• The end of the NTD epidemic has been listed as one of the indicators to measure the success of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), because NTD control is highly related to poverty alleviation which is the first goal of the SDGs. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Therefore, this special issue is trying to promote more research on economic impact assessment to illustrate that poverty alleviation programmes in developing countries will not be successful without eliminating NTDs. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Nevertheless, carbon emissions in low- and lower-middle-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa can more than double as an effect of poverty alleviation. (nature.com)
  • To ensure global progress on poverty alleviation without overshooting climate targets, high-emitting countries need to reduce their emissions substantially. (nature.com)
  • The debate about the contributions that microfinance is making to global poverty alleviation is an interesting one. (nextbillion.net)
  • We are all disappointed that microfinance has not, as the popular culture has promoted it, proven to be the "silver bullet" for poverty alleviation. (nextbillion.net)
  • It's amazing to see how my life has changed since I joined the VillageFXB poverty alleviation program. (fxb.org)
  • Transport, if analyzed for the cost-benefit analysis for rural poverty alleviation, has given one of the best returns in this regard. (wikipedia.org)
  • And the reduction in child poverty from full refundability will likely have important long-term positive impacts on children, including on their educational outcomes and future health and earnings. (cbpp.org)
  • However, if we look at it through this lens alone, we are missing half the picture, along with some very exciting positive impacts for poor people. (nextbillion.net)
  • In general, poverty reduction programs have positive impacts on living conditions of poor households. (uni-muenchen.de)
  • While global wealth is concentrated among a few individuals 1 , hundreds of millions still live in extreme poverty, defined by having less than US$1.90 to spend per day 2 . (nature.com)
  • While international extreme poverty headcounts have been declining steadily, the impacts of the global COVID-19 pandemic might reverse this trend by putting millions of people into poverty 3 . (nature.com)
  • 4 Its targets focus on eliminating extreme poverty, as well as halving poverty, defined by national poverty lines, by 2030. (nature.com)
  • This is the equivalent of 689 million people living in extreme poverty, which is 52 million fewer in comparison with 2015. (lse.ac.uk)
  • However, global extreme poverty is expected to rise for the first time in 20 years in 2020, due to the global pandemic. (lse.ac.uk)
  • Such negative trends are estimated to push approximately 88 to 115 million people into extreme poverty in 2020 . (lse.ac.uk)
  • Even if current targets are met, tens of millions will be impoverished, leading to widespread displacement and hunger," said the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, in a report released today. (sonnenseite.com)
  • According to the Annual Report on Poverty and Extreme Poverty in Panama, issued by Panama Without Poverty Initiative and updated in November 2022, one in four Panamanians is poor. (foodforthepoor.org)
  • While India ranks in the top 5 of the world's economies, half of its population lives in poverty, and nearly a third in extreme poverty. (fxb.org)
  • Neglected infections of poverty tend to be concentrated in areas of extreme poverty, including post-Katrina Louisiana and the Mississippi Delta, the border with Mexico, Appalachia, tribal lands, and disadvantaged urban areas, where these diseases perpetuate poverty because of their adverse health impact on child development, pregnancy, and worker productivity ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Dr Zlatko Nikoloski explores the short and long term effects that the current pandemic will have on global poverty rates in low and middle income countries. (lse.ac.uk)
  • The lockdowns and social distancing rules imposed in the wake of the pandemic meant that many, particularly in the low and middle income countries, have lost their jobs indefinitely, thus pushing them below the poverty threshold. (lse.ac.uk)
  • Recently, the President of the World Bank claimed that the poverty effects of the pandemic could be felt for the upcoming 10 years. (lse.ac.uk)
  • Even before the COVID-19 pandemic and the current cost-of-living crisis are accounted for, the data shows that 1.2 billion people in 111 developing countries are living in acute multidimensional poverty. (undp.org)
  • Before the pandemic hit, 72 countries had significantly reduced poverty. (undp.org)
  • Over the coming months the National Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty will be hosting a series of webinars and virtual meetups to discuss the many challenges the coronavirus pandemic has created for Jews facing poverty and the agencies that serve them. (jfunders.org)
