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Does having a newborn child affect income diversification opportunities?: evidence from the Peruvian Young Lives Study
Escobal, Javier; Suárez, Pablo; Huttly, Sharon; … - 2005
The ability of households to diversify their income sources is strongly related to their capacity to cope in times of pressure, such as during economic crises. This is particularly so among the poor, who often do not have adequate resources on which to draw when under such pressures. Households...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441486
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A multidimensional analysis of adaptation in a developing country context
Barr, Abigail; Clark, David - 2007
Econometric analyses of European datasets suggest that income aspirations increase with current income. This finding is consistent with the adaptation hypothesis –the notion that individual aspirations adjust to reflect personal circumstances and living conditions. We add to these existing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441497
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Consumption risk, technology adoption and poverty traps: evidence from Ethiopia
Dercon, Stefan; Christiaensen, Luc - 2007
Much has been written on the determinants of input and technology adoption in agriculture, with issues such as input availability, knowledge and education, risk preferences, profitability, and credit constraints receiving much attention. This paper focuses on a factor that has been less well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441498
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Understanding the determinants of income inequality in Uganda
Ssewanyana, N. S.; Okidi, A. J.; Angemi, Diego; Barungi, V. - 2004
, Uganda experienced gradual and sustained economic growth and poverty reduction. The benefits of growth, however, are not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441509
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The cost of failing states and the limits to sovereignty
Chauvet, Lisa; Collier, Paul; Hoeffler, Anke - 2007
In this paper, we estimate the costs of state failure, both for the failing state itself and for its neighbours. In our analysis, the cost of failure arises from two distinct sources: organized violence due to the incapacity of the state to ensure its own citizens’ security and low quality of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441529
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Modelling the policy challenges confronting globalising developing countries
Karunaratne, Neil Dias - 2008
countries. The overriding objective of promoting the globalization of developing countries is to reduce poverty and income … latest wave of globalization has bucked the past trend of increasing poverty and income inequality in developing countries … structural malaise that traps them in a vicious circle of poverty. They advocate the radical reshaping of the international …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441785
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State-business partnership in poverty reduction : a case study of three public-private partnerships in Swaziland
Mutsigwa, Joseph Kudzanai - 2009
notion of sustainable human development.The case studies are aimed at poverty reduction/alleviation. Linkages between the … necessary condition for creating employment andfighting poverty underpinned by the MDGs. The Moneni upgrading project (section 3 … sectorparticularly rural based cultural “handicraft” industries in Swaziland as way to mitigatethe effects of poverty for marginalised …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442148
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A study to determine to what extent companies in South Africa are prepared to use corporate social responsibility as a developmental tool to alleviate poverty
Scholtz, Louise - 2009
The negative impact of poverty on development and security in South Africa has been exacerbated by high food prices …, poverty alleviation is compatible with running a profitable organisation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442195
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Tuberculosis transmission patterns in a high-incidence area: A spatial analysis
Munch Z.; Van Lill S.W.P.; Booysen C.N.; Zietsman H.L.; … - 2003
notifications of 1340/100 000 in 1996. These suburbs are characterised by overcrowding, high unemployment and poverty. It is … tuberculosis notifications with unemployment and its associated poverty emerged as the strongest association. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442250
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WHY IS U.S. POVERTY HIGHER IN NONMETROPOLITAN THAN METROPOLITAN AREAS? EVIDENCE FROM THE PANEL STUDY OF INCOME DYNAMICS
Fisher, Monica G. - 2005
phenomenon partly reflect that people who "choose" to live in rural areas have unmeasured attributes related to poverty? To … explanation for the higher incidence of poverty in rural than urban areas is that people with personal attributes associated with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443009