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Measuring Poverty in South Africa [PDF]
, 1999 This paper sets out the methodological issues for the measurement of poverty before presenting a poverty profile of South Africa. It tests the sensitivity of the poverty profile to choices around the metric used to measure well-being, the equivalence ...
Leibbrandt, Murray, Woolard, Ingrid
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Embryonal tumors comprise the majority of malignant central nervous system (CNS) neoplasms diagnosed in children under 3 years of age. Compared with their counterparts in older children, these tumors exhibit distinct molecular biology and a more aggressive clinical phenotype, while their management is complicated by the heightened ...
Sudarshawn Damodharan +3 more
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Static and dynamic disparities between monetary and multidimensional poverty measurement: evidence from Vietnam [PDF]
, 2015 There has been a rapid expansion in the literature on the measurement of multidimensional poverty in recent years. This paper focuses on the longitudinal aspects of multidimensional poverty and its link to dynamic income poverty measurement.
Stephan Klasen +5 more
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Ewing Sarcoma in Infants and Children Under 2 Years of Age: A French Retrospective Study
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Ewing sarcoma, the second most common primary bone cancer in children, requires intensive treatment that may lead to significant long‐term sequelae, particularly in infants. We retrospectively analyzed data from 1621 French patients treated between 1988 and 2015 within the EW88/93/97 or EE99 trials, focusing on 17 infants diagnosed before 24 ...
Elodie Verdier +18 more
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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 +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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Global Efforts to Reduce Paediatric Cancer Care Disparities in Radiotherapy: A Decade Change
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background We present an update on the status, needs and challenges faced by paediatric imaging and radiotherapy (RT) programmes globally after a previous survey conducted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 10 years prior. Methods We developed and distributed a 121‐question survey to radiation oncologists, medical physicists and ...
Raymond B. Mailhot Vega +10 more
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Growth, Distribution, and Poverty in Africa : Messages from the 1990s
, 2002 This book synthesizes, and elaborates on the results of a series of country studies, completed under the Poverty Dynamics in Africa Initiative, organized by the Africa Region of the Bank.
Demery, Lionel +2 more
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International Journal of Agricultural Research, Innovation and Technology, 2020 Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries with immense pressure on agricultural land in rural areas. Mainstream of the rural households depend on either agriculture or its associated activities for their livelihood.
AK Ghosh, MHK Sujan
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Communications of the ACM, 2021 Algorithms can have a devastating impact on people's lives, especially if they already are struggling economically.
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