  • Because the first two years of the pandemic involved a "shelter in place" existence for most in our country, the more recent contexts reflecting how often and why families in poverty moved may be misleading. (projectachieve.info)
  • Poverty increased during the COVID-19 pandemic despite government efforts to mitigate its impact. (foodforthepoor.org)
  • Poverty was a significant indicator of vulnerability during the COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco. (who.int)
  • The global impact and prolonged duration of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in exhaustion among service providers. (who.int)
  • While we have all undoubtedly been impacted by the pandemic the poorest and most marginalised have been hit hardest both in terms of lives and livelihoods lost. (bvsalud.org)
  • Some countries have already put in place expanded social protection schemes to mitigate the negative impact of the pandemic on poverty, education, nutrition and overall health. (bvsalud.org)
  • In 2020, poverty increased to 14.1 percent compared to 12.1 percent in 2019, according to The World Bank. (foodforthepoor.org)
  • NEW YORK/KABUL, FEBRUARY 6, 2023- A broken health care system, widespread poverty, and increased restrictions placed on women are fueling the current humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan , said Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today. (doctorswithoutborders.org)
  • Due to persistent inequality, millions of people still live in poverty today. (nature.com)
  • Secondly, fuel poverty as a result of poor housing stock causes avoidable health inequality and is unjust. (bmj.com)
  • Van Den Berg, M. and Nguyen, V. C. (2011) "Impact of Public and Private Transfers on Poverty and Inequality: Evidence from Vietnam", Development Policy Review, 29 (6): 689-728. (uni-muenchen.de)
  • Our study answers the question of the effect of migration on poverty and inequality from the realization of two original household surveys conducted in Morocco and Algeria. (femise.org)
  • We compare the levels of poverty and inequality prevalent today than estimated for a situation no migration or transfer to which migrants would be reinstated in local life. (femise.org)
  • We find little evidence to support the hypothesis that Nicaraguan migration to Costa Rica was an important factor contributing to falling earnings, increased inequality or stagnating poverty in Costa Rica. (iza.org)
  • HOPE House operates and advocates on the belief that poverty, food insecurity, inequality, health and community are all interconnected. (uoguelph.ca)
  • Poverty rates continue to be higher in indigenous territories than in the rest of the population, widening inequality. (foodforthepoor.org)
  • This is sometimes called making the credit "fully refundable," and it is the key driver of the historic, more-than-40-percent reduction in child poverty achieved by the Rescue Plan's expansion, which also raises the amount of the credit from $2,000 per child to $3,000 or $3,600, depending on the age of the child. (cbpp.org)
  • Poverty reduction happens most readily in households that have a microenterprise. (nextbillion.net)
  • The report showcases success stories from across the world that used integrated poverty reduction strategies. (undp.org)
  • Climate change threatens to undo the last 50 years of progress in development, global health, and poverty reduction," Alston said. (sonnenseite.com)
  • Economic prosperity and environmental sustainability are fully compatible but require decoupling economic well-being and poverty reduction from fossil fuel emissions. (sonnenseite.com)
  • The main purpose of this report is to measure the impact of poverty reduction programs and policies of Ho Chi Minh City - the biggest city in Vietnam - in the period 2009-2013 using both quantitative and quality methods. (uni-muenchen.de)
  • Evidence from Vietnam", Paper presented in workshop "Poverty Reduction in Asia: Drivers, Best Practices and Policy Initiatives", The ADB, in collaboration with the School of Economics, Sogang University in Korea and Emory University in the US. (uni-muenchen.de)
  • Shaffer, P. (2004), "Impact Assessment of the Hunger Eradication and Poverty Reduction Programme (HEPR) and Programme 135", IDEA International Institute, Final Report, July 2004. (uni-muenchen.de)
  • Bicycle poverty reduction is the concept that access to bicycles and the transportation infrastructure to support them can dramatically reduce poverty. (wikipedia.org)
  • Temporary expansions to the Child Tax Credit (CTC) helped to cut child poverty nearly in half in 2021. (results.org)
  • The virtual session was held on May 6, 2021, during the Cities Reducing Poverty (now, Communities Ending Poverty) annual gathering. (tamarackcommunity.ca)
  • Scotland is the only UK country with income-based targets to eradicate child poverty. (stv.tv)
  • In that sense, the bicycle can be one of the most effective means to eradicate poverty in poor nations. (wikipedia.org)
  • Is It Crazy to Think We Can Eradicate Poverty? (wikipedia.org)
