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Well-being poverty versus income poverty and capabilities poverty? [PDF]
, 2003 The conventional approach of economists to the measurement of poverty in poor countries is to use measures of income or consumption. This has been challenged by those who favour broader criteria for poverty and its avoidance. These include the fulfilment
Geeta Kingdon, John Knight
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Globalization and Health, 2023 Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, migrants arriving in host countries irregularly have not infrequently been perceived as increasing the COVID-19 burden.
Leuconoe Grazia Sisti +6 more
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Intergenerational nutrition benefits of India’s national school feeding program
Nature Communications, 2021 India’s national school feeding program is the largest of its kind in the world, but the long-term program benefits on nutrition are unknown. Here, the authors show intergenerational program benefits, in that women who received free meals in primary ...
Suman Chakrabarti +4 more
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The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2011 We examine the measurement of individual poverty in an intertemporal context. In contrast to earlier contributions, we assign importance to the persistence in a state of poverty and we characterize a class of individual intertemporal poverty measures reflecting this feature.
Walter Bossert +4 more
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Reproductive Health, 2021 Plain language summary Adolescent girls face a range of challenges that may compromise their chances of completing school or their sexual and reproductive health.
Karen Austrian +3 more
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Nationwide longitudinal population-based study on mortality in Italy by immigrant status
Scientific Reports, 2022 A systematic analysis of the mortality of immigrant residents throughout Italy has never been carried out. The present study aimed to evaluate differences in mortality by immigrant status.
Anteo Di Napoli +5 more
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CONCEPTS OF POVERTY AND THE POVERTY LINE [PDF]
Journal of Economic Surveys, 1991 Abstract.Various approaches adopted in developed economies to distinguishing between the poor and non‐poor—to setting a poverty line—are reviewed. These include the budget standard, food ratio, ‘official’, subjective and relative poverty line methods, as well as the analysis of indicators of deprivation.
Tim Callan, Brian Nolan
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Job quality in the micro and small enterprise sector in Ethiopia: Evidence from firm-level data
Cogent Economics & Finance, 2022 Micro and small enterprises are ubiquitous in developing countries and play a central role in employment. While there is solid empirical evidence that micro and small enterprises are important drivers of job creation, there is limited evidence on the ...
Berihu Assefa Gebrehiwot
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Stability : International Journal of Security and Development, 2016 The Owner Driven Housing Assistance (ODHA) scheme is a donor and government supported initiative to help construct housing for internally displaced persons (IDPs) returning to their original areas of residence after the end of the Sri Lankan Civil War in
Vagisha Gunasekara +3 more
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BMC Psychiatry, 2021 Background The process of immigration is associated with poor mental and physical health. While the workplace represents an important context of social integration, previous studies evaluating the effect of discrimination experienced in the workplace ...
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