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This paper examines the impact of national and foreign trade reforms on poverty in Argentina. National reforms include the removal of Argentine import tariffs. Foreign reforms include the elimination of agricultural subs...

A ASSISTÊNCIA em saúde tem vivido um enorme avanço tecnológico nos últimos cinqüenta anos; não obstante, a preocupação com o fator humano tem merecido espaço cada vez maior nas pesquisas e intervenções dessa ...

AO PROPOR uma qualificação dos aspectos sociológicos dos favelados em relação à alimentação, observa-se que a alimentação, em situação de pobreza, não é mais um fator de sociabilidade, mas, ao contrário, d...

Lack of access to clean cooking is one dimension of energy poverty that has called the attention of many international organizations and policymakers, due to the relevance of cooking, as an energy service, in the satisfa...

Background: The health of the population is shaped by political, social and environmental conditions – referred to as contextual factors in this paper – which influence the risk of type 2 diabetes and other non-commu...

Argentina is going through its deepest crisis since it was established as a modern state on late 19th Century. This situation is not different to that which prevails in other countries in Latin America, so the crisis is ...

The study aims to analyze factors related Prevalence of Undernourishment (PoU) in 29 districts and city of Papua Province from year 2021-2024. The proportion of the population that does not consume enough energy is PoU. ...

Abstract Public agricultural interventions in developing countries have long sought to foster youth entrepreneurship. Yet, expected outcomes such as income generation, poverty reduction, and food security remain limited,...

This study examines the implications of fuel subsidy removal on the living standards of low-income households in Osun State, Nigeria. A descriptive research design was employed, and a sample of 500 respondents was select...

The article examines the protection of the rights and legal interests of demographically vulnerable population groups through the prism of their impact on the economic development and post-war reconstruction of Ukraine. ...

The social and economic importance of small-scale fisheries is frequently under-valued, and they are rarely effectively managed. There is now growing consensus on how these fisheries could be managed for sustainability a...

During 2020–2024, developing countries faced global financial turbulence caused by a cascade of exogenous shocks (COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitical crises, inflationary pressure), leading to a significant deterioration i...

NOSSO OBJETIVO neste texto é apresentar a trajetória teórico-metodológica vivida pela equipe de pesquisadores do Instituto de Estudos Especiais (IEE-PUC/SP) na construção do Sistema Informacional de Gestão Social ...

Purpose — Single motherhood is widely associated with poorer child outcomes, yet it remains unclear whether these disadvantages stem from family structure itself or from the economic shocks that accompany it. This dist...

A Universal Basic Income (UBI) is often seen as an attractive policy option to replace existing targeted transfer and subsidy programs. However, in a budget-neutral switch to a UBI there is a trade-off between the genero...

INTRODUCTION: Previous evidence linked low socioeconomic status with higher smoking prevalence. Our objective was to assess the strength of this association in the world population, updating a previous work. METHODS: Sys...

Latin America exhibits one of the highest rates of biodiversity and ecosystem services (ES) loss worldwide along with a remarkable asymmetry in the access to ES benefits (ecosystem services inequality, ESI hereafter). Th...

O CONTÍNUO AVANÇO tecnológico global não parece estar garantindo que as sociedades futuras possam gerar, unicamente por mecanismos de mercado, postos de trabalho - ainda que flexíveis - compatíveis em qualidade e r...

A política social mexicana recente já foi apontada por organismos multilaterias como o Banco Mundial como um programa bem sucedido de combate à pobreza. O artigo mostra que essa avaliação é inteiramente equivocada ...

This Campbell systematic review examines the effects of input subsidies on agricultural productivity, beneficiary incomes and welfare, consumer welfare and wider economic growth. The review summarizes evidence from 15 ex...

El presente artículo tiene un doble objetivo, por un lado, intenta dar cuenta brevemente de los principales debates que atraviesan la cuestión del salario mínimo; sus posibles efectos sobre el empleo, la utilidad como...

Abstract Background Suicide mortality represents a growing public health crisis in the United States, disproportionately affecting people with recent incarceration histories. The purpose of this study was to assess how c...

Abstract Purpose This study examines the demographic, spatial, and economic determinants of household access to electricity in Nigeria, a country characterized by persistent energy poverty and pronounced infrastructure i...

BackgroundUrolithiasis in pediatric populations is increasing worldwide, with environmental and social determinants playing key roles. In Mexico, Yucatan is an endemic area for urolithiasis in adults. However, pediatric ...