  • The risks of not investing include a generation of children continuing to live in poverty and unable to reach their full potential, homelessness, persistent unemployment in some families, hunger, family breakdown and its wider societal costs to all parts of the public sector. (stv.tv)
  • Freedom from Hunger has spent the last 25 years documenting the impacts of microfinance, and using that research to inform and inspire other practitioners to move beyond just providing poor people with access to financial services. (nextbillion.net)
  • We have always believed that the real opportunity is to leverage the platform and infrastructure of microfinance to reach poor people with other tools that, when combined with savings and credit, help them to escape hunger and poverty. (nextbillion.net)
  • My predecessor, Chris Dunford, took a systematic look at the impacts of microfinance in the Evidence Project blog, and Freedom from Hunger continues to study and document the impacts of our own work and that of other leaders in the field. (nextbillion.net)
  • By simply expanding high-quality microfinance services to poorer beneficiaries, we will likely achieve greater impact, especially when we talk about hunger and food security. (nextbillion.net)
  • This analysis examines the impact of recent and potential global shocks on poverty, hunger, and diets across 17 countries. (agrilinks.org)
  • Using the power of community to battle poverty and hunger. (uoguelph.ca)
  • This analysis by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) at the University of Oxford looks beyond income as a measurement of poverty to understand how people experience poverty in different aspects of their daily lives - from access to education and health, to living standards such as housing, drinking water, sanitation and electricity. (undp.org)
  • Cosla claims the proposals put the government's 2030 child poverty targets at risk, saying there has not been enough consideration for successive years of cuts, rising inflation and demand. (stv.tv)
  • It could push more than 120 million more people into poverty by 2030 and will have the most severe impact in poor countries, regions, and the places poor people live and work. (sonnenseite.com)
  • Despite the availability of free tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment, TB care still generates substantial costs that push people into poverty. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We show that they can reach several hundred tons of CO 2 per year, while the majority of people living below poverty lines have yearly carbon footprints of less than 1 tCO 2 . (nature.com)
  • Reaching targets under United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 1, lifting more than one billion people out of poverty, leads to only small relative increases in global carbon emissions of 1.6-2.1% or less. (nature.com)
  • Can we lift millions of people out of poverty while controlling carbon emissions? (nature.com)
  • To help spark a new conversation about poverty in this country and ways to support people escape it, not just survive it. (huffpost.com)
  • Stephen McCabe, Cosla's children and young people spokesman, said: "Scottish and local government are supposed to have a joint priority to tackle child poverty in all forms. (stv.tv)
  • Journey into the historical heart of Papua New Guinea (PNG) as you trek the Kokoda trail to help reduce poverty for children and young people. (childfund.org.au)
  • He continued: "Some people will give you various different numbers, but it is probably [reducing child poverty by] 4% or 5% at the moment. (thenational.scot)
  • While the SNP government is boosting incomes to help tackle poverty, with unique and progressive policies like the Scottish Child Payment, Westminster is making people poorer with cuts and economic mismanagement. (thenational.scot)
  • Furthermore, using the experience of SCIAF partners in Colombia, the paper explore the role of big business and its impact on people living in poverty and on our planet making suggestions on the kind of good practice needed and how this can be promoted. (cidse.org)
  • In India, some 415 million people left multidimensional poverty in a 15-year period - a historic change. (undp.org)
  • Identifying poverty profiles relies on a solid evidence base of data on poverty in all its dimensions and the report stresses the need to resume efforts to regularly update poverty data, especially in the poorest countries and in the places where the poorest people live. (undp.org)
  • Perversely, while people in poverty are responsible for just a fraction of global emissions, they will bear the brunt of climate change, and have the least capacity to protect themselves," Alston said. (sonnenseite.com)
  • But equally importantly will be the impact on democracy, as governments struggle to cope with the consequences and to persuade their people to accept the major social and economic transformations required. (sonnenseite.com)
