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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Multidimensional poverty index"”.
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Measuring youth poverty in Namibia: An application of a multidimensional, multilevel modelling approach
Officially, poverty in Namibia is measured by means of monetary thresholds, using the World Bank’s Cost of Basic Needs (CBN) approach. Poverty cannot, however, be solely defined by the lack of monetary resources. Rather, it is a combination of a range of non monetary factors which act as …
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Does mobile money have a part to play in poverty reduction within South Africa?
… growth and therefore successfully reducing poverty levels within a country, that is, the use of mobile money. With the rise of mobile phone penetration within African countries, its use has gone beyond communication, providing key financial access in the form of phone-based money transfers …
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Three Essays on Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: Multidimensional Poverty Change in Zimbabwe; Long-Term Impact of Cash Transfers in Niger; and Targeting Efficiency of Social Protection Programs in Cameroon
… is related to one particular key step of the poverty alleviation agenda: poverty definition and measurement in Zimbabwe; targeting poor households in Cameroon; and impact evaluation of anti-poverty interventions in Niger. The first essay explores changes in poverty across multiple dimensions …
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The Poverty of China's Rural-to-Urban Migrants: A Case Study of Shanghai
… attention since the late 1980s, but migrants' poverty has not been properly understood. Previous studies have mostly regarded China's rural-to-urban migrants as a disadvantaged or marginalized group in the city. However, despite showing obvious signs of poverty, such as poor living and working …
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The Poverty of China's Rural-to-Urban Migrants: A Case Study of Shanghai
… attention since the late 1980s, but migrants' poverty has not been properly understood. Previous studies have mostly regarded China's rural-to-urban migrants as a disadvantaged or marginalized group in the city. However, despite showing obvious signs of poverty, such as poor living and working …
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Multidimensional Development and Inequality in China. The effects of the reforms after Deng Xiaoping
TThis thesis sheds light on the multidimensional development experienced by China in the last decades, investigating to which extent different regions and segments of the society have benefitted from this process. The thesis comprises three independent chapters, each of which addresses this issue …
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Analysis of poverty dynamics and poverty reduction in Tajikistan: A Multidimensional Perspective
… statistical descriptive methods to explore multidimensional poverty and poverty reduction initiatives aimed at its reduction. Qualitative methods are well-suited to understand social dynamics and contextual factors that impact poverty. The thesis concentrates on Tajikistan as a single-case …
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Relación entre depresión mayor y pobreza multidimensional en adultos en Colombia, 2015
… la relación entre la condición de pobreza multidimensional y la presencia de trastorno depresivo mayor (TDM) en población adulta en Colombia. Metodología: Estudio transversal analítico en el que se evaluó la relación entre el índice de pobreza multidimensional y la presencia de trastorno …
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Étude de la résilience des milieux semi-arides à agriculture familiale à l’aide de données d’observation de la Terre
Les projections démographiques selon les Nations-Unies, prévoient un doublement de la population en Afrique à partir de 2036, qui atteindra 20 % de la population mondiale en 2050. Cette situation créera davantage de pression pour satisfaire aux besoins de cette population grandissante. Dans ce …
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Ethnic and political dynamics of poverty, employment, and wages in Kenya
… (1) Characterize the trends and patterns of multidimensional poverty levels; (2) Examine the relationship between coethnicity with the President and poverty levels and establish whether governance reforms in the post-2010 period has reduced the ethnic bias in resource distribution, and (3) …
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Ethnic and political dynamics of poverty, employment, and wages in Kenya
… (1) Characterize the trends and patterns of multidimensional poverty levels; (2) Examine the relationship between coethnicity with the President and poverty levels and establish whether governance reforms in the post-2010 period has reduced the ethnic bias in resource distribution, and (3) …