Essays about: "poverty measures"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 94 essays containing the words poverty measures.

  1. 16. Ungrouping Income Distributions - The Italian Doxa Survey of 1948

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Matteo Santi; [2020-07-10]
    Keywords : Data Ungrouping; Quantitative Economic History; ; Inequality; Poverty;

    Abstract : This paper investigates alternative statistical approaches to ungroup data in tabular form. After a theoretical discussion on the interpolation problem and on the features of ungrouping techniques, a non-parametric version of the algorithm of Shorrocks and Wan is introduced. READ MORE

  3. 17. Agricultural resilience building at the farm level in Malawi : the relevance of indigenous knowledge

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Jana Schmidt; [2020]
    Keywords : climate change adaptation; agriculture; indigenous knowledge; resilience building; Malawi; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Anthropogenic climate change poses new challenges to smallholder farmers in the Global South. At the farm level, science-based adaptation measures, as well as farmers’ autonomous responses based on indigenous knowledge, are simultaneously in use. READ MORE

  4. 18. Analysis of floodplain population dynamics in the USA from 1790 to 2010​

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Firoza Akhter; [2020]
    Keywords : Floodplain; levee; flood damage; flood insurance; population dynamics; population growth rate;

    Abstract : Floodplain is an important location for the economic and social development of society throughout history, although it afflicted by different disasters like floods and bank erosion from time to time. Population dynamics and distribution trends have important effects on the landscape and society. READ MORE

  5. 19. The Vicious Circle of Social Exclusion : A qualitative study on poverty alleviation in Rwanda

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Hampus Hartvigsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Social Exclusion; Poverty Reduction; Girinka; Multidimensional Deprivation; Rwanda;

    Abstract : In the discourse of poverty, there is no scientific consensus on how to measure poverty. In the theory of social exclusion, analyzing poverty goes beyond traditional economic measures of poverty. The theory of social exclusion implies that there is a downward spiral of multidimensional deprivation, creating a vicious circle of social exclusion. READ MORE

  6. 20. The Effects of Income Inequality and Poverty on Economic Growth

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Eline Kesti; [2020]
    Keywords : Income inequality; Poverty; Economic Growth; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : During the last decades, extreme poverty has been declining globally while income inequality within countries has, in the developing world, been increasing. While the reduction of income inequality and poverty can be seen as crucial targets for development intrinsically, they might also have economic impacts. READ MORE