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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Poverty Studies"”.
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Constructing a new measure of poverty for the UK
… a theoretical case for a new indicator of poverty, and construct a specific version of this indicator for the UK. It will calculate the actual poverty line, analyse its components, and discuss its implications.<br/><br/>The thesis will begin by demonstrating that the outcomes of poverty …
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Applying fuzzy-set theoretic poverty measures within a developmental local government context : the Khayelitsha - Mitchell's Plain case study
… of the linkage between the presence of poverty and the nature of governance, something largely omitted from poverty studies in South Africa. The context of this investigation was the establishment of the new local government model (i.e. Developmental Local Government), which puts …
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Collective actions for poverty reduction in Nigeria and South Africa: Exploring the perspectives of elites and the poor
This thesis proposes that a successful poverty reduction and economic development in Nigeria and South Africa lies on the willingness and synergy between elites and the poor. Perceptions of poverty studies either draw the perspectives of the poor or the elites or other groups of stakeholders in …
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Finding ontological security in a world of precarity : a sociological study of the use of high cost credit by people on low incomes
… sociological fields of emotions, consumption, poverty studies, and working-class credit. 31 in-depth interviews were conducted with Moneyline customers. Moneyline is a not-for-profit Community Development Finance Institution which provides financial services including responsible and affordable …
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Feminization of poverty within rural households of Thulamela Municipality in South Africa
"Feminization of poverty" is a concept that has been a subject of interest for social and economic development scientists since the 1970s when Diana Pearce coined it. Over the past decades, many studies have been carried out in order to gain deeper insights into it. Most of the studies have …
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Money for something? Investigating the effectiveness of biodiversity conservation interventions in the Northern Plains of Cambodia
Despite substantial investments in biodiversity conservation interventions over the past two decades there is relatively little evidence about whether interventions work, and how they work. Whether an intervention is deemed to “work” depends upon how goals are defined and then measured, which is …