Essays about: "Fighting Poverty."
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1. Beyond the Surface: An Empirical Analysis of Multidimensional Child Poverty in Zambia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Zambia has one of the highest levels of child poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, child poverty remains an understudied area and the determinants thereof are not well understood. READ MORE
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2. Development and conflict : India-Pakistan issue on Indus Water Treaty and China Pakistan Economic Corridor
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : Abstract India and Pakistan are at war with each other for over 70 years. To date, the two countrieshave four full scale wars. This thesis evaluates whether the dispute between Pakistan andIndia is linked with the economic development of the rival country or there are otherreasons for it such as terrorism, border disputes, etc. READ MORE
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3. Inequality, Poverty, and Economic Shrinking: A Study of Developing Countries, 1974-2006
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Recent research suggests that it is the decline in the frequency of ‘shrinking’ episodes, and not higher growth rates, that are more important for long-term development. A growing body of literature also focuses on how income inequality and poverty affect economic growth rates, with a consensus emerging about their negative impacts. READ MORE
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4. Election Cycles and Microfinance in the Indian States : Political Pressures, Opportunistic Election Cycles and Political Uncertainty Cycles: What Does It Do for the Indian Microfinance Sector?
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : In India, election cycles have repeatedly been reported to sway the microfinance sector. Meanwhile, the sector is recognized as an important poverty fighting tool; both the largely privately funded MFI system and the largely publicly funded SHG system. READ MORE
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5. “I am fighting the best I can” : Women’s adaptive capacity when facing rain variability in Paje,Zanzibar (Tanzania)
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografiAbstract : Many of the world’s most impoverished populations rely on farming, hunting and gathering to eat and earn a living where people often have just enough food and assets to last through the next season, and ultimately inadequate reserves to fall back on in the event of a poor harvest. Rural resource-dependent livelihoods are embedded in high risks, as climate variability and climate extremes are additional stressors to poverty. READ MORE
