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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Poverty Dynamics"”.
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Three Essays on Food Stamp Program Participation and Poverty Dynamics
… of Food Stamp Use and Transient and Chronic Poverty: Evidence from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics” examines the impact of intensity of use of FSP benefits on household exposure to transient and chronic poverty with respect to food and housing expenditures. The study finds that FSP is used …
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Margins in the mountains: poverty dynamics in India’s western and eastern Ghats
Extreme poverty is a persistent issue in south India and there are moral and economic imperatives to change this situation. Effective poverty reduction strategies require ongoing advances in knowledge so that strategic action on poverty alleviation can be implemented. This thesis addresses that …
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Analysis of poverty dynamics and poverty reduction in Tajikistan: A Multidimensional Perspective
… 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 study to address …
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Using Asset Poverty Measures to Understand Poverty Dynamics, Poverty Traps and Farmer Behavior in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Focus on Rural Ethiopia
Effective poverty reduction programs require careful measurement of poverty status. Commonly used consumption or income-based classifications of poverty aggregate together households that are persistently poor with those who are only in poverty due to passing conditions. They also classify as …
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An application of synthetic panel data to poverty analysis in South Africa
… a wide-reaching consensus that data required for poverty analysis in developing countries are inadequate. Concerns have been raised on the accuracy and adequacy of household surveys, especially those emanating from Sub-Saharan Africa. Part of the debate has hinted on the existence of a statistical …
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A capability analysis of education policies in quintile 1 schools in the Frances Baard district of the Northern Cape Province
This study examined the three education poverty alleviation policies in relation to learners’ capabilities and was grounded in the Capability Approach as a conceptual framework pioneered by the economist and philosopher, Amartya Sen. The study posits the view that the policies investigated and …
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CHILD LABOUR AND CHILD SCHOOLING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A CASE STUDY OF PAKISTAN
The dissertation aims to explore the impact of poverty, dynamics of poverty, credit constraints and household shocks on child labour and child schooling in Pakistan. The study also aims to reconnoitre breaches of primary education in Pakistan. To accomplish these objectives, the study has adopted a …
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Poverty of Indigenous People in Taiwan ¿ rethinking agency, embedded disposition, role of family and institution in the study of poverty.
Recently, the issue of poverty amongst indigenous people has become a significant topic in literature on social policy and development studies. The literature mainly looks at this issue in terms of an unequal and one-sided relationship between the mainstream society and an indigenous minority …
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Economic mobility in South Africa: evidence from household survey data
High levels of inequality, poverty and unemployment are some of the most substantial challenges facing post-apartheid South Africa. Most of the research addressing these questions has used micro datasets to compare snapshots of welfare over time. Although these studies are both interesting and …
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The Extent and Evolution of Poverty and Inequality in Nigeria: Evidence from Household Expenditure Survey Datasets and an Assessment of the Impact of Oil Industry
… three distinct chapters, this thesis analysed poverty mobility, inequality, and developments in oil industry. Given that the rate of progress against poverty is considered to be an increasing function of growth (Ravallion and Chen, 1997; Ravallion, 2001; Dollar and Kraay, 2002, 2016); and based …
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Three Essays on the Well-Being of Vulnerable Populations
… The second essay entitled "Transient and Chronic Poverty in the US: The Role of the Food Stamp Program" examines the unique and common determinants of short-term intra-annual transient poverty and chronic poverty, as well as the differential response of each state of poverty to Food Stamp Program …
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Rural households and shocks: Asset transfer, migration and civil conflict
… level required to support consumption above the poverty line. Using six rounds of data collected over 42 months in rural Zambia, I construct a measure of resilience based on households' conditional welfare distributions to estimate program impacts. The study finds that the program increased …