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The poverty of the concept of ‘poverty eradication’

open access: yesSouth 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It is clear that the World Bank definition of poverty is outdated and requires revision.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.
openaire   +5 more sources

The geography and economics of forgoing medical examinations or therapeutic treatments in Italy during the economic crisis

open access: yesBMC 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   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Psychiatrization of Poverty: Rethinking the Mental Health-Poverty Nexus [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
Alkire   +62 more
core   +2 more sources

Poverty Relief or Poverty Eradication?

open access: yesActa 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.
openaire   +5 more sources

Exploring poverty gaps among children in the UK [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
"The purpose of this paper is to use poverty gap analysis to explore the depth of poverty experienced by children of low-income families in the UK.
Evans, Martin, Gardiner, Karen
core  

FoxO1 signaling in B cell malignancies and its therapeutic targeting

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
FoxO1 has context‐specific tumor suppressor or oncogenic character in myeloid and B cell malignancies. This includes tumor‐promoting properties such as stemness maintenance and DNA damage tolerance in acute leukemias, or regulation of cell proliferation and survival, or migration in mature B cell malignancies.
Krystof Hlavac   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Poverty Measures and Anti-Poverty Policy [PDF]

open access: yes, 1990
[Excerpt] Amartya Sen has made fundamental contributions to the study of distributional aspects of economic growth and decline. Among his pathbreaking works are his lectures on the economics of inequality (Sen, 1973), his article on the axiomatics of ...
Bourguignon, Francois, Fields, Gary S
core   +1 more source

Youth poverty and transition to adulthood in Europe [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Insights into PI3K/AKT signaling in B cell development and chronic lymphocytic leukemia

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This Review explores how the phosphoinositide 3‐kinase and protein kinase B pathway shapes B cell development and drives chronic lymphocytic leukemia, a common blood cancer. It examines how signaling levels affect disease progression, addresses treatment challenges, and introduces novel experimental strategies to improve therapies and patient outcomes.
Maike Buchner
wiley   +1 more source

Mitigation of land scarcity situation through tenure practices: a study on two selected villages in Jashore district of Bangladesh

open access: yesInternational 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
doaj   +1 more source

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