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The effects of casino proximity and time on poverty levels in New York City

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2023
The effect of casino proximity and time on poverty levels in New York City examines levels of poverty over a 5-year duration for urban casino communities under the theoretical dimensions of exposure and adaption.
Paulette J. O’Gilvie
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‘I am my own doctor’: Coping, creativity and entering do-it-yourself antibiotic regimes in a refugee camp in Lebanon

Global Public Health
As everyday life in Shatila refugee camp in Lebanon is heavily constrained by structural factors such as poverty, discrimination and limited access to quality healthcare, camp residents find ways to survive – to cope.
Amanda Hylland Spjeldnæs
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POVERTY ERADICATION AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: AN APPRAISAL OF TELEVISION JINGLES

International Studies Journal, 2023
Poverty eradication remains a critical global goal, as reflected in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly Goal 1: No Poverty. Despite progress in reducing global poverty rates, significant challenges persist.
DORCAS BABA , AYODELE B. JOSEPH, MENDOS B. DOGO   +2 more
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Social Security Reform: Possible Effects on the Elderly Poor and Mitigation Options [PDF]

, 2008
[Excerpt] Social Security has significantly reduced elderly poverty. The elderly poverty rate has fallen from 35% in 1959 to an all-time low of 9% in 2006, in large part because of Social Security.
Romig, Kathleen
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China’s approach to malaria control and elimination: Adaptive management and policy capacity building

Global Public Health
Malaria remains a major global public health burden and is a potential priority for Chinese health cooperation. However, limited analysis exists on the reference value of China’s malaria elimination experience for other countries.
Wei Ding, Duoquan Wang, Shenning Lu, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Lewis Husain   +4 more
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Pengaruh Dana ZIS dan Inflasi terhadap Tingkat Kemiskinan dengan Mediasi Pertumbuhan Ekonomi

Islamic Economics and Business Review, 2023
The decrease in the poverty rate in Indonesia over the past decade has been no more than 1 percent, which is in the range of 0.1 to 0.8 percent, which shows that poverty alleviation in Indonesia has not been too significant.
Salsa Amanda, Muhammad Anwar Fathoni
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An intersectional analysis of social constraints and agency among sex workers in Tunisia during the COVID-19 pandemic; the community-based qualitative study EPIC-MENA

Global Public Health
The economic, social and health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic varied across population groups. This study aimed to provide a comprehensive view of the effects of socioeconomic constraints on sex workers’ agency during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia,
Marion Di Ciaccio, Elisa Adami, Nassima Boulahdour, Othmane Bourhaba, Juliana Castro Avila, Nicolas Lorente, Khawla Beldi Chouikha, Montassar Nabli, Sonia Torkhani, Mehdi Karkouri, Daniela Rojas Castro   +10 more
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People in Harm's Way: Flood Exposure and Poverty in 189 Countries

, 2020
Flooding is among the most prevalent natural hazards affecting people around the world. This study provides a global estimate of the number of people who face the risk of intense fluvial, pluvial, or coastal flooding.
Jun Rentschler, M. Salhab
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Be Nice to Thy Neighbors: Spatial Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Poverty in Africa

Economies, 2022
This study examines the spatial impact of FDI on the poverty of 44 African countries. In achieving this, the study uses the Driscoll–Kraay fixed effect instrumental variable regression, the instrumental variable generalized method of moments estimator ...
Sodiq Arogundade, Mduduzi Biyase, Santos Bila   +2 more
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How many people is the COVID-19 pandemic pushing into poverty? A long-term forecast to 2050 with alternative scenarios.

PLoS ONE, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the course of human development. In this manuscript we analyze the long-term effect of COVID-19 on poverty at the country-level across various income thresholds to 2050.
Jonathan D Moyer, Willem Verhagen, Brendan Mapes, David K Bohl, Yutang Xiong, Vivian Yang, Kaylin McNeil, José Solórzano, Mohammod Irfan, Cade Carter, Barry B Hughes   +10 more
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