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Youth poverty and transition to adulthood in Europe [PDF]

, 2006
There is an increasing amount of research focussing on the transition to adulthood, a stage of the life cycle where young people face demanding life decisions, including completion of education, finding stable employment, and establishing their household
Aassve, Arnstein, Iacovou, Maria, Mencarini, Letizia   +2 more
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Poverty

, 2020
This paper discusses the role of social scientific expertise in the emergence of poverty as a problem and a priority for public intervention in the United States during the 1960s. That the social scientific experts defined “the poverty problem” narrowly, as a problem of individuals lacking income or otherwise caught in a “cycle of poverty,” can be ...
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The Role of Direct Capital Cash Transfers Towards Poverty and Extreme Poverty Alleviation -- An Omega Risk Process [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
Trapping refers to the event when a household falls into the area of poverty. Households that live or fall into the area of poverty are said to be in a poverty trap, where a poverty trap is a state of poverty from which it is difficult to escape without external help. Similarly, extreme poverty is considered as the most severe type of poverty, in which
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The Psychiatrization of Poverty: Rethinking the Mental Health-Poverty Nexus [PDF]

, 2015
The positive association between ‘mental illness’ and poverty is one of the most well established in psychiatric epidemiology. Yet, there is little conclusive evidence about the nature of this relationship. Generally, explanations revolve around the idea
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Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and syphilis among newly arrived unaccompanied minors living in reception centers in Rome

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Objective: This study aimed to address the prevalence of infectious diseases in a population of unaccompanied immigrant minors living in reception centres of Rome, Italy. Methods: The study was carried out from January 2013 to January 2019.
Rosalia Marrone, Giovanni Baglio, Giusy Bruscino, Gianfranco Costanzo, Andrea Cavani, Concetta Mirisola   +5 more
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The geography and economics of forgoing medical examinations or therapeutic treatments in Italy during the economic crisis

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background In Italy, the number of individuals who have forgone medical examinations or treatments for economic reasons is one of the highest in Europe.
Alessio Petrelli, Aldo Rosano, Alessandra Rossi, Concetta Mirisola, Cesare Cislaghi   +4 more
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The poverty of the concept of ‘poverty eradication’

South African Medical Journal, 2015
It is clear that the World Bank definition of poverty is outdated and requires revision. A brief review of how poverty and income levels are defined is offered to provide insight into the shortcomings of such definitions and into what ‘eradicating poverty in all its forms’ would mean if considered within more realistic boundaries.
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Floating gardening in Bangladesh: a sustainable income generating activity in wetland areas

International Journal of Agricultural Research, Innovation and Technology, 2020
Floating gardening acts as a fruitful climate-change adaptation strategy in different wetland areas of Bangladesh. The study accomplished to examine the profitability of floating gardening in Gopalgonj district of Bangladesh in 2018.
H Bala, AK Ghosh, MMH Kazal, MS Rahman, M Sultana, MHK Sujan   +5 more
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Poverty Relief or Poverty Eradication?

Acta Theologica, 2013
The author challenges the reader to make two mindshifts: from a focus on poverty relief to an emphasis on poverty eradication; and from viewing the poor as the objects of poverty alleviation to accepting them as the subjects of poverty eradication. The case is argued and a practical approach towards poverty eradication is proposed.
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Long term dynamics of poverty transitions in India [PDF]

arXiv, 2020
We model the dynamics of poverty using a stochastic model of Geometric Brownian Motion with reallocation (RGBM) and explore both transient and persistent poverty over 1952-2006. We find that annual transitions in and out of poverty are common and show a rising trend, with the rise largely being driven by transitions out of poverty.
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