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Exploring the impact of a maternal support grant to improve mental health and food security amongst pregnant women in South Africa during the COVID‐19 pandemic Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-09-03 Christina A. Laurenzi, Masedi Menyatsoe, Mustafa Shuaib, Amanda Edwards, Kelly Gemmell, Hayli Geffen, Mark Tomlinson, Anna‐Marie Müller, Samuel Manda, Kopano M. Mabaso
Social protection during pregnancy may support pregnant women struggling to meet basic needs to ensure a healthy pregnancy and buffer negative impacts of multiple adversities. We assessed the effect of a bimonthly digital food voucher, delivered to pregnant women during the COVID‐19 pandemic in the Cape Town area, on their mental health, hunger, and dietary diversity. Pregnant women from antenatal
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The impact of migrant remittances on poverty reduction in Bangladesh Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-08-29 Sima R. Dey, Bishwajit Basak
This study aims to assess the impact of international remittances on poverty alleviation in Bangladeshi migrant families using household surveys. A Multi‐Stage Stratified Random Sampling approach was employed to collect data from four upazilas of the Tangail and Comilla districts. The propensity score matching (PSM) method is used to evaluate the impact of returnee workers' remittances on household
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The impact of natural disaster on multidimensional poverty of rural households in Vietnam: The regulating role of social assistance Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-08-29 Ngo Q. Dung, Hoang Thi Hue, Tran P. Thanh
This study investigates the impact of natural disasters on multidimensional poverty in rural Vietnam and examines the moderating role of social assistance in mitigating these effects. Utilizing data from the Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey in 2016 and 2018, we employ a probit model to analyze the differential impacts of droughts, floods, and storms on various dimensions of poverty, including
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Editor's Note Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-08-27 Connie S. Mick
This note from the editor provides a brief summary of the articles contained in this issue and invites readers to respond and submit their own articles.
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Revisiting the nexus between governance and poverty in Sub‐Saharan Africa Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-08-27 A. Kilishi Abdulhakeem
The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of different components of governance on poverty. Hence, the study investigates the direct impact of four pillars of governance and 16 subindicators of governance on poverty in Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). This is unlike most previous studies that use a composite index of governance which does not have a bearing on specific policy variables. A panel
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“Time has come again” for career pathways: Workforce development for youth in the US Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-31 Mary E. Collins, Adrianna Spindle‐Jackson
Youth who are not in school and not working may be labeled “disconnected” or “opportunity youth,” and are recognized as a population that requires intervention to establish a trajectory that avoids poverty and leads to economic stability. In this study, we aim to contribute to this discussion by reporting data from two recent studies of workforce development systems’ attention to opportunity youth
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Editor's Note Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-28 Connie Snyder Mick
This note from the editor provides a brief summary of the articles contained in this issue and invites readers to respond and submit their own articles.
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Evaluating the impact of the government loan program on farms in Vietnam: An application of fuzzy regression discontinuity design Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-27 Dao Van Le, Tuyen Quang Tran
This study examines the role of a government loan program on the performance of agricultural, forestry, and fishery farms in Vietnam, utilizing a fuzzy regression discontinuity design. The results of the study indicate that: (i) the government loan program decreases the total revenue of participating farms and (ii) the heterogeneous impact of the loan program depends on the type of farm (e.g., nonlivestock
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A rising tide that lifts all boats: Long‐term effects of the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend on poverty Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-27 Matthew Berman
Although not designed as a social program to redistribute income, the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) has been reducing poverty by providing equal annual payments to nearly all state residents for over 40 years. We examine direct effects of the PFD on Alaska poverty rates since 1990, using US Census and American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample records to adjust for under‐reporting
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The use of health services by women living homeless in Madrid, Spain Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-27 Malena Lenta, Sonia Panadero, Jorgelina Di Iorio, José J. Vázquez
Women living homeless make up a particularly vulnerable and significantly invisible collective, about which there is little information regarding the use of health services. The purpose of this study is to examine the use of health services by a sample of women living homeless in Madrid, Spain (n = 138). The information was compiled using structured interviews. Results show that women living homeless
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Ethnoracial differences in income and safety net patterns among low-income postpartum families before and during the Great Recession Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Dylan J. F. Bellisle, Marci Ybarra
In the absence of paid family leave, postpartum low-income unmarried women often rely on a patchwork of resources from wage earnings, public safety-net programs, and informal familial support. The Great Recession (2007–2009) caused massive unemployment, with Black and Latine families disproportionately impacted by the economic fallout. Public safety-net provisions attenuated economic hardship, yet
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Economic growth and inequality: The economists' dilemma ByLaurentDobuzinskis,Abingdon:Routledge.2023. pp. 226. $160.00 (hardback). ISBN: 978‐1032106144 Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Muhammad Husein Heikal, Rendika Singgih Kurniawan
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Editor's note Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Connie Snyder Mick
This note from the editor provides a brief summary of the articles contained in this issue and invites readers to respond and submit their own articles.
