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Creating A Poverty Map For Azerbaijan [PDF]

Policy Research Working Papers, 2005
"Poverty maps"-that is, graphic representations of spatially disaggregated estimates of welfare-are being increasingly used to geographically target scarce resources. But the development of detailed poverty maps in many low resource settings is hampered because of data constraints. Data on income or consumption are often unavailable and, where they are,
Angela Baschieri, Jane Falkingham, Duncan Hornby   +2 more
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Fuel poverty map of Valencia (Spain): Results of a direct survey to citizens and recommendations for policy making

Energy Policy, 2021
Measuring Fuel Poverty is a requirement for the correct sizing and the better understanding of the problem. Valencia's city council (Spain) commissioned a study based on primary data, i.e. direct interviews to the inhabitants.
Tomáš Gómez-Navarro, David Alfonso-Solar, Angel Pérez-Navarro   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Does Digital Financial Inclusion Reduce China’s Rural Household Vulnerability to Poverty: An Empirical Analysis From the Perspective of Household Entrepreneurship

SAGE Open, 2022
This paper evaluates the impact of digital financial inclusion (DFI) powered by digital technologies on rural household vulnerability to poverty based on data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) and DFI data from the Institute of Digital Finance ...
Shijiang Chen, Mingyue Liang, Wen Yang
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Measuring Urban Poverty Spatial by Remote Sensing and Social Sensing Data: A Fine-Scale Empirical Study from Zhengzhou

Remote Sensing, 2023
Urban poverty is a major obstacle to the healthy development of urbanization. Identifying and mapping urban poverty is of great significance to sustainable urban development.
Kun Wang, Lijun Zhang, Meng Cai, Lingbo Liu, Hao Wu, Zhenghong Peng   +5 more
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An Overview of Renewable Energy Technologies in the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa and the Rural Households’ Energy Poverty Coping Strategies

Challenges, 2023
Despite technological innovation and vast renewable energy sources in rural areas, a significant number of rural households are living in energy poverty, and there is a pressing need to come up with strategies to mitigate this.
Patrick Mukumba, Shylet Y. Chivanga
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A systematic map of evidence on the contribution of forests to poverty alleviation

Environmental Evidence, 2019
Background Forests provide an essential resource to the livelihoods of an estimated 20% of the global population. The contribution of forest ecosystems and forest-based resources to poverty reduction is increasingly emphasized in international policy ...
Samantha H. Cheng, Kavita MacLeod, Sofia Ahlroth, Stefanie Onder, Emilie Perge, Priya Shyamsundar, Pushpendra Rana, Ruth Garside, Patti Kristjanson, Madeleine C. McKinnon, Daniel C. Miller   +10 more
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Estimation of Poverty Using Random Forest Regression with Multi-Source Data: A Case Study in Bangladesh

Remote Sensing, 2019
Spatially explicit and reliable data on poverty is critical for both policy makers and researchers. However, such data remain scarce particularly in developing countries.
Xizhi Zhao, Bailang Yu, Yan Liu, Zuoqi Chen, Qiaoxuan Li, Congxiao Wang, Jianping Wu   +6 more
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What is the evidence for the contribution of forests to poverty alleviation? A systematic map protocol

Environmental Evidence, 2017
Background Forests provide an essential resource that support the livelihoods of an estimated 20% of the global population. Forests are thought to serve in three primary roles to support livelihoods: subsistence, safety nets, and pathways to prosperity ...
Samantha H. Cheng, Sofia Ahlroth, Stefanie Onder, Priya Shyamsundar, Ruth Garside, Patti Kristjanson, Madeleine C. McKinnon, Daniel C. Miller   +7 more
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The Mental Health Impacts of Fuel Poverty: A Global Scoping Review

International Journal of Public Health
ObjectivesFuel poverty, defined in this study as a household’s inability to meet basic energy needs, presents a significant challenge. We aimed to map research on the impact of fuel poverty on mental health.MethodsWe searched peer review and grey ...
S. Khavandi, L. Mccoll, C. Leavey, V. J. McGowan, N. C. Bennett, N. C. Bennett   +5 more
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POVERTY MAP IN ROMANIA [PDF]

Analele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie, 2017
A quarter of a million Romanians receive the guaranteed minimum income, that is to say, the state's social support to those who do not have enough income to live in. More specifically, according to May (latest available) data from the Ministry of Labor,
TOMESCU-DUMITRESCU CORNELIA
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