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From poverty assessment to policy change : processes, actors and data
Rosemary McGee,Karen Brock +1 more
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The article was published on 2001-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 62 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Basic needs & Poverty.read more
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Role of cash in conditional cash transfer programmes for child health, growth, and development: an analysis of Mexico's Oportunidades
TL;DR: The results suggest that the cash transfer component of Oportunidades is associated with better outcomes in child health, growth, and development.
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10-year effect of Oportunidades, Mexico's conditional cash transfer programme, on child growth, cognition, language, and behaviour: a longitudinal follow-up study
TL;DR: An additional 18 months in the Oportunidades programme has independent beneficial effects other than money, especially for women with no formal education, adding to existing evidence for interventions in early childhood.
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Overweight with concurrent stunting in very young children from rural Mexico: prevalence and associated factors
TL;DR: A multinomial logistic analysis revealed that the factors associated with coexisting stunting and overweight/obesity were lower socio-economic status (SES), lower maternal age, education, intelligence and perceived social status, shorter maternal height, and larger household size.
Issues paper. Measuring health and poverty: a review of approaches to identifying the poor.
J. Falkingham,C. Namazie +1 more
TL;DR: There is pressing need for national governments and the global development community to monitor both changes in the level and nature of poverty over time and progress in health and educational outcomes amongst the poor (and the rich).
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What is Development Studies
TL;DR: The authors argue that DS is a worthwhile endeavor (how could a concern with reducing global poverty not be?), but the field of enquiry needs to think about how it addresses heterogeneity in the ‘Third World(s) and how it opens space for alternative voices.