  • As if lack of education, stigma, and taboos weren't already enough barriers for people who menstruate to manage their periods, there's another obstacle in the way that's been affecting period poverty for more than two years. (globalcitizen.org)
  • The literature has gripped this for several years and looks into whether this money donated directly to households, allows people in developing countries out of poverty and to make society more equal. (femise.org)
  • Aligning the interests of these companies with those of local people working to escape poverty creates self-sustaining relationships that deliver lasting value - both for the companies and for the enterprising women and men they work with. (technoserve.org)
  • RESULTS is a movement of passionate, committed everyday people who use their voices to influence political decisions that will bring an end to poverty. (results.org)
  • Poverty robs far too many people of life in all its fullness. (capuk.org)
  • Neglected infections of poverty are a group of chronic and debilitating parasitic and other infections (including congenital infections) that disproportionately affect people living in poverty. (cdc.gov)
  • An important focus of the summit and a key aspect of the epidemiology of infections of poverty in the United States is their geographic concentration in impoverished areas, as well as their high prevalence among people who are poor and among racial and ethnic minorities, women, and children. (cdc.gov)
  • Unfortunately, Risa and her family are not the only people I know who have been critically impacted by violence. (cdc.gov)
  • At least half of the world's population still lacks access to essential health services and out-of-pocket expenses on health drive almost 100 million people into poverty each year. (bvsalud.org)
  • The San Francisco Bay Area is used as a case study, and the impacts of a lockdown are quantified, accounting for the effects of unemployment insurance (UI) and the CARES Act federal stimulus. (preventionweb.net)
  • There are fundamental flaws in how issues of poverty and socio-economic mobility are being addressed in this country and the world. (huffpost.com)
  • To evaluate the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on individuals, a micro-economic model is developed to estimate the direct impact of distancing on household income, savings, consumption, and poverty. (preventionweb.net)
  • The nation's high child poverty rate and gaping racial, ethnic, and geographic disparities in child poverty have translated into lost opportunities for millions of children and lost contributions to the nation as a whole. (cbpp.org)
  • The summit's program included leading experts on the epidemiology and clinical aspects of neglected infections of poverty, as well as on the economic and social determinants of health disparities in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • How can the bicycle assist in poverty eradication and social development in Africa? (wikipedia.org)
  • This was intended both to help the UK and developing countries to make poverty-focussed decisions on the proposals in the Trade Round and to identify possible needs for complementary or offsetting policies once decisions had been taken. (odi.org)
  • With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries. (worldbank.org)
  • More than half of those who emigrate from developing countries move to other developing countries, yet there have been few studies of the impact of this South-South migration. (iza.org)
  • These diseases of poverty are of strategic importance for the populations affected, as are neglected tropical diseases that are endemic to developing countries. (cdc.gov)
  • The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is a global research center working to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. (povertyactionlab.org)
  • By implementing comprehensive strategies at various levels, we can work towards ensuring that everyone has access to safe, decent, and affordable housing - ultimately breaking the cycle of poverty and promoting social well-being. (texecutions.com)
  • FXB International is a non-governmental organization with over 30 years of history of actually breaking the cycle of poverty. (fxb.org)
  • At the same time, it will generate good case studies in economic impact assessment of NTDs to illustrate how research on infectious diseases of poverty can accelerate progress towards Universal Health Coverage and the SDGs. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The economic impact of schistosomiasis and the underlying tradeoffs between water resources development and public health concerns have yet to be quantified. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Poverty has a dual impact as it increases the risk of TB and exposes the poor to economic hardship when they develop TB. (biomedcentral.com)
  • However, the severity of the economic impact is spatially heterogeneous, and certain communities are more affected than the average and could take more than a year to recover. (preventionweb.net)
  • Previous research has shown that poverty affects children's psychosocial development and economic success in adulthood. (bipolarnews.org)
