The landscape of SME financing and sustainability of SMEs in Bangladesh by Md Alamgir,

“…Since this sector is labor-intensive with short gestation period, it is capable of increasing national income as well as rapid employment generation of the marginalized people; achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) especially eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, gender equality and women empowerment.SME sector has played a vital role in economic development of some developed countries of Asia especially Japan and Malaysia. …”
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Conditional cash transfer programs and the health and nutrition of Latin American children by Sofia Segura-Pérez, Rubén Grajeda, Rafael Pérez-Escamilla

“…A key challenge for the future is to reform these programs to help families move out of not only extreme poverty but all poverty in order to lead healthy and productive lives, as called for in the post-2105 Sustainable Development Goals.…”
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Analysis of the Risk of Infection by COVID-19 Taking into Account the Social Determinants of Health in Bogotá between February and August 2020 by Nathalia Solís-Oñate, Sthefany Villa-Díaz, Luis Camilo Blanco-Becerra, Ronal Jackson Sierra-Parada

“…With the results obtained and the model implemented, it is possible to verify what was established in the 1990s, regarding the term syndemia, due to the synergy between the two diseases; in this case, COVID-19 and base comorbidities that are present in the population, added to the social determinants of health, which allow a holistic approach to the management and prevention measures against contagions, starting in the areas of extreme poverty.…”
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Living with the Risks of Cyclone Disasters in the South-Western Coastal Region of Bangladesh by Bishawjit Mallick, Bayes Ahmed, Joachim Vogt

“…The victims were also socio-economically vulnerable considering the high rate of illiteracy, larger family size, no ownership of land, and extreme poverty. They were mostly day labourers, farmers, and fishermen. …”
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Health Through a Human Right Lens at the US-Mexico Border: Increasing Access to Healthcare for Central American Immigrants by Carolina Venturi, Diana Guízar-Sánchez, María Elena Ramos-Tovar, Melissa Torres, Flor D. Avellaneda, Luis R. Torres-Hostos, Omar Matuk-Villazon

“…Immigrants come fleeing extreme poverty, violence, health and social inequities, and drastic climate changes. …”
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FEMINISATION OF POVERTY AND THE BURDEN OF THE OLDER WOMAN: BALANCING WORK AND FAMILY IN PRE-RETIREMENT LIFE AND THE ACCUMULATED DISADVANTAGE FOR OLDER WOMEN IN ALBANIA by Elona Dhembo

“…<p>The number one goal of the United Nations on the millennium development agenda is the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger. But poverty, as other problems, reveals more when examined from a multi-dimensional and dynamic perspective, and gender-sensitive lenses can make a major contribution. …”
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Tenure security and property rights: the case of land titling for ‘slum’ dwellers in Odisha, India by Shobha Rao P., Jaime Royo-Olid, Jan Turkstra

“…As per people’s accounts of their experienced reality, the titling, complemented by slum upgrading, has already facilitated improvements in the housing conditions of households subject to extreme poverty. However, concomitant challenges are surfacing for instance, although the OLRSD formally permits the titles to be used as collateral for housing loans, the non-acceptance of the title by mainstream banks forces the recipients to borrow from spurious private lenders, thus increasing their vulnerability. …”
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Examining the Effects of Agricultural Aid on Forests in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Causal Analysis Based on Remotely Sensed Data of Sierra Leone by Qingqian He, Qing Meng, William Flatley, Yaqian He

“…In sub-Saharan Africa, extreme poverty highlights the tension between development aid and the environment. …”
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The Effects of Economic Sector GDP on Low-Income Housing Supply, Colombia’s Regions Case by Carlos Felipe Urazán-Bonells, Hugo Alexander Rondón-Quintana, María Alejandra Caicedo-Londoño

“…This is observed in fewer people living in extreme poverty and with fewer unmet basic needs. This present article analyzes the correlation between the development in the main economic sectors in different regions (departments) of Colombia and the supply of low-income housing. …”
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Determining the association between dengue and social inequality factors in north-eastern Brazil: A spatial modelling by Damião da Conceição Araújo, Allan Dantas dos Santos, Shirley Verônica Melo Almeida Lima, Andreia Centenaro Vaez, Jéssica Oliveira Cunha, Karina Conceição Gomes Machado de Araújo

