In addition to the effect of overpopulation on the lands sustainability other major enviornmental problems of India include farming on submarginal land slash and burn agriculture deforestation overgrazing a huge increase in livestock and the effects of poorly planned and badly implemented huge irrigation ...
With the exception of a few provinces, the rural populations of Indonesia are poorer than the urban ones (in relative terms). Indonesia's rural poverty rate (percentage of the rural population living below the rural poverty line) dropped to around 20 percent in the mid-1990s but suffered at ...
Inaccuracy in the estimation of the index, for example overestimation of the price increase relative to the base, will result in corresponding inaccuracy of the poverty estimates, for example an underestimation in the rate of poverty reduction. At a time when the data show historically high rates...
India’s pace of population urbanization (proportionate increase in the urban population share) has been less than either South Asia as a whole or lower middle-income countries as a whole, and markedly slower than for (say) China. The trend rate of growth in ...
Millet is unusually drought resistant and consequently there is a progressive increase in the use of these grains as a human food staple, especially in lar... 五石,敬路 - 《Journal of Nutrition》 被引量: 6发表: 2013年 Foreign Direct Investment and Poverty Reduction: India in Regional Context...
The world is rapidly becoming urban with the global population living in cities projected to double by 2050. This increase in urbanization poses new challenges for the spread and control of communicable diseases such as malaria. In particular, urban environments create highly heterogeneous socio-economi...
Moreover, urban layoffs and unemployment also increase poverty in the process of urban transformation and upgrading,. The rise of urban poverty is particularly steep in rustbelt and regions reeling from resource depletion, industrial...
of the Mumbai slum, estimates that sales are up by about 25% since Slumdog Millionaire's release. Though he credits some of the increase to a gradual rebound in tourism after terroristattacks in Mumbaikilled more than 170 people in November, publicity surrounding the film has played a big ...
Migrant Workers and HIV Vulnerability in Korea Despite a rapid increase of both migrant workers and incidence of HIV infection in Korea, little is known about the relation between the two. This paper ex... J Lee - 《International Migration》 被引量: 31发表: 2008年 Globalization and ...
The price elasticity estimation results showed a clear negative relationship between prices of tobacco products and their consumption confirming that an increase in prices would efficiently reduce tobacco use. 展开 关键词: Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Tobacco Use and Control, Health, Nutrition and ...