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Financial capability of people with low income: Results from the Canadian financial diaries Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Jerry Buckland, Jennifer Frimpong, Wendy Nur, Wayne Simpson
Household income, assets, and socioeconomic context influence people's financial behavior and their financial literacy. This study uses a mixed methods financial diaries to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the finances of 28 Canadians with low income. Contrary to results from national surveys on financial literacy, we found that these low- and modest- to middle-income participants were careful
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Why we lie about aid: Development and the messy politics of change ByPabloYanguas,London:Zed Books. 2018. pp. 275. $26.95 (Paperback). ISBN 978‐1783609338 Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Alexis G. Jenson
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The role of microfinance in improving living standards: Evidence from Tunisia Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Kamel Bel Hadj Miled, Anis Omri
The main objective of this article is to investigate the effects of microfinance on poverty alleviation and improving living standards of poor households in Tunisia. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that analyzes such topics in the Tunisian context. We employed Logistic regressions (both binomial and ordered logit) and Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to examine
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Evaluating the effect of individual characteristics and COVID-19 pandemic on people living under extreme poverty conditions in Greece Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Dimitrios Mimarakis, Athanasios Alegakis, Sofia Koukouli
Poverty dimensions and COVID-19 are risk factors for a low quality of life and anxiety. The aims of this study are to: (a) examine the quality of life and anxiety levels of citizens living under poverty and (b) explore whether this population's characteristics shaped the way the pandemic affected their anxiety and quality of life. Data were collected from two groups, each one consisting of 50 citizens
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Policies on child poverty eradication in Indonesia: The importance of a common understanding of children and poverty Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Erlangga A. Landiyanto
This paper reviews the policies on child poverty eradication in Indonesia. The review covers the definition of child poverty in Indonesian policy and regulation as well as government policies to eradicate child poverty. Based on the review, this paper argues that it is important to reconsider how children and child poverty are defined conceptually, as well as how that understanding influences the definition
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Editor's Note Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Connie Snyder Mick
This note from the editor provides a brief summary of the articles contained in this issue and invites readers to respond and submit their own articles.
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Summative evaluation of implementation of Jordan's national anti-corruption strategy, 2013–2017, in the perspective of public choice theory Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Anan M. Abuhummour
This summative evaluation's objective is to evaluate the degree to which Jordan's National Anti-corruption Strategy (JNACS) effectively and sustainably achieves its objectives in the war against corruption, with particular reference to the Anti-corruption Commission (JACC). This evaluation analyzes certain indicators and methods used to combat corruption in the public service. This evaluation considers
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Buen Vivir, subjective poverty, and school conditions in 2017 Ecuador Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Silverio Gonzalez-Tellez, Stefos Efstathios, Mahly Martinez, Darío Cevallos-Chamba
In May 2017 in Ecuador, the government of Rafael Correa handed over the presidency after 10 years and several mandates. His administration established the redefinition of the constitutional bases: the buen vivir cultural development and policy approach with a new transformative educational policy that sought to contribute to inclusion, overcoming inequalities, and poverty. His government benefited
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Examining the roles of labor factors, investment, and industrialization in poverty alleviation: Empirical evidence from Sumatra, Indonesia Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Roosemarina Anggraini Rambe, Purmini Purmini, Lizar Alfansi, Armelly Armelly, Yusnida Yusnida
This article examines the effect of unemployment, laborer education, type of employment, gender, off-farm worker vulnerability, investment, and industrialization levels on poverty in districts/cities in Sumatra, Indonesia. The study was conducted in 154 districts/cities in Sumatra from 2013 to 2018. Using a panel data regression model, this study found that laborer education, type of employment, gender
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The low odds of poor women with small business loans emerging from poverty: Critical social policy implications for Pakistan Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-21 Sara Rizvi Jafree, Humna Ahsan, Mudasir Mustafa
The government of Pakistan has been relying on the microfinance industry to reduce poverty among poor women in Pakistan. Using a theoretical framework that argues for limiting the abilities and capacity of existing microfinance services, we empirically investigate the odds of poor women remaining in poverty despite microfinance loan provision. We collected data from four provinces in Pakistan and analyzed
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Economic restructuring as a human resource panacea for Nigeria's poverty Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-21 Aloysius T. Aduma, Celestine C. Onah, Ikechukwu Asadu
Nigeria has consistently been ranked over the years as one of the poorest nations of the world in spite of her abundant natural and human resources. Solutions to this intractable problem are being sought and restructuring the country's constitution to grant more economic power to state and local governments is suggested as a catalyst that could usher in development and prosperity. This paper aims to
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Poverty, women's autonomy, and girls' educational attainment at the higher secondary level: Insight from the Indian states Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-17 Shrabanti Maity
In 2020, the Gross Enrollment Ratio of girls at the higher secondary level in India was 52.4%, down from 98.7% at the elementary level. This difference indicates a serious dropout rate among girls at higher levels of education. This dynamic motivates the twin objectives of this paper. We provide an overview of the scope and determinants of girls' current educational attainment at the higher secondary
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Editor's Note Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-17 Connie Snyder Mick
This note from the editor provides a brief summary of the articles contained in this issue and invites readers to respond and submit their own articles.
