Questions tagged [poverty]
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How many people in the world were living below 15 dollars a day in the last decades?
The question I really want to make is if poverty is decreasing of increasing worldwide, but since I guess there is no way to objectively define poverty, that question doesn't fit in here. I was always suspicious that when they release the poverty…
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Why do cities with rich areas still contain poor areas?
A cynic would attribute the disparity (and the failures to gentrify) to indifference or inattention, (or worse) disdaining neglect or ignoring, by the politicians and rich of the poor in the poor areas.
I exemplify with cities whose disparities I…
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What's the Cause of Mexico's Poverty Rate?
According to various sources (source listed in parentheses):
Mexico's unemployment rate is 3.3% (Trading Economics)
Mexico's literacy rate is 94.5% (Statistica)
Mexico's upper secondary graduation rate is 49% (OECD estimate)
Yet, when I look at…
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Is poverty rightly measured internationally?
According to the World Bank, Argentina has 3.63% or people living in poverty. As a subjective assessment of someone living there, this is completely ridiculous. Rates measured by Argentine government and Argentine private institutions set it around…
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What idea was proposed to remove global poverty?
I am not an economics student, but I would like to know about this simply but in details. I would like to understand this Noble Prize winning thoery by Abhijit Banerjee , Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer
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Why don't economists recommend voluntary childlessness to fight poverty?
Please see the titled question. Poverty obviously demands pressing solutions, let alone a stopgap. Dasgupta beneath refers to "the best Desta’s world can do": isn't Voluntary childlessness and Antinatalism more effective and instant? Kids who play…
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Why are capital gains not counted in a poverty status calculation?
So according to the US census office capital gains are not included when trying to figure out if a household is living in poverty. Does this mean if I have one billion dollars in index funds that I am living off of am I in poverty(at least by this…
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How is infant mortality rate an indicator of living standards?
My textbook says, "Some of the best indicators of living standards are the average life expectancies and infant mortality rates already mentioned."
How does babies not dying within their first year necessarily indicate that a country has high living…
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