Considering sustainability a matter of intergenerational welfare equity, this paper examines whether an optimal development path can also be sustainable. It argues that the general “zero-net-aggregateinvestment” condition for an optimal development path to be sustainable in the sense of the maximin criterion of intergenerational justice is too demanding to be practical, especially in the contex...

Last year marked the 25th anniversary of the recognition of what we now call AIDS. The AIDS pandemic has claimed more than 25 million lives, the majority of them in the developing world, and has exacerbated poverty and slowed human development. Although much has been accomplished in HIV/AIDS research, much remains to be done, especially regarding delivery of HIV/AIDS therapies and care and prev...

This paper discusses how household panel surveys can be informative about the intergenerational transmission of poverty. We consider issues both of data and of the statistical methods that may be applied to those data. Although the data focus is on panel surveys from developed countries, we also briefly consider data availability in developing countries. We set out a list of survey data require...

This paper discusses how household panel surveys can be informative about the intergenerational transmission of poverty. We consider issues both of data and of the statistical methods that may be applied to those data. Although the data focus is on panel surveys from developed countries, we also briefly consider data availability in developing countries. We set out a list of survey data require...

Social surveys and censuses offer a good indication of poverty and inequality in a country. However, due to the expenses associated with data collection, the granularity and frequency of such information is often limited. In developing countries in particular, census data may be collected very infrequently, thus failing to accurately reflect the changes associated with a growing economy. In thi...

to study the scholarly production of iran in the basic sciences and identify the place of the country among islamic countries and the world, and also comparing the different disciplines in this field of knowledge, help to plan properly to provide necessary facilities for the advancement in these areas. the purpose of this study is the analysis of scientific poverty line of iranian scientists an...

Dr. Zitha Mokomane is a Senior Research Specialist in the Population Health, Health Systems and Innovation research programme at the Human Sciences Research Council in South Africa. She holds a MA and a PhD (Family Demography), both from the Australian National University. Before joining the Human Science Research Council, Dr Mokomane was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Population Studie...

The relationship between poverty and mental health has received considerable attention in the recent literature. However, the associations presented in existing studies typically rely on limited samples of individuals and on proxy indicators for poverty such as education, the lack of tap water, or being unemployed. We revisit the relationship between poverty and mental health using data from na...