De San Francisco à Chicago : les « villes de papier » de Frank Νorris by Pascale Antolin

“…Far from being mere referential backgrounds, where poverty and misery reign supreme, Norris's cities (San Francisco and Chicago) play a specific symbolic role in each novel and this role grows increasingly complex from one book to the next. …”
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L’émergence par la créativité au Cap by Thomas Radovcic

“…It does not foster the “emergence” of previously disadvantaged groups and places from poverty and underdevelopment.…”
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Les défis du « nouveau Népal » après les élections de l’Assemblée constituante by Tristan Bruslé

“…The challenges facing the future government are commensurate with the expectations of the population, a third of which lives below the poverty level. Underdevelopment marks the daily lives of all the Nepalese; their social and spatial inequalities are greater than ever.…”
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STRATEGI PENGENTASAN KEMISKINAN NELAYAN TRADISIONAL by Ismail Fahmi

“…The method used in other research is qualitative methods, by conducting interviews, observation of Traditional Fishermen and chairman of the group of traditional fishermen as key informants.This paper provides an overview of the difficulty of the life of traditional fishermen and the harder it is economically driven, and after the study is expected to be seen clearly on the issue of economic hardship fishermen and strategies that can be taken by the government for poverty alleviation for the poor traditional fishermen.…”
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Pobreza y desigualdad en América Latina diálogo con Rob Vos by Fander Falconí, Mauricio León G.

“…Ha realizado recientemente varias publicaciones sobre pobreza y desigualdad en América Latina, entre las que se destaca: Economic Liberalization, Distribution and Poverty: Latin America in the 1990s, trabajo que efectúa conjuntamente con Enrique Ganuza, Lance Taylor y Ricardo Paes de Barros en el año 2001. …”
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A Program for Master of Science in Environment and Natural Resources (MENR) by Kabale University

“…The goal of this programme is to establish a new training programme of management in the environment and natural resources, that will use an integrated, multidisciplinary and participatory tools and methodologies to produce quality mid-career level training to scientists to enable them lead efforts to increase the productivity of rural resources, biodiversity, reduce poverty and hunger and combat climate change. This will be achieved through a joint effort and interaction of technical expertise in rural resource management and planning, rural farming communities and national and district planning authorities. …”
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O espaço dos possíveis, de Pierre Bourdieu by Maria Thereza Rosa Ribeiro

“…Understanding the universe of agents who live in poverty is seen in the key of the reflexivity of practice that flaking doxa through the hermeneutics of stigmatized identities. …”
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Spatial Dynamics for a Generalized Solow Growth Model by Yue Zhong, Wenyi Huang

“…The existence of nontrivial equilibrium and poverty traps for a generalized Solow growth model with concave and nonconcave production functions is investigated. …”
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How Problems Gain Importance and Become Contentious Issues through Agenda Setting by Courtney T. Owens, Alexa J. Lamm

“… A significant number of problems, like poverty, crime, and lack of resources, face people in the world today. …”
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Quand vieillesse rime avec pauvreté : perceptions et traitement social des travailleurs âgés dans le monde industriel victorien by Bertrand Simonet

“…Consequently, the experience of old age merged with the experience of poverty. Since official and alternative strategies for dealing with this phenomenon were essentially off-target, they could only be ineffective.…”
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THE CONDITIONS OF SUCCESS OF CHINESE INVESTMENT MODEL by N. Korolyov, X. Han

“…The analysis of such indicators as import, export, poverty, literacy, income stratification has been provided. …”
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Preface by Pieter Verster

“…The aim of the Conference was to engage in academic discussion on the way and means to be involved in the serious challenges posed by poverty and the HIV/AIDS epidemic. From different perspectives solutions were sought and possible biblical, theological and developmental suggestions to get involved and to bring hope were discussed. …”
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Transformative adaptation: from climate-smart to climate-resilient agriculture by Jon Hellin, Eleanor Fisher, Marcus Taylor, Suhas Bhasme, Ana María Loboguerrero

“…Furthermore, practitioners need to be more cognizant of the dangers of (i) benefiting groups of already better off farmers at the expense of the most vulnerable and/or (ii) focusing on farmers for whom agriculture is not a pathway out of poverty. The success of these approaches rests on genuine transdisciplinary partnerships and systems approaches that ensure adaptation and mitigation goals along with more equitable incomes, food security and development. …”
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Exploring trust in religious leaders and institutions as a mechanism for improving retention in child malnutrition interventions in the Philippines: a retrospective cohort study by Lincoln Leehang Lau, Warren Dodd, Han Lily Qu, Donald C Cole

“…Various measures of social capital, including trust in religious and public institutions, were not associated with WHZ at the end of the programme.Conclusions Leveraging pre-existing trust in religious leaders and institutions among households experiencing extreme poverty is one way that ICM, and potentially other FBOs, can promote retention in child nutrition interventions among vulnerable populations.…”
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Evaluation of Regional Rural e-Commerce Development Potential with Intuitive Fuzzy Information Theory by Tao Yang

“…As an emerging transaction model, rural e-commerce is an important channel for precise poverty alleviation. To be specific, rural e-commerce can greatly change the lives of rural people in one way or other ways, thus allowing rural consumers to purchase high-quality and inexpensive goods without having to leave home. …”
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Community and familial dynamics influencing risk behavior for HIV acquisition among adolescent girls and young women in Uganda: Qualitative analysis using Protective Motivation The... by Rose Apondi, Hilde Bastiaens, Christiana Nöstlinger, Jennifer Galbraith, Tiffiany M Aholou, Amy Medley, Rhoda K Wanyenze, Anna C Awor, David M Serwadda, George Aluzimbi, Juliet Cheptoris, Moses Ogwal, Neema Nakyanjo, Pragna Patel

“…AGYW identified alcohol use, desire for material possessions, discounting HIV disease severity, social norms, and poverty as barriers to engaging in self-protective behaviors. …”
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Interventions to prevent violence against women and girls globally: a global systematic review of reviews to update the RESPECT women framework by Avni Amin, Mary Ellsberg, Chelsea Ullman, Angela Bourassa, Shikha Chandarana, Flávia Dutra

“…Six (3%) reviews focused on interventions that aim to strengthen relationship skills, 14 (8%) focused on empowerment of women and girls, 79 (44%) on services for survivors, 5 (3%) on poverty reduction, 16 (9%) on creating safe environments, 36 (20%) on preventing child and adolescent abuse and 22 (12%) on transforming gender attitudes, beliefs and norms. …”
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Multilevel relationships and loyalty in the microfinance industry: evidence from Tanzania by Amani Gration Tegambwage

“…Purpose – The operations and viability of microfinance institutions (MFIs), crucial for socioeconomic development and poverty reduction, heavily rely on the multilevel relationships among borrowers, loan officers and MFIs. …”
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Impact of Divorce on Girl Child Education in Nyakinama Sub-County Kisoro District. by Niyobyose, Sarah

“…The findings indicated that there should be the establishment of income-generating projects to reduce poverty level which is the highest cause of family divorce. …”
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Examination of Records Management Systems in Government Institutions: A Case Study of Kabale Municipal Council Kabale District. by Juliet, Azirwe

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