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The SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies, 2020
[2] Download the Brief in PDF [2] [3] Download the Excel Version of the Table: "Childhood Poverty [3]" The number of poor children has been on the rise for the past 10 years, although those increases vary across state and racial and ethnic lines.
J. Burnett
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[2] Download the Brief in PDF [2] [3] Download the Excel Version of the Table: "Childhood Poverty [3]" The number of poor children has been on the rise for the past 10 years, although those increases vary across state and racial and ethnic lines.
J. Burnett
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Part 1: Growth and Poverty in Africa -- Growth and Poverty in Africa: An Overview
Journal of African Economies, 2004In light of the importance of pro-poor growth strategies in reducing the especially high poverty rates in Africa, the present article provides an overview for three pertinent papers. First, it is proposed that an important pro-poor growth strategy would entail a greater focus on the rural sector, paying particular attention to an appropriate ...
Augustin Kwasi Fosu, Arne Bigsten
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2018
This chapter discusses more appropriate ways to measure poverty that reveal how the modern safety net significantly reduces poverty. The paradox of "poverty amidst plenty" led President Lyndon Johnson to declare "unconditional" war on poverty in his first State of the Union address on January 8, 1964. The Johnson administration proposed many strategies
Christopher Wimer, Sheldon Danziger
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This chapter discusses more appropriate ways to measure poverty that reveal how the modern safety net significantly reduces poverty. The paradox of "poverty amidst plenty" led President Lyndon Johnson to declare "unconditional" war on poverty in his first State of the Union address on January 8, 1964. The Johnson administration proposed many strategies
Christopher Wimer, Sheldon Danziger
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Review of Income and Wealth, 1982
In this paper a definition of poverty in terms of welfare is given. A method is developed to derive poverty lines from an individual welfare function of income. The model is extended to analyse the effect of several socio‐economic characteristics on the level of the poverty line.
Aldi J. M. Hagenaars +2 more
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In this paper a definition of poverty in terms of welfare is given. A method is developed to derive poverty lines from an individual welfare function of income. The model is extended to analyse the effect of several socio‐economic characteristics on the level of the poverty line.
Aldi J. M. Hagenaars +2 more
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1. Why Poverty and Development?
2021This chapter discusses some of the ways in which the two concepts of poverty and development are related by considering a number of dimensions in which they appear to be opposed. It looks at the 'era of development', describing how the emphasis has shifted from theoretical debate between alternative models of development to acceptance of globalized ...
Alan Thomas, Tim Allen
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Entrepreneurship of Poverty. Poverty of Entrepreneurship 1? How Poverty Influences E´ship
Academy of Management Proceedings, 2018The objective of this symposium is quadruple: • To contribute to the academic dialogue about entrepreneurship under severe resource constraints, highlighting the connections between entrepreneurial...
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Methods for Achieving SDG 1, Poverty Eradication
2021Poverty is one of the most tremendous problems of the modern world community. This is a condition in which people are not able to satisfy the range of bare necessities, and therefore not only eat a wholefood diet, but also study, find a job, provide for their family.
Tatyana G. Krotova, Elena B. Zavyalova
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Impact of remittances on economic growth and poverty reduction amongst CIS countries
Post-Communist Economies, 2019The main goal of this paper is to assess the effect of remittances on economic growth and poverty reduction amongst the post-Soviet states, compared with other external sources of capital, such as foreign aid and foreign direct investment.
Mubinzhon Abduvaliev, R. Bustillo
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Chapter 1 Women and Poverty in the USA
2016This chapter describes the study from which these data were taken. The study was designed to estimate HIV incidence among women living in neighborhoods characterized by high levels of poverty and high prevalence of HIV infection. Anticipating that the incidence might be high, we wished to contextualize our findings by describing the lives of these ...
Sally Hodder +4 more
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2014
Migration to urban areas is the key driver of the rural population’s relative decline. Poverty is in turn one key driver of migration. And poverty rates are considerably higher in the rural areas than in the urban: of the United Nations (2011) estimate of 1.4 billion people living on less than US$1.25/day in 2005 (since updated to 1.3 billion in ...
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Migration to urban areas is the key driver of the rural population’s relative decline. Poverty is in turn one key driver of migration. And poverty rates are considerably higher in the rural areas than in the urban: of the United Nations (2011) estimate of 1.4 billion people living on less than US$1.25/day in 2005 (since updated to 1.3 billion in ...
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