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less clear for informal housing agents. Moreover, the spatial dispersion of slums varies significantly between metropolitan …Despite being home to about 1 billion people (UN-Habitat, 2010) worldwide slums have received little attention in the … economic literature. Data on slums is scarce and few studies have investigated the emergence of these pockets of poverty and …
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less clear for informal housing agents. Moreover, the spatial dispersion of slums varies significantly between metropolitan …Despite being home to about 1 billion people (UN-Habitat, 2010) worldwide slums have received little attention in the … economic literature. Data on slums is scarce and few studies have investigated the emergence of these pockets of poverty and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873329
Brazil has more than 23 million rural people with unimproved sanitation, which corresponds to about 75% of rural population. This study aimed to measure the social, environmental and economic impacts caused by implementation of a technological proposal for sanitation: “septic cesspool...
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part of the social issue, like the contexts of income and labour, education and health, mobility, habitation and sanitation …
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The paper investigates the relationship between economic growth and poverty reduction in Brazil during the period 1980s-1990s. It briefly reviews the literature on 'pro-poor growth', emphasizing the importance of certain qualitative aspects of growth responsible for enhancing human well-being in...
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Portuguese Abstract: A agricultura necessita de uma estrutura empresarial que seja capaz de otimizar recursos com sustentabilidade. É também meio de vida para milhões de pessoas, que buscam, na agricultura, objetivos complementares: geração de renda e relação com a natureza. O estudo da...
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part of the social issue, like the contexts of income and labour, education and health, mobility, habitation and sanitation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011790509
In this study, we investigated the determinants of differences between Brazilian municipalities regarding compliance with the rule for purchasing products from family farming for the National School Feeding Program (Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar - PNAE), resulting from Law No....
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There are several studies showing that household income seems to be an important determinant of children`s health. The … objective of this paper is to document the relationship between income and children`s health in Brazil using three data sources … and many health indicators. The empirical analysis is conducted with information from the 2002/2003 POF (Consumer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330631
There are several studies showing that household income seems to be an important determinant of children`s health. The … objective of this paper is to document the relationship between income and children`s health in Brazil using three data sources … and many health indicators. The empirical analysis is conducted with information from the 2002/2003 POF (Consumer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003823830