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The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of economic reforms on poverty levels in India during the period … of population living below poverty line is used as proxy for aggregate level of poverty levels. The empirical study is … run equilibrium relationship between the two and the direction of causality flowing from reforms to poverty. Further, it …
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Objectives : To examine whether per capita income and income inequality are independently associated with teen birth rate in populous U.S. counties. Methods : This study used 1990 U.S. Census data and National Center for Health Statistics birth data. Income inequality was measured with the 90:10...
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In recent years, reducing poverty has been a core objective of social policy in Latin America. In2008, the incidence of … poverty reached almost a third of the population, of which 13 percent areclassified as extremely poor. Most Latin American … issues fromaccess to education and health services, consumption patterns, to the impact on poverty,inequality, and labor …
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There has been an increasing demand for involving stakeholders in the development of sustainable civil infrastructure systems. It has been acknowledged that one key element of a project is stakeholder involvement. As such, failure to successfully involve the stakeholders of an infrastructure...
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remaining distortions to worldmerchandise trade on poverty and inequality globally and in various developing countries … of 15 countries, and ten stand-alone national case studies, all point tolarger reductions in poverty, especially if only …
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the relationship between economic growth and poverty in Alagoas, all data was obtained from Atlas of Human Development for … to combat to the poverty qualitative, in others words, if that growth can be considered pro-poor. For that, we estimate … the elasticity of the poverty with the economic growth for the microregions from Alagoas. Our findings indicate a negative …
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, inequality and poverty, which paves a vista for further academic discourse.Design/methodology/approach – As a meta …, inequality and poverty should be investigated further. Unemployment increases levels of inequality and poverty within society … problem of global unemployment, the corollary of which is endemic inequality and poverty.Practical implications – Increases in …
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Poverty and homelessness are a rising problem in the United States. For the individuals and families that have fallen … under such circumstances, it can be very difficult to overcome poverty. This paper shows areas where low-income persons pay …
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high population growth. According to the vicious circle theory, natural resource scarcity coupled with poverty leads to … poverty lead to increases in fertility for two of the three countries examined. The coefficients of natural resource scarcity … environment but also an important tool if reduced population growth is an objective. Third, reducing poverty is an important …
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How much do people with limited resources pay for cars, public transit, and other means of travel? How does their transportation behavior change during periods of falling employment and rising fuel prices? This research uses in-depth interviews with 73 adults to examine how rising transportation...
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