Search Results - subject:"basic needs"

The determinants of subsistence income in a Malthusian world

Strulik, Holger; Weisdorf, Jacob - 2009

This study constructs a simple, two-sector Malthusian model with agriculture and industry, and use it to identify the determinants of subsistence income. We make standard assumptions about preferences and production technology, but by contrast to existing studies we assume that children and...

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Meeting the basic needs of children : does income matter?

Gennetian, Lisa A.; Castells, Nina; Morris, Pamela D. - 2009

National Poverty Center Working Paper Series #09-11 August 2009 Meeting the Basic Needs of Children: Does … necessarily reflect the view of the National Poverty Center or any sponsoring agency. 1 Meeting the Basic Needs … research and policy evidence about income as an essential component to meeting children’s basic needs—that is, income …

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Estimation of the food poverty line

Albert, Jose Ramon; Molano, Wilma - 2009

non-food needs. Typically, the food (component of the) poverty line is set with the cost of basic needs method, which …

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Economic Development and Efficiency Criteria in the Satisfaction of Basic Needs

Chichilnisky, Graciela - 2009

Economic Development and Efficiency Criteria in the Satisfaction of Basic Needs …

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North-South Trade and Basic Needs

Chichilnisky, Graciela - 2009

of the satisfaction of basic needs tor the majority of the population. The conditions under which this may occur are …'s economy and are conducive to sustained development and the satisfaction of basic needs. An appendix provides it model of North …

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Basic Needs and Global Models : Resources, Trade and Distribution

Chichilnisky, Graciela - 2009

-speciIically the UN world model, the RIO (Reshaping the International Order) model and the Banloche model - in relation to basic needs …

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North-South Trade and Basic Needs

Chichilnisky, Graciela - 2009

. South's economy and are conducive to sustained development and the satisfaction of basic needs. An appendix provides a model …

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Basic Needs and the North/South Debate

Chichilnisky, Graciela - 2009

the implications of this relationship for two major issues within the current North-South debate: basic needs and …

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Basic Needs Approach, Appropriate Technology, and Institutionalism

Farooq, Mohammad O. - 2009

This paper reports on the convergence of Basic Needs Approach (BNA) and institutionalism in their views about …

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The effectiveness of zakat in alleviating poverty and inequalities : A measurement using a newly developed technique

Abdullah, Naziruddin; Mat Derus, Alias; Al-Malkawi, … - In: Humanomics 31 (2015) 3, pp. 314-329

inequality in Pakistan using a newly developed index, namely, the Basic Needs Deficiency Index (BNDI). Design … the poor households’ consumption/expenditure on basic needs, government spending in terms of zakat and the number of zakat …

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