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...FOOTWEAR $78 Average price of a pair of the popular Crocs footwear in Israel $3.60 Cost of a pair of pirated, Chinese-made Crocs being sold to Palestinians...
...program will subsidize the cost of household ceramic water filters that are simple, cheap, and effective at ridding the water of most bacteria,” Norman says, adding that an important part of the project is connecting with the people they work with and forming lasting partnerships with the local communities...
...universal coverage in Massachusetts. As previously uninsured patients can now seek care that they had postponed or neglected, the medical system is witnessing a spike in patients and office visits. While this does place an undeniable strain on the health care system, the burden is nonetheless worth the cost: Studies have demonstrated that access to primary care improves health, allowing doctors to practice preventative medicine, monitor chronic diseases, and control rising health care costs. If we intend to actually realize the benefits of primary care, however, we must take active steps—whether through tuition breaks, tax subsidies...
...unrest spread from the countryside, protesters shut down the capital, Port-au-Prince, on Tuesday to decry lavi che - the Creole term for the high cost of living. Gunshot wounds have killed several people this week and injured a Haitian journalist. Rioters broke down two gates to the National Palace before they were stopped by United Nations peacekeepers; Haitian National Police, who number around 8,000, are securing government buildings but have not yet been able to dismantle the barricades of rocks and burning tires that have closed off most of the major roads...
...cost of staple foods has risen some 50% in Haiti since last year, a crushing trend in a country where three-quarters of the population lives on less than $2 a day. Only Somalia and Afghanistan have a higher per capita daily deficit in calorie intake than Haiti does. (The figure in Haiti is 460 calories below the United Nations' daily minimum of 2,100.) The U.N.'s World Food Program says it has received only 13% of the $96 million it needs to help Haiti's 10 million people in 2008 - barely enough to support its operations there through...