development of countries. The aim of the analysis is to identify the magnitude of socio-economic deprivation (human poverty) and … societies in European countries. Social and economic exclusion – alternatively called as deprivation – are widely recognized as … symptoms of human poverty. This implies obstacles in gaining full and free access to education, professional health care …

This chapter begins with the dimensions of the poverty problem in developing countries, and then deals with conceptual … and measurement issues. It next discusses the nature, characteristics and correlates of rural and urban poverty. It looks … into the issue of gender and poverty, then turns to the relationship between poverty and population growth. It also …

transformation. The standard trade theory postulates that trade openness contributes to poverty alleviation directly by changing … the trade-to-grossdomestic-product ratio to measure openness often fail to find a direct effect of openness on poverty over … and above the growth-poverty nexus. This paper is motivated by the concern that the failure of these studies to detect the …

countries, and (b) workers' remittances help reduce poverty in Latin American countries. In recent decades, workers' remittances …' remittances on economic growth and poverty in 21 Latin American countries. The study uses annual data covering all Latin American … addition, we estimate the short-run and long-run effects of workers' remittances on economic growth and poverty on individual …

Although empowerment is seen as intrinsically important and instrumentally valuable to escape poverty, there is very …

The rival opinions expressed by Jeffrey Sachs in his book The End of Poverty and by William Easterly in The White Man …'s Burden epitomize the dichotomy in the economics literature regarding the role of foreign aid in eliminating extreme poverty …. On the one hand, the majority of governments see aid as a solution to ending poverty in developing countries. On the …

During the past 20 years, Haiti's development efforts have been stifled by natural disasters, poverty, and inequality …