“…The main social inequalities related to the occurrence of dengue were the percentage of people living in extreme poverty and inadequate sanitation. The epidemic situation even increased the risk of dengue in the population of the state of Sergipe. …”
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14.73 The Challenge of World Poverty, Fall 2009 by Donaldson, Dave, Duflo, Esther

“…The questions we will take up include: Is extreme poverty a thing of the past? What is economic life like when living under a dollar per day? …”
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Tackling child malnutrition in Ethiopia by Mekonnen, A, Jones, N

“…As long as so many children remain malnourished, Ethiopia will not achieve the first Millennium Development Goal – eradication of extreme poverty and hunger. Drawing on a sample of 1,999 one-year-olds across 20 sites, Young Lives has sought to better understand the child, household, community and policy level determinants of malnutrition and the ways in which they differ across different regions of Ethiopia. …”

Spatiotemporal changes in universal thermal climate index over South Asia by Kyaw, Aung Kyaw, Hamed, Mohammed Magdy, Shahid, Shamsuddin

“…However, little is known about human thermal stress exposure changes among populations living in extreme poverty and struggling to meet their basic needs. …”

Rapidly Accelerating Deforestation in Cambodia’s Mekong River Basin: A Comparative Analysis of Spatial Patterns and Drivers by Sapana Lohani, Thomas E. Dilts, Peter J. Weisberg, Sarah E. Null, Zeb S. Hogan

“…Given the rapidly accelerating deforestation rates, even in protected areas and community forests, influenced by a growing population and economy and extreme poverty, our study highlights landscape features indicating an increased risk of future deforestation, supporting a spatial framework for future conservation and mitigation efforts.…”
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From primitive jungle medicine to tropical medicine: history of progress and current challenges in the tropical disease control by A. M. Bronstein, Yu. V. Lobzin, S. S. Kozlov, A. B. Birg

“…The article is intended to generate information in consideration of the history of colonization of tropical countries with a special focus on tropical diseases especially common in the army during colonial wars and throughout the colonial era. Extreme poverty and warm tropical climates are the two most potent forces promoting the spread of neglected tropical diseases. …”
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La Chine en transition énergétique : Un virage vers les énergies renouvelables? by Olga V. Alexeeva, Yann Roche

“…While millions of Chinese were getting rid of extreme poverty and while the country was becoming the world’s second largest economic power, this development came at a cost: natural resources have been intensively overexploited, energy consumption has reached new heights and the natural environment has paid a steep price. …”
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Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)-Based Defense Induction in Maize against Fall Armyworm (<i>Spodoptera frugiperda</i>) by Muhammad Adeel Ghafar, Muhammad Sufyan, Liande Wang

“…Agricultural development is one of the most powerful tools to end extreme poverty but agriculture-driven growth, poverty reduction, and food security are at risk. …”
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The Role of Macroeconomic Indicators on Healthcare Cost by Lu Lin Zhou, Sabina Ampon-Wireko, Ebenezer Wireko Brobbey, Lamini Dauda, Joseph Owusu-Marfo, Arielle Doris Kachie Tetgoum

“…This is because an uncontrolled increase in healthcare expenses can push the nations to extreme poverty. The study examined the association between public health costs and macro-economic indicators within the emerging economies. …”
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Diogenes syndrome - causes and treatment of pathological hoarding and self neglect by Julia Czarnota-Kuczyńska, Katarzyna Cichoń, Małgorzata Chyćko, Natalia Trąbka, Gabriela Demidowicz, Martyna Younes, Nina Lasota, Wojciech Wiśniewski, Maciej Lambach, Klaudia Kowalczyk

“… Introduction Diogenes syndrome is a behavioral disorder typically described in physically neglected people living in extreme poverty, unsanitary conditions and self-imposed isolation, who often refuse outside help and tend to accumulate unusual objects. …”
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ICT4D Research: The Lame Duck of the Brazilian Academy of Management by Luiz Antonio Joia

“…Objectives: nearly 50% of people in developing countries suffer from extreme poverty. Consequently, a debate has emerged about the potential of ICT to improve socio-economic conditions prevailing in impoverished nations. …”
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