Poverty

The Western welfare state model is beset with structural, financial, and moral crises. So-called scroungers, cheats, and disability fakers persistently occupy the centre of public policy discussions, even as official …

on property. This principle of aligning local poverty with local relief was modified (especially in … exogenous circumstances, region, and cause of poverty. Nonetheless, many welfare historians have pointed … risks of the lower-middle orders falling into poverty were ever-present and there was also a surprising … well as all manner of other information about poverty and welfare.31 Indeed, a sense that newspaper … even the 1960s given the profound shock over poverty and welfare that the film Cathy Come Home is said …

“A tender, beautifully written essay collection that is about so much more than parenting a child with a disability.” — Erin Pepler, author of Send Me Into The Woods AloneA …

collected donations for people experiencing poverty, and raised funds by selling lolli- pops to combat …

Least developed countries (LDCs) need more investment in agriculture to increase their agricultural productivity and promote their food security. Existing World Trade Organization (WTO) rules and flexibilities on agricultural domestic …

settlement programs to promote rural development and poverty alleviation. At present, neither the Green Box …

In this integrated cost-benefit analysis, the Nature-Based Infrastructure Global Resource Centre analyzes the potential of nature-based infrastructure (NBI) to enhance agricultural productivity and hazard protection in Eswatini.

productivity, resulting in increasing food insecurity and poverty. To address this, the Government of Eswatini and …

While IISD's reputation as a convenor, a trusted thought leader, and a go-to source on key issues within the sustainable development field is stronger than ever, the work happening outside …

are trying to address serious challenges like poverty, infrastructure gaps, and biodiversity threats …

Essential for understanding and mobilizing public health efforts.

to seemingly intractable problems, including poverty, criminality, “mental deficiency,” and “feeblemindedness …

The ESG acronym stands for a range of environmental, social, and governance initiatives that critics of shareholder capitalism suggest public companies should voluntarily implement to improve the well-being of society. …

challenges facing the global community such as poverty, inequality and climate change. (Global Impact … Among the Compact’s long-term objectives is to end poverty and hunger, in all their forms and dimensions …

Providing a comprehensive understanding of how different countries are navigating the complexities of maintaining a robust mining sector, supplying the world with critical minerals, and reducing emissions from coal mining …

Africa faces a triple development challenge of poverty, inequality and unemployment” (p. 3). Multilateral …

percent least economically-free countries: the infant mortality rate is nine times greater; extreme poverty is 30 times as common; two-and-a-half times as many children work; corruption is higher; and only …

to US$6,968 for bottom quartile countries. And poverty rates are lower. In the top quartile, 1 per cent … cent of the population experienced extreme poverty (living on less than US$2.15 per day) compared to 30 …

percent least economically-free countries: the infant mortality rate is nine times greater; extreme poverty is 30 times as common; two-and-a-half times as many children work; corruption is higher; and only …

rapid economic growth, higher income levels, less poverty, less corruption, and fewer conflicts. 1 <htt … percent of the population experiences extreme poverty (living on less than US$2.15 a day), while in the … places, 30% of the population experiences extreme poverty (figure 1.9). 4 According to the Human Freedom … the most economically free places, extreme poverty is about 30 times as common in the least free … of Population Figure 1.9: Economic Freedom and Poverty (<$2.15/Day) -5.97 -19.25 -3.37 Those who live …