According to a Nigeria Poverty statistics, the poverty rate in Nigeria south-west of the country is 19.3 percent. That of the south-south of Nigeria is 25.2 percent. The statistics also revealed that the poverty level in the south-east is about 27.4 percent. In the north-center, the level...
Flooding is among the most prevalent natural hazards, with particularly disastrous impacts in low-income countries. This study presents global estimates of the number of people exposed to high flood risks in interaction with poverty. It finds that 1.81 billion people (23% of world population) are...
The former British colony of Guyana is the only English-speaking country in South America. This creates a trade barrier of language in the region, which is predominately Spanish-speaking. This impacts the economy as Guyana cannot trade as easily with its neighbours, limiting the trading partners...
leading to more severe infections and deaths even in places with high vaccination coverage. This study aims to assess the spatiotemporal variability of the COVID-19 pandemic and estimate the infection fatality rate (IFR), infection attack rate...
Moreover, significant declines in the age-standardized prevalence rate and DALYs rate have been observed in association with an increase in the SDI . Globally, 0.14% of DALYs related to malaria are attributed to child underweight, and 0.08% of DALYs related to malaria are attributed to child ...
Guyana’s poor quality of life is causing skilled workers--teachers, doctors, nurses, managers--to flee. Despite an increase in the birth rate, the population has dropped in the last decade by about 100,000. U.S. officials estimate that 5% of the population awaits immigration visas. ...
Our first grouping is of countries that have already eradicated poverty (defined by a poverty rate below 3%), termed No Extreme Poverty. A second grouping is for those countries that currently do have people living in extreme poverty, but where at projected growth, poverty will likely be ...
21% of regular workers in Indonesia are paid below the minimum wage rate (=-=Bird and Manning, 2008-=-); 32.4% of workers in Honduras earn less than 90% of the minimum wage rate (Gindling and Terrell, 2009); and about 40% of the population in Paraguay, Ecuador, Guyana, Nicaragua,...
Our first grouping is of countries that have already eradicated poverty (defined by a poverty rate below 3%), termed No Extreme Poverty. A second grouping is for those countries that currently do have people living in extreme poverty, but where at projected growth, poverty will likely be ...
Changes (increases or decreases) in poverty across two time periods can also be reported as a relative rate. The relative rate of change is the difference in levels across two periods as a percentage of the initial period. The analysis of absolute and relative changes together provides an ...