Sökning: "extreme poverty"

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  1. 1. Living Longer, Living Harder : Ageing in Extreme Poverty in Bangladesh

    Författare :Owasim Akram; Thomas Denk; Jan Jämte; Ilaria Pitti; Johan Vamstad; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Ageing; Agency; Extreme Poverty; Generational Bargain; Life History Interviews; Othering; Postcolonial; Qualitative; Social Policy; Welfare Regimes;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this dissertation is to understand the lived experience of age-ing in extreme poverty in developing countries, in this case Bangladesh, a country that hosts a large number of extreme poor and ageing population. By focusing on the role of the family, the most neglected pillar of welfare, this dissertation sheds new light on the microprocesses of welfare politics. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Assistive technology, human rights and poverty in developing countries. Perspectives based on a study in Bangladesh

    Författare :Johan Borg; Socialmedicin och global hälsa; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; disability; developing countries; assistive technology; Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; human rights; low-income countries; poverty;

    Sammanfattning : Deprived of human rights, more than half of all people with disabilities in developing countries live in extreme poverty. Although considered a prerequisite for equalization of opportunities, about nine out of ten of those who need assistive technologies do not have access to them. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Millennium Development Goals in Nicaragua : Analysing progress, social inequalities, and community actions

    Författare :Wilton Pérez; Carina Källestål; Ilona Koupil; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Millennium Development Goals; child survival; poverty; inequality; interventions; spatial model; Nicaragua;

    Sammanfattning : The world has made important efforts to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) by 2015. However, it is still insufficient and inequalities prevail in the poorest settings. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Intimate partner violence and depression among women in rural Ethiopia

    Författare :Negussie Deyessa Kabeta; Gunnar Kullgren; Wolfgang Rutz; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; depression; extreme poverty; intimate partner violence; spousal-control; child death; rural Ethiopia; Psychiatry; Psykiatri; psykiatri; Psychiatry;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Several studies have reported socioeconomic, socio-demographic factors, including violence against women to be associated with depression among women, but knowledge in the area among women living under extreme poverty in developing countries remains scarce. Relationship between intimate partner violence and women’s literacy in societies where violence is normative is complex, there are only limited data describing this difference in the distribution of violence exposure by residency and literacy. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Water Resources Management efforts for best water allocation in the Lake Poopo basin, Bolivia

    Författare :Andres Calizaya; Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära; []
    Nyckelord :poverty; institutional arrangements; Bolivian Altiplano; Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis; Water conflict; Lake Poopo; IWRM strategy; local capacity building.;

    Sammanfattning : The Lake Poopo basin, located on the Bolivian Altiplano, is extremely vulnerable to environmental degradation. The basin displays extreme spatial and temporal variations of water resources and rapidly decreasing water quality due to anthropogenic and natural pollution. LÄS MER