Cash transfers in context. An anthropological perspective

Tuberculosis: an Anthropological Perspective

Tuberculosis is a contagious and destructive disease that has plagued humans and their domesticated animals for at least 6000 years (Morse, Brothwell, and Ucko 1964), and continues to be a serious disease worldwide. Like most infectious diseases, the virulence of tuberculosis constantly fluctuates as changes occur in the host, the pathogen, and the environment. For example, in the United States...

An anthropological perspective on obesity.

An anthropological perspective on obesity considers both its evolutionary background and cross-cultural variation. It must explain three basic facts about obesity: gender dimorphism (women greater than men), an increase with modernization, and a positive association with socioeconomic status. Preindustrial diets varied in quality but shared a tendency to periodic shortages. Such shortages, part...

Perspectives on Cash Transfers

may 21, 2011 vol xlvi no 21 EPW Economic & Political Weekly 80 deciles with the amount of subsidy received, i e, Rs 2.06 per kg. For scenario 4, just like scenario 2, we first calculated the transfer amount by multiplying the total grain that is to be distributed under the NAC proposal with the economic cost incurred by the government, and subtracted this figure from the revenues generated. We ...

Cash Transfers and Child Labour

Cash Transfers and Child Labour Cash transfer programs are widely used in settings where child labour is prevalent. Even if many of these programs are explicitly implemented to improve children’s welfare, in theory their impact on child labour is undetermined. This paper systematically reviews the empirical evidence on the impact of cash transfers, conditional and unconditional, on child labour...

Cash Transfers and HIV Prevention