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A rural-centric model for understanding women's later life precarity in an agrarian economy in Uganda Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-17 Teddy Nagaddya
Aging as a woman within the context of agricultural transformation where production and consumption values shape everyday life raises concerns of later life precarity. Gender economic inclusion is imperative in the achievement of inclusive rural development. But there is a tendency to homogenize female experiences of poverty based on gender and class, ignoring the impact of global economic and social
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Gender dynamics and poverty decomposition in rural Nigeria Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-16 Oluwakemi Adeola Obayelu, Oyetola Folake Oyewunmi, Fatai Abiola Sowunmi
Poverty in sub-Saharan Africa is largely a rural phenomenon that is associated with an inequitable distribution of resources among gender groups. This study therefore assessed poverty decomposition in rural Nigeria along gender lines. Data for the study came from the General Household Survey panel data for 2010/2011 (wave 1) and 2015/2016 (wave 3) and were analyzed with Foster Greer and Thorbecke poverty
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addicted.pregnant.poor By Kelly RayKnight, Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 2015. pp. 328. $28.95 (Paperback). ISBN: 978-0822359968 Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-11 Sarah Burke
CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT The author declares no conflict of interest.
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US states' racial bias correlates with less SNAP participation by “undeserving poor” adults and lower unemployment benefit maximums Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-06-02 Lonnie R. Snowden
The present study assessed whether Whites' anti-African American bias correlates with states placing greater emphasis on work incentives in two government assistance programs. The study regressed the representation of “able-bodied adults without dependents” in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs (SNAP, also known as food stamps) and maximum unemployment benefits on White residents' implicit
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Editor's note Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-05-24 Connie Snyder Mick
本篇编者按简要概述了本期收录的文章并邀请读者予以响应和提交稿件。
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Sustainability of cash transfer programs: A realist case study Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-05-24 Ebenezer Owusu-Addo, Andre M. N. Renzaho, Paul Sarfo-Mensah, Yaw A. Sarpong, William Niyuni, Ben J. Smith
Cash transfers (CTs) are increasingly high on the agenda of governments and development partners in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). While CTs have shown to be one of the most potent social policies to reduce poverty and improve human capital, concerns have been raised about their sustainability. This paper examines the mechanisms of, enablers of, and barriers to CT sustainability. Realist
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Land quality, income, and poverty among rural households in the North Central Region, Vietnam Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-05-24 Yen H. T. Nguyen, Tuyen Q. Tran, Dung T. Hoang, Thu M. T. Tran, Trung T. Nguyen
While the role of agricultural land size in rural Vietnam is well established for rural livelihoods, no evidence for the importance of land quality has been provided thus far in the literature. In the current study of the North Central Region of Vietnam, we examine how land quality affects crop income, total income, and poverty using secondary data from a sample of 2,468 households. In particular,
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Multidimensional poverty in South-West Nigeria: Empirical insights from a household survey in Osun State Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-05-24 Oluwaseun A. Oyebamiji, Mohsin Khan
By employing Alkire and Foster's Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) and the Foster-Greer-Thorbecke methods of measuring poverty, this paper ascertained both monetary and multidimensional poverty among rural households in South-West Nigeria. Overall, 50.3% and 40.1% of households were found to be unidimensionally and multidimensionally poor, respectively. The results also revealed that living standards
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Poverty, entrepreneurship, and economic growth in Africa Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-05-24 Folorunsho M. Ajide, James T. Dada
Literature abounds on the impact of entrepreneurship on economic growth, but with little attention to the role of entrepreneurship in poverty reduction. Furthermore, little attention has been paid to the triangular relationship among poverty reduction, entrepreneurship, and growth in Africa. In this study, we examine the dynamic relationship among these three variables using data collected from 18
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Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-05-23 Yohannes Kefale Mogess, Zerayehu Sime Eshete, Abadi Teferi Alemaw
Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries have registered outstanding economic growth in recent decades. However, poverty is still pervasive, deep, and severe in the region. This paper aims to analyze the impact of the recent economic growth on poverty reduction in 27 SSA countries using a new dynamic panel data set. Adopting System GMM estimation, this study found that economic growth has been associated
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Role of institutional quality on women's empowerment—A case of highly gender unequal Asian countries Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-03-16 Hafsa Qaiser, Hafeez ur Rehman, Noman Arshed
Equal access to rights and opportunities for women and men is one of the indicators of women's empowerment. Classical economic growth models ignored gender differences in the labor force, but the literature now acknowledges the merits of equal participation of both genders in economic activities. This study investigates the determinants of gender equality as an instrument of women's empowerment. This
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Editor's Note Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-03-02 Connie S. Mick
This note from the editor provides a brief summary of the articles contained in this issue and invites readers to respond and to submit their own articles.
