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A Multidimensional Analysis of Social Vulnerability
Balan, Mariana - In: Hyperion Economic Journal 1 (2013) 3, pp. 30-39
Social vulnerability is often defined as a life-situation characterized by a multi-dimensional combination of disadvantage and advantage, of inclusion and exclusion factors. Its distinctive characteristic is that the weak and unstable integration in the main mechanisms of resources distribution...
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A Spatial Analysis of Poverty and Income Inequality in the Appalachian Region
Joshi, Sudishka; Gebremedhin, Tesfa - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2010
The Appalachian Region has made progress in the various measures of development but still lags behind other national counterparts. Understanding the relationship between poverty and income inequality is important to evaluate how a development strategy would benefit the region. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010929373
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Is economic growth sufficient for poverty alleviation? Empirical evidence from Malaysia
Mulok, Dullah; Kogid, Mori; Asid, Rozilee; Lily, Jaratin - In: Cuadernos de Economía - Spanish Journal of Economics … 35 (2012) 97, pp. 26-32
Malaysia’s success story has been highlighted by the remarkable social transformation and poverty reduction accompanying rapid economic growth. Some three decades ago, more than half of the population was poor, the number of illiterates was high, and the average person could only hope to live...
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Black feminization of poverty:evidence from the U.S. cross-regional data
Ezeala-Harrison, Fidel - In: Journal of Developing Areas 44 (2010) 1, pp. 149-166
We explore the issue of feminization of poverty among Black women despite their much improved labor market advantages relative to White women and Black men. Black women generally possess comparable human capital and positive work ethic attributes and characteristics, and face comparable...
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Costed Plan for Scaling Up Nutrition: Nigeria
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank - 2014
This paper estimates country-specific costs and benefits of scaling up key nutrition investments in Nigeria. Building on the methodology established in the global report scaling up nutrition: what will it cost? Authors first estimate the costs and benefits of a nationwide scale up of ten...
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Scaling Up Nutrition for a More Resilient Mali: Nutrition Diagnostics and Costed Plan for Scaling Up
Shekar, Meera; Mattern, Max; Eozenou, Patric; Eberwein, … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015
This paper builds on the global experience and Mali?s context to identify an effective nutrition approach as well as … potential to strengthen nutritional outcomes in Mali. We first estimate that the costs and benefits of implementing 10 nutrition …-specific interventions in all regions of Mali would require a yearly public investment of $64 million. The expected benefits are large …
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On Sen's Approach to Poverty Measures and Recent Developments
Xu, Kuan; Osberg, Lars - Department of Economics, Dalhousie University - 2002
In this paper we discuss the axiomatic approach to poverty measures and propose a unified framework for the Sen indices of poverty intensity which shows an explicit connection between the indices and their common underlying social evaluation function. We also identify the common multiplicative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005086743
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The Social Welfare Implications, Decomposability, and Geometry of the Sen Family of Poverty Indices
Xu, Kuan; Osberg, Lars - Department of Economics, Dalhousie University - 2000
This paper proposes a unified framework for the Sen indices of poverty intensity, which shows an explicit connection between the indices and the common underlying social evaluation function. This paper also identifies the common multiplicative decomposition of the indices that allows simple and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005086750
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Sobre la dinámica de la Pobreza en Colombia, 2002-2012
Marín, Jorge Barrientos; Ramirez, Sebastian; Tabares, Elkin - Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas - 2013
In this work we are interested in investigating the dynamics of poverty in Colombia during the period 2002-2012. In particular we want to know the effect of the sectorial economic growth, the geographical composition, public social spending, the unemployment rate and the income distribution on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010757302
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A Spatial Analysis of Poverty and Income Inequality in the Appalachian Region
Joshi, Sudishka; Gebremedhin, Tesfa - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2010
The Appalachian Region has made progress in the various measures of development but still lags behind other national counterparts. Understanding the relationship between poverty and income inequality is important to evaluate how a development strategy would benefit the region. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010778461