We use data from 52 countries on child stunting, poverty, determinants of food security, environmental health, and …

Amid increasing recognition of the importance of the environmental factor in understanding poverty and development …, this article coins the term “environmental poverty” to refer to the lack of the healthy environment needed for society … shape. Some communities may prosper at the expense of other communities, which may fall into environmental poverty and …

health insurance could mitigate vulnerability to poverty. Other challenges-birth control policy, adequate sanitation … reason why households fall into poverty. Empirical research has shown that in these countries, households are unable to … to poverty and to model the effects of health shocks on vulnerability to poverty. Results: The estimates of vulnerability …