cities in Vietnam – Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh. The paper also investigates the dynamic aspect of urban poverty in Vietnam. Design …/methodology/approach – The authors use regression and data from the 2009 Urban Poverty Survey to examine the determinants of poverty in Vietnam … education and unskilled work than the heads of the non‐poor households. Originality/value – In cities of Vietnam, a large …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of microfinance loans on poverty reduction amongst women … women entrepreneurs and poverty reduction in this country. Design/methodology/approach – This exploratory study is based … entrepreneurs. An optimal, poverty reduction, microfinance size has been identified. A range of entrepreneurial characteristics were …

the health and education status is negatively associated with income inequality and poverty in Islamic countries.  …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of health and education on income distribution and … poverty in selected Islamic countries. Design/methodology/approach – A model of income inequality along with a model of …

' (CBEs') impacts on poverty reduction at the household level in northern Thailand, in the context of the UN Millennium … Development Goals. The focus is on the use of principal component analysis to develop a context‐specific definition of poverty … projects and poverty measurement have been integrated into a single poverty impact assessment framework in relation to CBEs …

approach, coupled with the quality of the RAIS-Migra data source, allows the authors to evaluate the education policy impacts … over time. Findings The main results show that the education level raises the propensity that the individual will be in … formal sector work or still in education, and reduces the probability of the other outcomes. Transition into non …

Bangladesh and measure their relations with regard to the customer personal characteristics like gender, age, education and … occupation. Design/methodology/approach The research method applied in this study is random sampling survey method. The data are … customer perception is neutral level. Aspect like gender, age and occupation are found to be statistically significant, and …

distances in education have gradually subsided in the southern European countries studied. However, occupational choices differ … steadily over the years for all countries. The paper provides, therefore, solid evidence that equalizing the level of education …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of gender in education, occupation and employment in … quantifying gender differences in education, occupation and employment and their evolution over time based on distance measures …. Findings The results reveal that gender distances in education have gradually subsided in these countries. However …

-reform acceleration in growth has helped bring poverty down for all economic, social and religious groups and in all state or has left … urban areas, poverty has significantly declined between 1993-1994 and 2011-2012 with a substantial acceleration during the … faster-growth period from 2004-2005 to 2011-2012. Poverty rates among the disadvantaged social groups and minorities have …

survey. The variables selected from literature survey and exploratory study are Health Information Digital Divide, Income …, Having E-mail id, access to internet, geographical location, Education, family-type, age and gender. As the data is … predict patients who make online health information search and the ones who do not. The result show that Income, Having E …