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1. Gender Equality and Intergenerational Mobility: Cross-country Results
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för hälsa och välfärdAbstract : Nowadays, intergenerational mobility and gender equality have captured widespread attention. This study aims to examine the relationship between the two to provide policy insights that benefit both polarized issues. READ MORE
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2. Industrialization, inequality and intergenerational mobility : Subnational variation in intergenerational social mobility across Europe
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : In this study I explore how intergenerational social mobility varies between subnational regions across Europe and whether any contextual factors are associated with levels of mobility. Support is found for subnational variation in class and occupational rank mobility within 24 European countries using the European Social Survey. READ MORE
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3. Assessing water security and urban poverty linkages : a case study of Mathare informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Water has various multiple uses not only in the household but also globally, this therefore means that ensuring water security is very vital. Even though water is a basic need for the household, the poor who are highly represented in the urban informal settlement are faced with multiple challenges to accessing water. READ MORE
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4. Too many calories, too few nutrients? : a systems approach to food and nutrition security in Guatemala
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUSAbstract : Obesity levels in developing countries are increasing at an alarming rate, while “old” problems such as hunger and undernutrition still persist, creating a paradoxical situation of a double burden of malnutrition. Intertwined with new sustainability challenges such as climate change and land degradation, food, health and sustainability are interconnected in a complex web of relationships, spanning multiple scales, levels and disciplines. READ MORE
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5. CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS (CCTs), EDUCATION AND LABOR MARKETS: An inquiry into poverty reduction in Ghana through the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) program
University essay from Lunds universitet/SociologiAbstract : Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs aim to alleviate short term poverty and reduce intergenerational poverty by supplying targeted poor households with cash transfers contingent upon certain program parameters, such as school attendance for children. Evaluation on CCTs have found that such programs generally increase school enrolment and school attendance but its subsequent effect on labor market participation is only assumed without sufficient evidence. READ MORE