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The middle-income trap is a serious problem in developing Asia and Pacific economies. Middle-income trap is the situation in which a country's growth slows after reaching middle-income levels and the transition to high-income levels becomes unattainable. International remittances of immigrants...
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Catastrophes in Sudan are of many dimensions. Food security is a chronic and intrinsic problem in Sub Saharan Africa which is a fact recognized by the international society. Political instability, civil wars and finally recent secession of its Southern part is another fact which may be taken as...
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The capability approach developed by Sen represents a proposal for the evaluation of individual well-being and social development centered on people and away - but not exclusive - of materiality. In the present article describes the capability approach developed by Sen and examines the...
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poverty in Namibia. Based on official national data sources - some specially adjusted for this analysis by the Central Bureau … of Statistics - the Human Development Index (HDI) and Human Poverty Index (HPI) for Namibia are computed and analysed. A … language groups. Similarly, by broadening the definition of poverty to focus on deprivation in a range of essential …
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The concept of poverty needs a clear and practical definition. This article examines the basic needs approach as well … choices. Given the differences between these two approaches, they lead to different poverty reduction strategies. Moreover … understanding poverty …
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equivalence scales are likely to produce significant changes in the analysis of poverty and its distribution across households and … assistance resources) it is important to refine our understanding of the extent to which poverty measures and the resulting …
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The paper investigates the relationship between development, as measured by the GNI per capita and lived poverty in … Tanzania which is measured on the basis of whether and how often respondents go, in the course of one year, without food, water …, medical care, cooking fuel and cash income. By using the data collected by Afrobarometer in Tanzania, we are able to create …
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The paper investigates the relationship between development, as measured by the GNI per capita and lived poverty in … Tanzania which is measured on the basis of whether and how often respondents go, in the course of one year, without food, water …, medical care, cooking fuel and cash income. By using the data collected by Afrobarometer in Tanzania, we are able to create …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014111780
We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given country, between countries in a given year, and as a country grows through time. We show that richer individuals in a given country are more satisfied with their lives than are poorer...
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We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given country, between countries in a given year, and as a country grows through time. We show that richer individuals in a given country are more satisfied with their lives than are poorer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009152425