considering the expansion of global poverty and its resulting concerns, the objectives of the millennium development goals (mdgs) may not be achieved unless a solution is found for this widespread phenomenon. therefore finding a solution for poverty reduction and improving the welfare of the vulnerable group has become a universal objective. this paper discusses the poor performance of formal f...

Preface The hypothesis of this paper is that the differences between Negroes and whites in the incidence of family disorganization are a function of race as a summary statement of their differential social-ecological positions. Using the 1/1000 Census tape for 1960, multiple regressions were run for various indicators of family disorganization on race and dimensions of social-ecological positio...

Sociological scholarship, economic theory, and empirical studies all indicate that interpersonal relationships are valuable productive assets deserve to be formally incorporated into the study of human development. This paper employs India Human Development Survey examine, using OLS logistic regressions, impact different dimensions social capital on multiple proxies for household welfare. Socia...

The paper has scrutinized the nexus among poverty, economic growth, employment and dependency ratio in developing countries. The primary intension behind this study is to find out the association between variables such as poverty, economic growth, agricultural and industrial employment and dependency ratio due to the gap in the existing literature. This study fully relies on cross country data ...

Multidimensional Poverty Analysis: Looking for a Middle Ground * Widespread agreement that poverty is a multifaceted phenomenon, encompassing deprivations along multiple dimensions, clashes with often vociferous disagreement about how best to measure these deprivations. Drawing on the recent literature, this short note proposes three methodological alternatives to the false dichotomy between sc...

This paper reviews the nexus between poverty and HIV/AIDS in Africa using a sustainable livelihood framework. Much of the literature on HIV and AIDS has generated an almost universal consensus that the AIDS epidemic is having an immense impact on the economies of hard-hit countries, hurting not only individuals, families and firms, but also significantly slowing economic growth and worsening po...

Introduction: Poverty is an undesirable socio-economic phenomenon that endangers the political stability, social solidarity, and mental health of different sections society. The literature on poverty in recent years has not been limited to income poverty, but also other aspects such as health, education, living standards. By identifying patterns instead prejudging suitable economic policies com...