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Gender Differences in Multidimensional Poverty in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the growing demand for gender‐disaggregated statistics on poverty, there is hardly any cross‐country evidence of gender disparities in poverty. The paper contributes to filling this gap, by using two novel individual‐level indices of multidimensional poverty.
Francesco Burchi, Daniele Malerba
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding unemployment: a sociological analysis of systemic challenges and social consequences. [PDF]

Front Sociol
García FFR, Gómez SJR, Torres RSC, Caiza JLD.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

From Empire to Aid: Analysing Persistence of Colonial Legacies in Foreign Aid to Africa

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For decades now, Western development agencies and donors have been castigated for their colonial biases in providing aid to Africa. It is well established that donors provide considerably more foreign aid to their former colonies relative to other countries.
Swetha Ramachandran
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Neoliberal Governance and Agribusiness Influence: Public Health Policymaking and the Risk to Meatpacking Workers During COVID-19. [PDF]

Sociol Health Illn
Luxton I, Malin SA.
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Between Practicality and Politics: Factors of Sub‐National Aid Allocation in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bosnia and Herzegovina represents a unique case of aid recipient for its complex history and administrative and political divisions. Yet, little is known about how foreign aid is allocated to local recipients. This qualitative study uncovers factors shaping sub‐national aid allocation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, highlighting donors' and ...
Lenka Dušková, Simona Šafaříková, Eva Šerá Komlossyová, Aida Avdić, Boris Avdić, Tereza Nováková   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

When poverty gets into your joints: exploring socioeconomic, environmental, and gendered determinants of rheumatoid arthritis in district Dir lower, Pakistan. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Khan Y, Daraz U, Alsawalqa RO, Alrawashdeh MN, Alnajdawi AM.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Correlates of Help‐Seeking Behaviour in a Low‐Income Country: A Focus on Children's and Women's Outcomes

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In developing countries, where access to markets and services is limited, poor households often rely on social networks for support. We examine the correlates and outcomes of help‐seeking behaviour among impoverished households in Uganda. We use micro‐household data from the Living Standard Measurement Study—Integrated Surveys on Agriculture ...
Yuanhang Wang, Kashi Kafle, Shahriar Kibriya   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Varieties of Economic Elites? Preliminary Results From the World Elite Database (WED). [PDF]

Br J Sociol
Bühlmann F, Christesen CA, Cousin B, Denord F, Ellersgaard CH, Lagneau-Ymonet P, Larsen AG, Savage M, Thine S, Young K, Araujo P, Arrigoni P, Atria J, Benz P, Behr J, Botelho MDC, Butt A, Casanova P, Clemente-Casinhas L, Castellani A, Cescon F, Dagnes J, Debska H, Delval AS, Dragun V, Egas A, Emilsson K, Fan X, Fu F, Gentile J, Gomes O, Gronwald V, Heredia M, Hjellbrekke J, Honório J, Huang J, Inkley J, Johansson H, Koiranen I, Koivula A, Kuusela H, Levita G, Ling C, Lu P, Lukas M, Lunding J, Mahmoudzadeh M, McQuade S, Méndez ML, Nunes N, O'Brien S, Otero G, Pagnini M, Pelfini A, Pereira J, Roa C, Rossier T, Saga ML, Santana D, Schneickert C, Schimpfössl E, Schoenberger F, Solipa I, Trembaczowski Ł, Toft M, Vale S, Vasconcelos P, Velazco JQ, Warczok T, Yu X.   +69 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Economic Sociology

Journal of Economic Sociology, 2009
openaire   +2 more sources

The Impact of Vision Problems on Households' Incomes: Evidence From the 2019 and 2022 Rounds of the Turkey Health Survey

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vision problems reduce individuals' quality of life, and they also reduce their productivity as workers and consequently decrease their incomes. Most vision problems can be corrected with properly fitted eyeglasses, but many people with vision problems do not have such eyeglasses.
Paul Glewwe, Hasan Gul, Aysit Tansel, Suzanne Wisniewski   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source