Aung San Suu Kyi : critic or bridge builder? by Cook, Alistair David Blair

“…Despite the release of Aung San Suu Kyi on 13 November 2010 following the controversial national elections in Myanmar, the key challenges faced by people remain to be extreme poverty and national reconciliation. What role can is there for her to address these challenges?…”
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Learning from success cases: ecological analysis of potential pathways to universal access to family planning care in low- and middle-income countries. [version 3; peer review: 2 a... by Franciele Hellwig, Aluisio JD Barros

“…We also explored contextual differences in terms of women’s empowerment, percentage of population living in extreme poverty, and share of each type of contraceptive. …”
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DIMENSIUNILE GLOBALE ALE FENOMENELOR GENERATE DE PROBLEMELE ALIMENTARE by Boită Marius

“…Thus, the increase of the number ofpeople covered by extreme poverty means a greater malnutrition, given that poor people eatless and are forced to buy cheaper and less nutritious food.…”
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Poverty in Ecuador: The effects of growth and inequality (2007-2017) by David Vásquez Corral

“…For the Ecuadorian economy, growth has proven to be strictly pro-poor at national level for the total period; however, for the 2013-2017 period, the evidence shows that, for extreme poverty, growth turned out to be anti-poor.…”
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Eating in New Spain, privileges and regrets of society in the XVIII century by Enriqueta Quiróz

“…Hence, the consumption of privileged sectors, workers, people in extreme poverty and indigenous groups can be identiied.…”
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PANORAMA GERAL DOS PROGRAMAS DE TRANSFERÊNCIA DE RENDA NA AMÉRICA LATINA E CARIBE by Maria Ozanira da Silva e Silva

“…In order to develop a general problematization about those programs, it was pointed out its main traces, highlighting its structural contribution and weakness to meet the central objective that is to fight poverty and extreme poverty. The search of information was in the sites and some documents, allowing stand out the importance of those programs in the field of the non contributive social protection in the ambit of the social policies in the Continent.…”
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Micro-credit and good governance: models of poverty alleviation by Hossain, Ishtiaq

“…After decades of economic development, extreme poverty still persists in all societies. Too much wealth is concentrated in too few hands. …”
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AWAKENING TO THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL STUDIES ONCE AGAIN by Cemil Öztürk

“…Since our organization Association for Social Studies Education Research (ASSE) and journal (JSSER) focus on social issues such as citizenship, poverty, social and economic equality and justice, we see extreme poverty as an important issue in the developing world. …”
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China’s Long War on Poverty by Carlos Martinez

“…In addition to discussing the recently concluded targeted poverty alleviation program, in which the CPC-led government achieved its goal of ending extreme poverty, the author discusses the anti-poverty measures taken during the various phases of the Chinese Revolution, including land reform in the liberated areas in the 1930s and 1940s; the period of initial socialist construction from 1949; reform and opening up from 1978; and the more recent measures aimed at building common prosperity. …”
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Carajás: crescimento do produto social, da pobreza e da degradação ambiental na Amazônia by Maurílio de Abreu Monteiro

“…A context in which, regionally, extreme poverty declined more slowly than at the national level, with, however, an increase in the intensity and severity of poverty and the number of poor people in the region.…”
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Fiscal Policy and Natural Resource Entitlements: Who Benefits from Mexican Oil? by Segal, P

“…I consider a fiscal reform that would ensure that every citizen received their oil entitlement, and in doing so would eliminate extreme poverty.…”

Left in the dark? Oil and rural poverty by Wills, S

“…We develop a measure that accurately identifies 74% of households as above or below the extreme poverty line when compared to over 600,000 household surveys. …”

A escrita da cidade partida: identidade e alteridade em Capão Pecado by Luciana Paiva Coronel

“…This area is characterized by violence and extreme poverty and it works as the headquarters of a movement of self-assurance of the have-nots. …”
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The Role of Microfinance in Poverty Reduction: Evidence from South Asia by Saira Ishfaq Ishfaq, Imran Khan, Tazeem Shah, Raja Jamil

“…A key finding is that microfinance reduces extreme poverty and literacy also plays a major in poverty reduction. …”
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O DIREITO EM CONTRADIÇÃO: direitos humanos, atuação estatal e população em situação de rua by Karoline Strapasson, Danielle Anne Pamplona

“…Extreme poverty is an intergenerational complex phenomenon resulting from the lack of opportunities, social, cultural and age elements which lead to dignity and human rights violations and promotes physical and moral oppression. …”
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Los pobres como agentes de su desarrollo, la lucha contra la pobreza y la exclusión desde lo local by Luis Portales

“…These poverty conditions are exacerbated in rural areas, which concentrate 70 % of population in extreme poverty globally. One of the main causes of this form of poverty is the socio-economic exclusion in which these people live. …”
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In Focus n° 3: Sana’a and Rapid Urbanization in some Short Stories by Muḥammad al‑Gharbī ‘Amrān  by Patrizia Zanelli

“…In other tales, he focuses on poverty and especially on extreme poverty, showing how socio‑economic inequalities in Yemen have increased due to free market economy.…”
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Tourism’s impact on human rights: Travel’s best souvenir a case study in Ngwe Saung, Myanmar by E. Pritchard, Ashley

“…Results show that tourism development reduced poverty significantly, elevating participants from extreme poverty to a level well above subsistence, unattainable without the jobs and income that tourism generated.…”
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Estimating national poverty rates and their effect on mortality: 129 countries, 1990–2013 by Dr. J Dieleman, PhD, T Templin, BA

“…Finally, our analysis shows that escaping extreme poverty, as currently defined as living at or below $1·25 per day, is not sufficient to produce great improvements in population health. …”
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Purchasing Decisions and Consumer Behavior in BoP- Albanian Reality by Irma SHYLE

“…The World Bank defines extreme poverty is living on less than $1.90 per day, whereas poverty is defined as living $2–$5.5 per day. …”
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