October 1999During the turbulent years 1976-96, aggregate data for Brazil appear to show only small changes in mean income, inequality, and incidence of poverty - suggesting little change in the distribution of income. But a small group of urban households - excluded from formal labor markets an...
NEW YORK, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Global index provider MSCI plans to increase the weight of China A-shares, or Chinese mainland shares denominated in yuan, in the MSCI indexes, by raising the inclusion factor to 20 percent in three stages this year, MSCI announced late Thursday. The move is...
In Canada, colorectal cancer is the third most prevalent cancer among the population. Estimates are that over 12% of all cancers diagnosed in 2020 will be colorectal cancers. Most of the cases occur in people aged 50 or older, and the older a person gets, the greater their risk of contrac...
Potential impact of higher food prices on poverty : summary estimates for a dozen west and central African countries wheat, maize, and other cereals as well as for milk, sugar and vegetable oils could lead to a substantial increase in poverty in many of the countries... Q Wodon,C Tsimpo...
in similar countries such as Canada and the United Kingdom. Given that formal tax structures and cultural values of taxation and charitable giving differ significantly between countries, and tax policy can vary over time within a given country, the substantial effect size observed in Peloza and ...
The CPC was established in 2007 to improve conditions for Lao coffee growers and help eradicate poverty in the area. Thirteen years later the members of the group have better incomes, better health, and contribute to social development, said the report. ...
Mississippi has the lowest cost of living in the nation, with housing costs 32% lower than the national average. While the cost of living may be lower, according to the Census Bureau, almost 20% of the state lives in poverty. Mississippi consistently ranks as one of the worst states for ...
Infants and pregnant people in the United States fare worse on measures of preterm delivery, infant mortality, maternal mortality, and LBW. Additionally, US families are more likely to live in poverty with a less generous social safety net, which has led to discussions regarding whether...
Jackson Kioko, director of medical services in the Ministry of Health said that availability of sufficient funds will boost response to the rising toll of lifestyle diseases that have worsened household poverty. "The government and partners will scale up funding towards prevention, treatment and manag...
transforming a health crisis into a humanitarian one. By the end of 2020, poverty was projected to have reached 231 million people in Latin America, a level that was last seen 15 years ago. We anticipate the syndemic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the region will disproportionately impa...