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-level returns of the Irish Poor Inquiry and use these to explain the co-variates of increasing poverty in the early nineteenth … increasing poverty, with the poor becoming poorer. However, it is levels, not changes, of poverty which are found to be a key … waterway. The paper also fails to find evidence of increasing poverty or famine severity being a result of overpopulation. …
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household used as startup capital or as additional capital for microenterprise. The microenterprise may be run individually or … impacts on labor supply, but imprecisely estimated null impacts on household income, expenditure, savings, and capital … household welfare. These include a substantial business closure rate, lack of participation among group members in business …
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incidence, distribution and trends of disability, let alone the extent of disabled people's poverty; the paper begins with a … impairment, disability and poverty, the author sketches out a 'vicious cycle of chronic poverty and disability'. The paper moves …, and disabled people's organisations to mitigate or reduce chronic poverty among disabled people. Case studies of the …
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people seemed to be able to manage normal activities with less difficulty. Thus anti-poverty programs, despite the fact that …
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household income while maintaining time to perform housework. …
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The social and ecomomic impact of COVID-19 has been deep, wide-ranging, and multidimensional. While anecdotal evidence of distress among the poor, particularly those with informal occupations, has been widespread, effective policy response has required real-time, researched data disaggregated...
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felt improvement in the standard of living experienced from additional household income, business expansion, and a stable …
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