Essays about: "multidimensional poverty"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 26 essays containing the words multidimensional poverty.

1. 16. Exploring Multidimensional Poverty and Microfinance Programmes Impact: Poverty Alleviation In Rural Bangladesh.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Stella Amoateng Asante; [2018]
   Keywords : HMP; microfinance; microfinance loans; multidimensional poverty; poverty alleviation; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper examines multidimensional poverty and the effectiveness of microfinance loans in alleviating it using household survey panel data on Bangladesh. Microfinance is an innovative method to financial development of the poor, yet controversial. READ MORE

3. 17. What About Poverty? : A multidimensional approach to the poverty focus of Swedish bilateral aid

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Saga Brors; Fredrik Thor; [2017]
   Keywords : Foreign aid; Multidimensional Poverty; Sweden; Policy Evaluation;

   Abstract : This study examines the poverty focus of Swedish bilateral aid and if a multidimensional poverty measure has an effect on the selection of Swedish strategy countries within Sida’s bilateral aid program. Sweden, while generally seen as an altruistic donor, has been noted to allocate resources to relatively richer countries as a result of its wider aim with ODA such as democratic progress and human rights protection. READ MORE

4. 18. Determinants of Child Poverty in Uruguay: The impact of gender inequality

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Paula Tatiana Perez Martinez; [2016]
   Keywords : Child poverty; gender wage gaps; educational gender gaps; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The objective of this thesis is to examine the response of child poverty to wage and educational gender gaps within the household. The analysis combined household level longitudinal data, from Uruguay’s Continuous Household Survey carried on in 2012 and 2013, with the survey of Nutrition, Child Development and Health conducted in the country in the same years. READ MORE

5. 19. Migration, Education and Women’s Empowerment: A Case Study of Sub-Saharan African Women Immigrant in Gothenburg, Sweden

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

   Author : Epiphanie Mukundiyimana; [2014-02-10]
   Keywords : Sub-Saharan African female migrant; education; gender equality; women’s empowerment;

   Abstract : Migration is a multidimensional phenomenon, which expands the opportunities for productive work and leads to a wider perspective among migrants. Female migration from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to Western Europe has gained importance during recent years and has been linked to a variety of factors, including social and economic contexts, the level of poverty, gender equality and political instability in the sending countries. READ MORE

6. 20. 'The Apple Must Fall Far From the Tree'. A Case Study of an Educational School Intervention in Lyari: An Urban Slum in Pakistan.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Uzma Osman Bucha; [2014]
   Keywords : inertiatic institutions; bridging social capital; intergenerational contract; patron-client relationships; broker; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Partly attributed to the distinguishing effects of poverty on education and effects of education on poverty, the poverty and education nexus is complex. Since poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon deprivation in education, especially in urban slums, is not caused by one factor alone, but is rather stitched to various other related factors such as family structure, a high conflict neighbourhood and quality of school. READ MORE