In 2023, the poverty rate of the United States was around 11.4 percent. Louisiana was the state with the highest poverty rate, at 18.9 percent. Poverty rates in the United States are higher than in many parts of the world, and minority groups are much more likely to be living in poverty...
If you reside in Puerto Rico, Medicaid uses a local poverty level instead of the FPL to determine eligibility. Additionally, the federal matching assistance percentage (FMAP) rate is applied until it reaches the Medicaid ceiling or theAffordable Care Act(ACA) funds granted to Puerto Rico run out...
Posted in Argentina, Javier Milei, Poverty, tagged Argentina, Javier Milei, Poverty on December 19, 2024| 8 Comments » Argentina’s economy suffered a dramatic decline from 1946-2023 because of statist policy. The economy became such a disaster that voters shocked the world in late 2023 by...
(2) only in regions with high digital economy level and low energy poverty level can digital economy influences energy poverty negatively; and (3) while contributing directly to energy alleviation, the rapid evolution of digital economy can further enhance the impact ofpoverty alleviationin the ...
Estimating China's relative and multidimensional Poverty: Evidence from micro-level data of 6145 rural households The escape from poverty consequently remains at the top of the world's development agenda. Upon completion of the absolute poverty eradication task by 2020... J Guo,S Qu,T Zhu - 《...
Energy poverty (EPOV) is considered to have a significant impact on health and has become an essential issue on the policy agenda in most countries, especially those with rapid aging. Cognitive and mental health (CMH) for aging well is just as important
If contributions to poverty alleviation result in a lower (higher) cost of equity for firms, the coefficient on TPA should be negative (positive) and statistically significant at a conventional level. Following previous studies (Eisenberg et al., 1998, Minton and Schrand, 1999, Chen et al., ...
Known as “The Land of Smiles,” Thailand has been perceived as an LGBT-friendly destination where people seem to have a higher level of acceptance towards the LGBT community, and transgender people can state explicitly their identities (Davis et al.,2019). In terms of the legal rights of ...
in 331 state-level poor counties; in 1994, the government enacted the Seven-Year Priority Poverty Reduction Program to lift 80 million people (in 592 state-level poor counties) out of poverty. This marked a critical st...
Poverty is both an individual concern as well as a broader social problem. At the individual or household level, not being able to make ends meet can lead to a range of social, physical, and mental issues. At the societal level, high poverty rates can be a damper oneconomic growthand be...