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Freepik (stylized as FREEP!K) is an image bank website.Content produced and distributed by the online platform includes photographs, illustrations and vector images. The platform distributes its content under a freemium model, which means that users can access much of the content for free, but it is also possible to purchase a subscription with advantages such as access to more exclusive ...
Hernando de Soto Polar (commonly known Hernando de Soto / d ə ˈ s oʊ t oʊ /; born June 2, 1941) is a Peruvian economist known for his work on the informal economy and on the importance of business and property rights.
Sustainable Development Goal 1 ( SDG 1 or Global Goal 1 ), one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations in 2015, calls for the end of poverty in all forms. The official wording is: "No Poverty". [ 1] Member countries have pledged to "Leave No One Behind": underlying the goal is a "powerful commitment to leave no ...
www .undp .org. The United Nations Development Programme ( UNDP) [ note 1] is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development. The UNDP emphasizes on developing local capacity towards long-term self-sufficiency and prosperity.
Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty (2011) is a non-fiction book by Abhijit V. Banerjee [ 1] and Esther Duflo, [ 2] both professors of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences laureates. The book reports on the effectiveness of solutions to global ...
Poverty, Inc. is a 91-minute documentary inquiry into the nature of human flourishing and the effects of the multibillion dollar poverty industrial complex erected to promote it. The film challenges current perceptions of global charity and promotes entrepreneurship as an effective alternative to alleviating world poverty. [ 1]
The depth of poverty is the 'gap' (G) between poverty and the poverty line (M1 = H x A x G). [12] M2: This measures reflects the incidence, intensity, depth of poverty and inequality among the poor (the squared gap, S) (M2 = H x A x S). [13] M0 can be calculated with ordinal and cardinal data. Cardinal data are required to calculate M1 and M2. [14]
David Hulme OBE is Professor of Development Studies at The University of Manchester where he is Executive Director of the Global Development Institute and CEO of the Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre. Currently, he is the president of the Development Studies Association. He has worked on rural development, poverty and ...