Although the world witnessed an unprecedented pace of poverty reduction over the last decades, reducing the number of people living in extreme poverty by more than 700 million, approximately 1.2 billion people remained entrenched in destitution in 2010. In order to leverage developing country efforts ...
The macro-foundation of China's success in eradicating extreme poverty has been its governing system, which allows for independent policy setting and long-term planning. However, what in particular has China's governing system done to bring China to where it is today? Firstly,...
The context of "extreme" can also be negative, as it might suggest conditions or situations that are not desirable, like extreme poverty or extreme weather. Whereas, "ultimate" typically has a positive implication, emphasizing a pinnacle of achievement or quality. 12 In linguistic terms, both "...
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Many respondents described situations of poverty as making them vulnerable. The word “poverty” is for me the same as “vulnerability”. Hunger. When you are hungry you are vulnerable. When you see your kids crying from hunger is painful. My house leaks and I have no electricity. The ...
What does it mean? JONAH: “overthrown.” SAILOR: Is that all? JONAH: It can also mean “turned upside down.” SAILOR: That makes sense. Can’t it also mean, “transformed”? JONAH: Yes. I guess it can. SAILOR: So your prophecy is still true. In forty days, the people of ...
No abstract is available for this item.doi:10.1057/ejdr.2011.37MoldAndrewPalgrave Macmillan UKEuropean Journal of Development Research
COVID-19 was responsible for plunging roughly 100 million more people into extreme poverty, according to the World Bank.10 Poverty and Children The impact of poverty on children is substantial. Children who grow up in poverty typically suffer from severe and frequent health problems. Infants born ...
The "Discomfort" of Extreme Wealth The wealthy feel some discomfort with this consolidation of wealth, too, but for different reasons. In her bookUneasy Street: The Anxieties of Affluence, sociologist Rachel Sherman interviews members of the 1% and asks them all about one thing they would rather...
What Does Monetarism Mean? Monetarism is an economic theory that governments can provide economic stability by constraining the growth of the money supply. Monetarists tend to be critical of policies that expand the money supply and may advocate for the gold standard as opposed to fiat money. Mon...