  • The expanded credit "can dramatically improve the lives of millions of children growing up in the United States and promote our country's long-term economic prosperity," they explained, noting that it would have only a minimal impact on parents' employment. (cbpp.org)
  • As well as looking at this in general terms, we have attempted to use case studies of four countries (Brazil, India, Vietnam, Zambia) with different average incomes, economic structures and trade patterns in order to illustrate the range of ways in which possible negotiating outcomes could affect poverty in particular cases. (odi.org)
  • Through its activities related to protection, education, health, water, sanitation and hygiene, and economic empowerment, FXB fights the multi-dimensional causes of poverty and social injustice in order to help its program participants lead a decent and dignified life. (fxb.org)
  • Nevertheless, we are now living in an era when nearly 50 million Americans live in poverty, and some estimates suggest another 100 million straddle the line of economic insecurity. (spokesman-recorder.com)
  • In 2017, approximately 9.2% of the world's population lived below the international poverty line, of $1.90 per day. (lse.ac.uk)
  • This is nearly double the number who are seen as poor when poverty is defined as living on less than $1.90 per day. (undp.org)
  • 17 October 2022, New York - The new Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) released today finds that reducing poverty at scale is possible and unveils new 'poverty profiles' that can offer a breakthrough in development efforts to tackle the interlinked aspects of poverty. (undp.org)
  • Taking away the full credit from children based on their parents' earnings would needlessly leave in poverty - or push deeper into poverty - the children who need help the most, injuring their long-term health and educational outcomes and reducing their earnings as adults, while doing virtually nothing to boost parental employment. (cbpp.org)
  • We sought to characterize occupational and lifestyle stressors in farmworker couples and to examine the impact of seasonal work demand and gender on health outcomes. (cdc.gov)
  • Determinants of child poverty in Uruguay. (lu.se)
  • This conceptual and technical paper illustrates how poverty can be defined in the context of policy impact analysis. (fao.org)
  • Housing affordability is a critical societal issue that has far-reaching implications, particularly in the context of poverty. (texecutions.com)
  • This study can be extended to explore the impact of indirect macroeconomic effects, the role of uncertainty in households' decision-making and the potential effect of simultaneous exogenous shocks (e.g., natural disasters). (preventionweb.net)
  • We know that microfinance is not lifting the majority of clients and households out of poverty (or even sustainably raising their incomes). (nextbillion.net)
  • The most significant impact of microfinance services (credit, savings and/or combinations of both) seems to be in building household resilience and helping poor (especially very poor) households to smooth their consumption and cope with shocks. (nextbillion.net)
  • To reduce poverty, you must reach poor households. (nextbillion.net)
  • According to the University of Michigan's National Poverty Center, the number of American households now living on "less than $2 per person per day" has more than doubled since 1996. (spokesman-recorder.com)
  • Anxiety was identified as the main psychological impact of confinement, with 41% of Moroccan households experiencing fear. (who.int)
  • The survey revealed that these impacts were experienced by 52.5% of refugees overall, with 55.1% among female-headed households and 52% among male-headed households. (who.int)
  • This course is designed to help you learn at your own pace as you advocate for and advance high-impact ending poverty pathways in your community. (tamarackcommunity.ca)
  • On 12 May Michael Marmot and his team published their report, "The heath impacts of cold homes and fuel poverty," commissioned by Friends of the Earth. (bmj.com)
  • If fully implemented, the combination of UI and CARES could keep the increase in poverty close to zero, and reduce the average recovery time, for individuals who suffer an income loss, from 11.8 to 6.7 months. (preventionweb.net)
  • If we are going to reduce poverty, it's important to understand how a childhood of disadvantage can affect a child's development. (childfund.org.au)
  • It will significantly reduce child poverty - that is a really good thing. (thenational.scot)
  • To reduce poverty, you must also increase household income. (nextbillion.net)
  • Our hope is that this year's data on deprivation bundles will enable responses to surge ahead with extra determination and laser precision to reduce acute poverty in these turbulent times. (undp.org)
  • TechnoServe is a nonprofit that takes a business approach to reduce poverty. (technoserve.org)
