Search for dissertations about: "Poverty trap"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words Poverty trap.

  2. 1. The injury poverty trap in rural Vietnam : causes, consequences and possible solutions

    Author : Thanh Nguyen Xuan; Lars Lindholm; Chuc Nguyen Thi Kim; Anders Emmelin; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; unintentional injury; poverty; out-of-pocket payment; health insurance; Vietnam; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap;

    Abstract : The focus of this study is the vicious circle of poverty and ill-health. The case is injuries but it could have been any lasting and severe disease. Poverty and health have very close links to economic development and to how health care is financed. Out-of-pocket payment seems to increase the risk of poverty while prepaid health care reduces it. READ MORE

  4. 2. Understanding poverty traps in biocultural landscapes

    Author : L. Jamila Haider; Maja Schlüter; Flora Hajdu; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; poverty trap; biocultural; development; review; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

    Abstract : Over one and a half billion people live in poverty, with some 795 million suffering from chronic malnourishment. For many of these people this perilous situation has persisted for decades or more, in what is popularly characterized as a poverty ‘trap’. READ MORE

  5. 3. Essays on Taxation, Externalities, and Poverty Traps

    Author : Fei Ao; Daniel Spiro; Chuan-Zhong Li; Thomas Aronsson; Jukka Pirttilä; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Optimal Taxation; Externalities; Poverty traps; Aid; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained essays.Essay I characterizes the optimal mix of linear commodity taxation and non-linear income taxation in a dynamic economy where consumption gives rise to positional and environmental externalities. READ MORE

  6. 4. Development and Resilience : Re-thinking poverty and intervention in biocultural landscapes

    Author : L. Jamila Haider; Maja Schlüter; Wiebren Boonstra; M. Jahi Chappell; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; biocultural diversity; coevolution; development; interdisciplinary; Pamir Mountains; poverty traps; resilience; social-ecological systems; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

    Abstract : The practices related to the growing, harvesting, preparation, and celebration of food over millennia have given rise to diverse biocultural landscapes the world over. These landscapes – rich in biological and cultural diversity – are often characterised by persistent poverty, and, as such, are often the target of development interventions. READ MORE

  7. 5. Essays on Institutions and Economic Outcomes

    Author : Daniel Zerfu; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Africa; agricultural productivity; efficiency; Ethiopia; ethnic nepotism; ethnicity; governance; institutions; investment; land registration; land tenure; nonlinearity; policy reversal; political trust; poverty trap; trust.;

    Abstract : Paper 1 discusses the impact of tenure insecurity on land-related investment and the policy currently in place to promote tenure security. The empirical results, based on the Ethiopian Rural Household Survey panel dataset, show that tenure insecurity has a significant effect in discouraging land-related investments, and that this effect varies with region and type of investment. READ MORE