epidemiology tools with the literature on poverty traps. A theoretical model of rational protective behaviour in response to … epidemiology and poverty are solved.ResultsTwo important conclusions emerge from the model. First, agents increase their protective …". Second, a 'malaria trap' defined as the result of malaria reinforcing poverty while poverty reduces the ability to deal with …

In this paper, we study the links between time use, informal labor market, and poverty measures in two countries that … strongly differ on their level of development, by means of a multidimensional poverty index, and a bivariate probit model to …

Extractive industries face two main challenges in terms of CSR and poverty reduction : 1) recognize that societal … performance indices meant to be complementary : the Poverty Exit Index (PEI) and the Relational Capability Index (RCI). We show …

large as Nedroma. At the same time, they help reduce poverty by nearly 13 percentage points. Remittances have a strong …

, and mitigation of poverty and hunger. Our simulations further suggest that poverty reduction is likely to be larger if the … have any validity, the dire predictions of millions getting trapped in poverty and hunger may turn out to be exaggerated …

From 1996 to 2007, the poverty rate among the two million Canadians living in lone-parent families fell by more than … underlying factors at work. While lone-parent poverty has fallen dramatically, Canada’s overall poverty reduction since mid-1990s … half of the median income), Canada’s poverty rate in mid-2000s was above that of the typical OECD country. The study …