  • I have the honor and the privilege to lead a nonprofit agency where the mission is to reduce poverty and one of the primary goals is to help low-income families chart a course toward financial independence. (spokesman-recorder.com)
  • Churches across the UK are committed to tackling the causes of poverty in their local area by partnering with CAP and providing free debt help and community groups. (capuk.org)
  • The interplay between the factors above will inevitably result in an increase in poverty rates across the developing world. (lse.ac.uk)
  • The report underscores the importance of understanding these patterns in the search for more effective ways to tackle poverty. (undp.org)
  • However, while multilateral negotiations may now be more limited and more prolonged, and some may be replaced by negotiations in regional or bilateral fora, the question raised - that is, what types of trade initiative are most beneficial for reducing poverty - remains important. (odi.org)
  • Councils lobbied the government hard to address our concerns over child poverty by investing in the essential services that councils deliver - from social work services that support families to work through complex, deep-rooted issues to holiday lunch clubs that provide food and vital links to other services such as employability, income maximisation and housing. (stv.tv)
  • The ability to secure adequate and affordable housing is essential for individuals and families to thrive and escape the cycle of poverty. (texecutions.com)
  • Significantly, educators need to understand that the statistics above do not reflect those for students and families living in poverty. (projectachieve.info)
  • Let's look first at the contexts within which families that live in poverty move. (projectachieve.info)
  • FXB's areas of intervention in India have expanded over the years from its original focus on working with families affected by HIV/AIDS to a community-based, multi-sectoral programme approach along its four 'Domains for Change' namely Access to Quality Education, Poverty and Livelihood, Improved Health Status, and Child Rights and Protection. (fxb.org)
  • In The Washington Post , anti-poverty activists Peter Edelman and Barbara Ehrenreich wrote that welfare reform "just didn't end welfare as we knew it… It brought an end to cash help of any kind for families with children in much of the country. (spokesman-recorder.com)
  • The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a public policy think tank based in Washington, D.C., notes that prior to the onset of welfare reform more than 70 percent of American families living in poverty received public assistance. (spokesman-recorder.com)
  • The majority of states allocate a maximum benefit that is below 30 percent of the U.S. federal poverty guidelines, with some states paying out as little as 10 percent to families in need. (spokesman-recorder.com)
  • Nguyen, V. C. (2011), "Estimation of the Impact of Rural Roads on Household Welfare in Vietnam", Asia-Pacific Development Journal, 18(2), 105-135. (uni-muenchen.de)
  • Quach, M. H. and A. W. Mullineux (2007), "The Impact of Access to Credit on Household Welfare in Rural Vietnam", Research In Accounting In Emerging Economies, 7, 279-307. (uni-muenchen.de)
  • They have a very significant impact on the welfare recipients in countries where poverty is very present. (femise.org)
  • This unfortunately wasn't the case because firms turned to alternative investments in financial markets that caused negative repercussions on social welfare especially by adversely affecting the incidence of poverty. (cornell.edu)
  • His words resonate because most of my government and non-profit colleagues who work on poverty issues, are focused on what's wrong in the communities we serve. (huffpost.com)
  • Join a dynamic group of donors who are accelerating the impact on children's lives by prioritising projects in communities where the need and opportunity is greatest. (childfund.org.au)
  • Anecdotal data from the Washington-based menstrual organization Days for Girls (DfG), which supports women and girls in 144 countries, suggests the tampon shortage stretches beyond the US and is directly contributing to period poverty in communities worldwide. (globalcitizen.org)
  • This exacerbates existing inequalities and perpetuates the cycle of poverty within communities. (texecutions.com)
  • In conclusion, addressing housing affordability is essential for combating poverty and creating equitable communities. (texecutions.com)
  • Topics include Ending Working Poverty, Governments and Communities Ending Poverty, and Big Ideas for Ending Poverty. (tamarackcommunity.ca)
  • If, however, we challenge ourselves to really understand (and be transparent about) the strengths and limitations of microfinance, and begin to think about it as just one part of a more comprehensive package of development services, the debate (and potential for impact) becomes much more interesting. (nextbillion.net)
  • 4. Microfinance must intentionally do more to have important impacts on household poverty. (nextbillion.net)