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Does ICT diffusion reduce poverty? Evidence from SAARC countries Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-03-01 Anushka Verma, Arun K. Giri, Byomakesh Debata
The present study aims to explore the relationship between ICT diffusion and poverty reduction in SAARC countries using panel data from 2005 to 2020. This study uses econometric techniques robust to cross-sectional dependence (CSD) including Pesaran's CSD tests; second-generation unit root test; Pedroni, Kao, Westerlund cointegration tests; CS-ARDL, Driscoll-Kraay (DK) standard error approach; and
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Disparity in income poverty and multidimensional poverty estimates: The Indian scenario with special reference to Salboni and Binpur-I blocks Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Amrita Roy, Chandrima Chakraborti
There is no consensus among studies about how to define or measure poverty. Two widely used criteria to estimate poverty are the minimum expenditure criteria (income or monetary poverty) and the extent of deprivation regarding different dimensions representing quality of living of individuals (multidimensional poverty). This study compares income poverty and multidimensional poverty estimates across
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Re-evaluating the behavioral change from conditional cash transfers: Evidence from the Avancemos National Program in Costa Rica Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-02-20 Jaime A. Meza-Cordero, Michaela Gulemetova
Conditional cash transfers (CCT) have become a common solution aiming to reduce poverty by increasing the human capital of children. In 2006, the Government of Costa Rica introduced Avancemos, a nationwide CCT program, with the premise that a monetary subsidy, conditional on school attendance, would offset adolescents' opportunity cost from working and increase secondary school completion. In this
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Editor's Note Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-07 Connie Snyder Mick
This note from the editor provides a brief summary of the articles contained in this issue and invites readers to respond and submit their own articles.
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Children in poverty: Time for action to address rising inequalities in the United Kingdom Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-05 Jatinder Hayre, Allyson M. Pollock
Children have been disproportionately affected by the response to COVID-19 despite having a negligible risk of morbidity and mortality. Moreover, the response to COVID-19 has magnified the inequalities generated by the decade-long austerity regime imposed by the coalition, and current government. The numbers of children living in poverty are rising: some 30% of children, amounting to over four million
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Is affordable housing a pro-poor policy? Evidence from a prominent housing policy in Iran Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-05 Mohammad Ghazaie, Mojtaba Rafieian
This paper examines if affordable housing as a representative of planning serves the pro-poor policies or is used as a means against the poor. To this aim, Mehr housing, as the most significant and costly affordable housing planning practice in Iran, is studied by conducting a comprehensive review of 65 different related studies and using data-driven coding, with results compared with other contexts
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The impact of microfinance on poverty reduction in Vietnam: A dynamic panel-data analysis Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-05 Hoai A. Duong, Hong S. Nghiem
The current study uses the Generalised Method of Moments to examine the dynamic relationship between access to microfinance and poverty reduction. The panel-data set is constructed from the Vietnam Household Living Standard Surveys during 2002–2008. The results show that access to microfinance in the previous period significantly improves per adult-equivalent income and consumption of the households
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Inclusive urban entrepreneurial ecosystem policies: An application of the meta-synthesis approach Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-02 Hodjat Shakiba, Sohrab Delangizan, Yosef Mohamadifar
Poverty has attracted the attention of many researchers in recent years. Despite the nature of entrepreneurship to facilitate economic development, there are limited studies regarding the related concept of inclusive development. This issue is the motivating factor for this study to introduce the concept of inclusive urban entrepreneurial ecosystem (IUEE). IUEE provides a market- and resource-based
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Persistence of intergroup occupational disparity in India Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-02 Anjan R. Chaudhury, Madhabendra Sinha
The traditional summary measures of intergenerational mobility are symmetric, since these measures don't distinguish the directions of mobility, that is, upward and downward mobility in the respective dimension. In this study, we define two group-specific summary measures of the relative strength of upward/downward occupational mobility, and apply these summary measures to examine the persistence of
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Structure and dynamics of livelihoods in rural India: A panel data analysis Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-08-31 Sagarika Dey
