, makes nearly half the world's population reliant on burning wood, animal waste, coal or charcoal to cook.
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A new study finds that countries with more income inequality tend to have more people who believe that they are better than average — a psychological phenomenon known as “self-enhancement.”
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People living in poor neighbourhoods have a higher rate and risk of arthritis - one of the most common causes of disability in the developed world.
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In part seven of the Future Learning series, see how a public computer helped poor children in Hyderabad, India teach themselves English.
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The world's poorest children could soon have a tablet of their very own, thanks to One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), the organisation which aims to bring low-cost computing to the developing world.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics is warning that a harsh early environment can lay the groundwork for lifelong achievement gaps, health problems and poverty. Via Deborah McNelis, M.Ed
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Ken Banks: The ICT4D community must close the gap between the hype around new technologies and the reality in the developing world...
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(Medical Xpress) -- Emotional differences between the rich and poor, as depicted in such Charles Dickens classics as “A Christmas Carol” and “A Tale of Two Cities,” may have a scientific basis.
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Alok Jha: No one who is interested in an equitable society can fail to be irked by unfairness in wealth distribution – but it is not unexpected...
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Given that lower-class individuals are more dependent on their social environments and on others than their upper-class counterparts, we might also expect that these individuals will exhibit more emotional contagion in interactions. Specifically, being constantly vigilant of others' emotions may make an individual prone to unintentionally experiencing the emotions of others.
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But simple measures could cut the mortality rate of premature babies in poorer countries.
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Improving natural photosynthesis to make new fuels and boost crop production is the focus of new research presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting today.
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A quarter of young children around the world are not getting enough nutrients to grow properly, and 300 die of malnutrition every hour, according to a new report that lays bare the effects of the global food crisis.
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A study by a Stanford sociologist, Sean Reardon, states that the standardized test scores between affluent and low-income students has widened by about 40 percent in the last half-century.
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In the fight against child mortality in the developing world, simple things make a big difference.
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Wealthy people possess more than just spending power. They also have more time to live than poor people do, a new study has found.
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The XO 3.0 tablet was one of the most talked about gadgets at this year’s Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas. The tablet has a hand cranked accessory that powers the device which can run on Linux or Android. This is helpful for children living in rural areas of developing countries where there is no electricity. The tablet was created by One Laptop per Child, a non-profit organization that also created a low-cost laptop in 2008 for kids in poor countries.
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While the developed world takes tech for granted, billions of people still live without electricity. Could a change in our economic approach change the lives of people on the other side of the great tech divide?
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Cell phones are the fastest spreading information technology (IT) in the developing world, with a penetration rate of over 61% [4]. Hence, there is a growing interest among governments, investors, banking industries, and retail giants like Wal-Mart to exploit this emerging channel of communication for offering services and expanding businesses to more than 3 billion poor consumers earning less than $2 per day. In response, a number of micro (individual), meso (community), and macro (regional/national)-level research inquiries and consumer surveys have investigated what makes cell phones a desirable and affordable technology for people earning less than $2 per day. These multidisciplinary studies and market surveys have revealed links between access to cell phones and socio-economic opportunities for disadvantaged populations from developing nations [9]. However, very few of the studies [1], [5], [10] have answered "why this link exists," and "how this link works."
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Children exposed to maternal gestational diabetes mellitus and low socioeconomic status, particularly in combination, appear to be at an increased risk of developing childhood ADHD, according to a new report.
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"Evidence shows that most countries are making progress, but that few are managing to achieve inclusive and equitable progress," Richard and co-authors write. "Instead, most of the gains are taking place among the top socioeconomic quintiles, while the lower quintiles are seeing little or no progress." Poverty and the alleviation of its negative consequences are the main aim of the MDGs. Articles about ECONOMY http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=economy
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