the World Bank defines “extreme poverty” as those who live on less than USD $2.15 per day. And so, if we would apply the World Bank’s standard, Indonesia’s poverty statistics are bound to deteriorate quite significantly. Perhaps dozens of millions would then fall in the poverty group a...
ENCARNACION (2003) Official Provincial Poverty Statistics in the Philippines and the Issue of Comparability Across Space, NSCB Technical Papers TP-200312-01, December 2003.Virola, R.A. & Encarnacion, JO. 2003. Official Provincial Poverty Statistics in the Philippines and the Issue of Comparabi...
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...
Schistosoma japonicum is a parasitic flatworm that causes human schistosomiasis, which is a significant cause of morbidity in China, the Philippines and Indonesia. Oncomelania hupensis (Gastropoda: Pomatiopsidae) is the unique intermediate host of S. japonicum. A complete genome sequence of O. hupen...
not eating at least once a week due to lack of money. Cambodia saw the highest rates of teen food insecurity in 2022, with 67.8 percent of children missing at least one meal per week. It was followed by Jamaica (45.3 percent), the Philippines (38.5 percent) and Thailand (27.6 percent)...
Most significant findings from the Global Tuberculosis (TB) Report 2023 indicate that India, Indonesia, China, the Philippines, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) collectively contribute to approximately two-thirds of global TB cases. This study aims to pr...
To many people, both in South-East Asia and elsewhere, the crisis which struck a group of South-East Asian economies (Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines), as well as South Korea, in mid-1997 appeared to arrive like a meteor from outer spac
We culled our data from the last seven rounds of the Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS) of the Philippines. Undertaken by the National Statistics Office, the APIS provides poverty-related information including household demographics, income and expenditures, assets and housing amenities, access to...
certainly Chinese demand is important, but recently more large seizures of raw ivory were made in Thailand, with transit centres for shipping to other East Asian states such as Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam4. Reducing demand has been seen as a crucial step in stemming poaching in Africa...
The video has a plethora of useful information, but the data on the poverty rate is particularly compelling. Prior to the War on Poverty, theUnited States was getting more prosperous with each passing year and there were dramatic reductions in the level of destitution. ...