In the Camamu-Almada basin, marine fishery is exclusively small-scale, with several structural deficiencies such as boats with low or absent navigational technology, lack of credit and low income. Local fishers complain that shrimp and lobster trawling fishing is the main factor responsible for low stock abundance, but they still persist in these activities as these two species command the high...

Corruption and the Shadow Economy: An Empirical Analysis This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption and shadow economy are substitutes in high income countries while they are complements in low income countries. The hypotheses are tested for a crosssection of 120 countries and a panel of 70 countries for the period 1994-2...

Among the impoverished population of coastal Kenya, there is a rapidly growing group of young single mothers who suffer from adverse health outcomes, incomplete schooling, social ostracism by their communities, and economic hardship. To address this problem, in 2008 the Single Mothers Program (SMP) selected a group of vulnerable single mothers, provided them with basic relief and education, equ...

This paper examines the impact of the Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC) on employment retention and advancement. The WFTC, which replaced Family Credit in October 1999, supplemented earnings of low paid workers living in low income families. It was designed to increase the financial incentive for low skilled workers to find and remain in work and in the process boost their family income. It fi...

The present study tries to estimate the spatial pattern of incidence, extent and severity multidimensional poverty in rural urban India during 2021 obtaining data from report NITI Aayog based on NFHS-4 dataset. reveals that large interstate disparities persist its intensity India. also attempts examine deprivation different indicators MPI which confirms magnitude is acute most poorer states lik...

As a national pillar industry, the carbon emissions generated by construction industry have received significant attention. large developing country, China has unbalanced regional development and imperfect modern energy infrastructure in some regions, leading to prominent problem of poverty China. Therefore, this study constructs index system using panel data 30 provinces cities from 2004 2016....

This study examines the effect of non-farm labour participation on poverty reduction in rural Mauritania. Farm households with more land and livestock participate to a greater extent activities compared smaller or cattle. We poverty's relationship terms incidence as well intensity severity poverty. The is first highlight contribution non-agricultural sector areas apply probit, propensity score ...

This paper is intended to shed light on the extent of poverty in the Russian Federation. We present estimates of poverty lines and poverty ratios derived from subjective questions used in a during data collection for a large household panel (RUSSET). We estimate poverty using a subjective approach, where the level of the poverty line is derived using the opinion of the individual, rich or poor,...

The purpose of this study is to apply the Human Security Index (HSI) as a tool to detect social and economic cumulative risk burden at a county-level in the state of Texas. The HSI is an index comprising a network of three sub-components or "fabrics"; the Economic, Environmental, and Social Fabrics. We hypothesized that the HSI will be a useful instrument for identifying and analyzing socioecon...