Poverty reduction

rates and reduction in social cohesion. The data was analyzed from a cross-sectional ecologic study that was conducted by the National Opinion Research Center to estimate state variations in group membership and levels of social trust for English-speaking individuals who are 18 years old and older in 39 states. Post stratification was based on race, the distribution of age, and education. The Housing Summary Tape File 3A and 1990 US Census were used to measure household size, income, and…

people are considered older when they reach the age of 50 to 55 years old (p. 152). Homelessness for older people has become a serious problem. The causes of homelessness include "a lack of affordable housing, to few jobs for unskilled workers, and a reduction in human services support" (Martin, 2015, p. 152). For the older subgroup of individuals, causes of homelessness include "too old to sufficiently recover from a job loss, enter a new career, or renter the workforce, as well as…

Living in poverty in America does not always equal hunger and homelessness. Some Americans believes that the word “poverty” means impoverishment: an incapability to provide a family with nourishing food, clothing, and suitable shelter. Families living in poverty surely fight to make ends meet; often they struggle to pay for nutritious meals to put on the table of air conditioning in the home. Barbara Ehrenreich states in an article that “the outlook is not as cozy when we look at the effects of…

For long, the policy prescription by the Washington Consensus played a pivotal role in the development of many African nations. The Washington Consensus was a neo-liberal approach largely adopted by international financial institutions from about the 1980’s through the first decade of the new millennium. With many African countries economic policy thinking largely externally shaped, it was no surprise that the so called Washington Consensus became the doctrine of the day. Many nations in Africa,…

According to Branko Milanovic, the progress from poverty to affluence has been a very long and bitter struggle, and is something that has long divided the classes, as well as countries (Milanovic, 2011). In his paper he states that the division of the classes from poor to rich has long existed, and dates back to "Adam Smith," and "Francois Quesnay (Milanovic, 2011)." He also goes on to state that in his research of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, they both came to the conclusion that "people in…

suffering from starvation often have small physiques due to malnutrition. The most frustrating part is the simple fact that kids suffering from malnutrition are unable to attain proper food because they were born into poverty. Having an unfair disadvantage, children that come from poverty and have trouble consuming enough nutrients day to day fall behind their peers. Without my parents providing me without proper nutrition as a child, I probably would not be as tall and healthy looking as I am…

policy to promote social welfare and addressing the market failures”. Whereas according to the IEA, OPEC, OECD and the World Bank (2010), “the policy makers often justify energy subsidies with the argument that they contribute to economic growth, poverty reduction and security of supply”. Energy price are not fix in nature and inflation may happen, this can put the poor households under severe financial stress. “Subsidies reform will help consolidate some public expenditure,” said Farouk Soussa…

Transition Model, Comparing Africa (2100). (Coppack, 2016) The World Bank’s goal is to eliminate extreme poverty from the world and have more than 97% of the population earning more than $1.90 a day (World Bank, 2013). If the World Bank wants to reach its goal of eliminating poverty, then Sub Saharan Africa is a crucial area needed to be addressed. According to the World Bank, Sub Saharan African poverty rate currently measures at 42.7% in 2012 with 388 million earning under $1.90 a day (Figure…

The goal of this memo is to better understand how the poor behave in order to create better governmental anti-poverty policies in the Kingdom of Cambodia. To this end, I outline how poor populations make decisions regarding food, health, and education as put forth by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo in Poor Economics. After looking at Cambodia’s poverty data and its Education Strategic Plan for 2014-2018, I will make two recommendations towards reducing secondary-school dropout rates, which…

affects poverty rates. I would like to discover how this issue is viewed, and ways to correct poverty rates, especially among those with mental illness. Corrigall, J., Lund, C., Patel, V., Plagerson, S., & Funk, M. (2008). Poverty and mental illness: Fact or fiction? A commentary on das, do, friedman, McKenzie & scott (65:3, 2007, 467-480). Social Science & Medicine, 66, 2061-2063. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.01.005 Recently, an article was published in this journal, describing that…