  • 5. Microfinance must intentionally do more to have impacts on women's empowerment. (nextbillion.net)
  • 6. Microfinance must intentionally do more to have important impacts on family health and nutrition. (nextbillion.net)
  • After reporting and discussing the definition of poverty as "the lack of, or the inability to achieve, a socially acceptable standard of living", it discusses the mono-dimensional and multi-dimensional approaches to the definition of poverty. (fao.org)
  • The health impacts of. (bmj.com)
  • A life of poverty can put a child's physical health, social skills, behavioural learning and emotional wellbeing at risk. (childfund.org.au)
  • Growing up in poverty increases the likelihood that children will have poor health. (childfund.org.au)
  • COVID-19 has had a profound impact on people's lives, going beyond their health. (lse.ac.uk)
  • The Impact Of Voluntary Health Insurance On Health Care Utilization And Out‐Of‐Pocket Payments: New Evidence for Vietnam," Health Economics, 21(8), pages 946-966, 08. (uni-muenchen.de)
  • The first-ever National Summit on Neglected Infections of Poverty in the United States was held October 27, 2009, in Washington, DC, bringing together key leaders in public health, public policy, and government. (cdc.gov)
  • Organized by the Eisenhower Institute, the George Washington University, the Adler School, the American Public Health Association, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the goal of the summit was to raise awareness about neglected infections of poverty in the United States and identify resources and actions to address them. (cdc.gov)
  • Hispanic farmworkers experience hazardous work conditions, language barriers, poverty, and limited healthcare access that increase their risk for health problems. (cdc.gov)
  • Assuming a shelter-in-place period of three months, the poverty rate would temporarily increase from 17.1% to 25.9% in the Bay Area in the absence of social protection, and the lowest income earners would suffer the most in relative terms. (preventionweb.net)
  • Experts gave evidence regarding the impact of the payment to the Scottish Parliament's Social Justice and Social Security Committee. (thenational.scot)
  • Investments in a social safety net and provision of infrastructures in roads, electricity and communications especially in rural areas are necessary to enhance credit impact in alleviating poverty. (affleap.com)
  • This helps prevent the concentration of poverty in certain areas while promoting social integration and diversity. (texecutions.com)
  • This pilot project seeks to understand the rise of Christian social franchises responding to UK poverty over the last two decades. (coventry.ac.uk)
  • The research's impact will be to facilitate better understanding in social and cultural geography and the voluntary sector of Christian social franchises' growth and sustainability in the contexts of austerity and postsecularity. (coventry.ac.uk)
  • To understand the rise of Christian social franchises responding to poverty in the UK over the last two decades in order to facilitate better understanding in academia and the voluntary sector of their growth and sustainability in the contexts of austerity and postsecularity. (coventry.ac.uk)
  • 3) To understand the visions of Christian social franchises in the UK in terms of their short and long-term aspirations in responding to poverty in the contexts of austerity and postsecularity. (coventry.ac.uk)
  • With the establishment of a discussion group among users and following the working routine at CRAS, we are questioning the traditional speeches about the poverty and the social assistance policies. (bvsalud.org)
  • And work -related hazards, environmental degradation, poverty, and social injustice are often interrelated. (cdc.gov)
  • These field notes capture the experiences, ideas and insights shared during a workshop on how the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can support community efforts to end poverty. (tamarackcommunity.ca)
  • The Budget included £7m of additional investment for the new Parental Employability Support Fund, which will help tackle child poverty by ensuring parents can access jobs and progress within employment and will link with the opportunities that our massive expansion of Early Learning and Childcare bring. (stv.tv)
  • Aim of this work was to evaluate the possible impact in terms of. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Similarly, preliminary data work for an upcoming UNDP Regional Human Development Report suggests jumps in poverty headcount rate for selected countries in the Horn of Africa (Chart 1). (lse.ac.uk)
  • That's why TechnoServe hires the brightest minds in business to tackle the challenging, fascinating, meaningful work of fighting poverty by harnessing the power of the private sector. (technoserve.org)
  • Join us in praying for an end to UK poverty and the work of CAP through the local church with free resources. (capuk.org)
  • Education and communication is a central part of our impact work. (lu.se)