The paper uses panel data from two rounds of the Indian Human Development Survey (IHDS) to evaluate the trends in rural livelihoods in India during 2005–2012. Although the macrostructure of rural livelihoods did not seem to change during the period under consideration, livelihoods remained in a state of flux with about 57% of the households changing their livelihood strategy at least once between 2005
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Do tax policies discriminate against female traders? A gender framework to study informal marketplaces in Nigeria Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-08-22 Imaobong Akpan, Mª Josep Cascant-Sempere
Scholars have long debated formalizing the informal sector through taxation, but how do these processes affect gender inequalities? Our study in Nigerian markets contributes a gender framework to the equitable taxation literature on formalization. The study draws on a survey of 451 traders in 12 markets, key informant interviews, and ethnographic research in four markets of two states. We find that
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Development programs and achieving service efficiency in public sector institutions in Jordan: E-government as a moderator Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-08-22 Sahem Nawafleh
The current study is guided by two questions: First, do development programs positively promote service efficiency? and second, does the catalyst of electronic government (e-government) positively impact development programs for the promotion of service efficiency provided by public institutions in Jordan? Descriptive, causal, quantitative, and cross-sectional approaches were used, and data were collected
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A nonparametric approach to understanding poverty in the Philippines: Evidence from the Family Income and Expenditure Survey Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-08-19 John Paolo Rosales Rivera
Determining the poverty threshold using a meaningful measure is complex. In this study, we deviated from usual techniques. Instead, we employed a nonparametric approach in conducting a comparative analysis. Using the Philippine Family Income and Expenditure Survey, we estimated national and regional Epanechnikov kernel densities to understand how poverty evolved from 2000 to 2015. Results indicated
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Editor's Note Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-08-18 Connie Snyder Mick
This note from the editor provides a brief summary of the articles contained in this issue and invites readers to respond and submit their own articles.
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Editor's Note Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-06-01 Connie Snyder Mick
本篇编者按简要总结了本期收录的文章并邀请读者予以响应和提交文稿。
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Questioning the poverty line aggregation approach in India: Issues of mismatches and overlaps Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-06-01 Akarsh Arora, Sukhpal Singh
The Rangarajan Expert Group (REG), an official constituted panel of experts, decided to extend the traditional practice of food component-based poverty line to three components (food, essential nonfood, and other nonfood) based poverty line. Although this multiple component-based poverty identification is an innovative step; the present study questions the justification for combining the food and nonfood
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State welfare automation, Working-Class Agency, and Poverty in I, Daniel Blake Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-05-30 Miriam Furlan Brighente
In this review essay, I examined I, Daniel Blake, a film directed by Loach that depicts Daniel's life, a 59-year-old widowed woodworker, who had a heart attack and was unable to work, and the dehumanizing process he experiences when applying to receive government benefits in the United Kingdom. The movie shows how poor and working-class people struggle to receive state assistance, to have at least
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Different dimensions of decentralization and rural–urban poverty in Pakistan Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-05-29 Muhammad Shahid, Khalil Ahmad, Rukhsana Kalim
The process of decentralization plays a vital role to enhance the welfare of society through the provision of public goods and services. This study investigates the impact of different dimensions of decentralization on rural–urban poverty and total poverty for Pakistan. For empirical analysis, this study uses time-series data covering the period from 1980 to 2018. The auto-regressive distributive lag
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Household poverty dynamics in tribal Madhya Pradesh, India: A case study of 54 villages Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-05-29 Rishi Kumar
I study the time path of households' poverty, as well as determinants of mobility in and out of poverty in rural India. The research combines qualitative and quantitative data collected from tribal settlements of rural Kesla block of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Methodologically, we build on the “stages of progress” framework and additionally conduct a transition matrix analysis of mobility
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Paradoxical issues in eradicating opium cultivation in Myanmar: A perspective from local farmers’ voices Poverty & Public Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-05-26 Hai T. Luong
Supporting drug-producing communities in alternative livelihoods from harm reduction activists is a common practice in Myanmar and other drug-producing countries. And yet, the voices of opium farmers are rarely heard. This paper assesses why Myanmar farmers continue to grow opium poppy and analyzes their current concerns and the practical challenges in eradicating opium cultivation in Myanmar. This