  • The impact of work demand and gender on occupational and psychosocial stress in Hispanic farmworkers. (cdc.gov)
  • Yet the report anticipates that some of the efforts to end poverty in line with Sustainable Development Goals are likely to have been derailed as a result of recent overlapping crises. (undp.org)
  • Eradicating poverty in all its forms remains one of the greatest challenges facing humanity and is the first UN Sustainable Development Goal. (uoguelph.ca)
  • More than 7,000 adults and children have been lifted out of poverty in a sustainable way. (fxb.org)
  • Donate monthly to fight poverty all year round. (results.org)
  • 1 This disparity is born out of inequities such as poverty, neighborhood disadvantage, and racism. (cdc.gov)
  • In this paper, we examine the impact of migration from one developing country, Nicaragua, on the labor market in another developing country, Costa Rica. (iza.org)
  • A body representing councils across Scotland has raised fears that the Scottish Government's draft budget will impact their ability to meet child poverty targets. (stv.tv)
  • A Scottish Government spokeswoman said: "The first update on our Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan, which is backed by a £50m fund, showed that 48 of the 58 actions in the plan are in progress or being delivered. (stv.tv)
  • This comes as Professor Danny Dorling, of Oxford University, said that the Scottish child payment may have caused the largest fall in child poverty anywhere in Europe since the fall of the Berlin Wall. (thenational.scot)
  • Poverty expert Professor Dorling spoke to The National previously about the impact of the Scottish Child Payment. (thenational.scot)
  • Taken together, these policies left this nation with a far higher child poverty rate than similarly wealthy countries that offer broad-based child allowances, while failing to raise U.S. labor force participation above most of those same countries. (cbpp.org)
  • The MPI is a vital complement to monetary measures of poverty because it illuminates deprivation bundles directly" says Sabina Alkire, Director of OPHI at the University of Oxford. (undp.org)
  • Based on these findings, we proceed with the second chapter using historical data and a financial computable general equilibrium (FCGE) model to examine the economy-wide impact of fiscal and monetary policies, and in particular, the impact on poverty and the income of the bottom 20% of the population in Thailand. (cornell.edu)
  • Unfortunately, poverty has a devastating effect on a child's development. (childfund.org.au)
  • What are the impacts of Bitcoin on poverty and development? (readersdigest.co.uk)
  • Cryptocurrency holds an extreme position, and it is also capable of impacting a lot of things needed for the survival and development of any country. (readersdigest.co.uk)
  • This research shows that poverty also affects brain development. (bipolarnews.org)
  • In May 2003, DFID asked ODI to analyse the potential poverty impacts of the Doha Development Agenda. (odi.org)
  • We have therefore prepared reports covering the likely trade agenda and the probable effects on poverty and development. (odi.org)
  • Partnering with Anglo American and the Inter-American Development bank to create jobs across Peru, Chile, and Brazil - a program that was named one of five finalists for the P3 Impact Award for public-private partnerships. (technoserve.org)
  • Our affiliated professors are based at 97 universities and conduct randomized evaluations around the world to design, evaluate, and improve programs and policies aimed at reducing poverty. (povertyactionlab.org)
  • Impacts of policies on poverty: The definition of poverty. (fao.org)
  • His research focuses on the interactions between government policies, agricultural growth, poverty, and food security. (agrilinks.org)
  • Fundraising is a great way to help children who live in poverty by collectively making a donation. (childfund.org.au)
  • The report notably identifies a series of 'deprivation bundles' - recurring patterns of poverty -- that commonly impact those who live in multidimensional poverty across the world. (undp.org)
  • and then at the myriad ways that multiple, often unexpected moves impact students who live in poverty. (projectachieve.info)
  • Today less than 10 percent of those jobs remain in a city where more than 40 percent of residents live in poverty, including nearly 60 percent of all children. (spokesman-recorder.com)
  • Although my neighborhood and home environments protected me from many harsh realities, I would eventually experience the impact of violence within my broader community. (cdc.gov)
  • Illness is one of the most common reasons the poor stay poor, or fall back into poverty. (nextbillion.net)
  • We host events around the world and online to share results and policy lessons from randomized evaluations, to build new partnerships between researchers and practitioners, and to train organizations on how to design and conduct randomized evaluations, and use evidence from impact evaluations. (povertyactionlab.org)