Food insecurity in households with persons with disabilities in a situation of extreme vulnerability in Brazil: A secondary cross-sectional analysisResearch in context by Ursula Viana Bagni, Alexia Vieira de Abreu Rodrigues, Eloah Costa de Sant’Anna Ribeiro, Rosana Salles-Costa, Aline Alves Ferreira

“…In Brazil, the Continuous Cash Benefit (In Portuguese, Benefício de Prestação Continuada - BPC) is the guarantee of a minimum wage for persons with disabilities as a measure to promote social security and access to income in a situation of extreme poverty. Thus, the objective of this study was to assess HFI among persons with disabilities in extreme poverty in Brazil. …”
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Engines of Innovation : The Entrepreneurial University in The Twenty-First Century / by Thorp, H. Holden, 1964-, author 516109, Goldstein, Buck, author 516110

“…They argue that universities must use their vast intellectual and financial resources to confront global challenges such as climate change, extreme poverty, childhood diseases, and an impending worldwide shortage of clean water. …”

Inequalities in complete childhood immunisation in Nepal: results from a population-based cross-sectional study by In Han Song, Elizabeth Palley, Madhu Sudhan Atteraya

“…The study hypothesised that social inequality factors (eg, gender of a child, age of mother, caste/ethnic affiliation, mother’s socioeconomic status, place of residence and other structural barrier factors such as living in extreme poverty and distance to health facility) affect the likelihood of children being immunised.Design Using gender of a child, age of mother, caste/ethnic affiliation, mother’s socioeconomic status, place of residence and other structural barrier factors such as living in extreme poverty and distance to health facility as independent variables, we performed bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses.Setting This study used data from the most recent nationally representative cross-sectional Nepal Demographic and Health Survey in 2016.Participants The analysis reviewed data from 1025 children aged 12–23 months old.Outcome measures The main outcome variable was childhood immunisation.Results Only 79.2% of children were fully immunised. …”
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Epidemiological panorama of type 2 diabetes in Mexico: differences by state and social determinants by Guadalupe Soto-Estrada, Laura Moreno-Altamirano, Naghielli Álvarez-Chombo, Juan J. García-García

“…The correlation showed that, the higher the level of extreme poverty, the higher the increase in mortality and the prevalence of T2DM. …”
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Modeling Years of Life Lost Due to COVID-19, Socioeconomic Status, and Nonpharmaceutical Interventions: Development of a Prediction Model by Jari John

“…Most urgently, the substantial increase in extreme poverty needs immediate attention. Avoiding a relatively minor number of 4 million unemployed, 1 million extremely poor, and 2 million students with a higher learning loss may save a similar amount of life years as saving 1 million people from dying from COVID-19. …”
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Democrazia e diritti sociali by Giuseppe Acocella

“…If, on the one hand, we are witness- ing the reduction of extreme poverty for large sections of the population, on the other hand, there is a significant increase in the gap between rich and poor. …”
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A participação brasileira na construção da paz em Guiné-Bissau by Clélia Virgínia Santos Piragibe

“…The instability of political and legal systems  as well as  extreme poverty characterize Guinea-Bissau as one of the most fragile African States nowadays. …”
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Un exil fort difficile, un retour tant espéré by Paolo Conte

“…They were driven to act in conditions of extreme poverty, which forced them to face new problems and set off unexpected professional trajectories.…”
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Ecology. Biodiversity conservation and the Millennium Development Goals. by Sachs, J, Baillie, J, Sutherland, W, Armsworth, P, Ash, N, Beddington, J, Blackburn, T, Collen, B, Gardiner, B, Gaston, K, Godfray, H, Green, R, Harvey, P, House, B, Knapp, S, Kümpel, N, Macdonald, D, Mace, G, Mallet, J, Matthews, A, May, R, Petchey, O, Purvis, A, Roe, D, Safi, K

“…Any near-term gains in reducing extreme poverty will be maintained only if environmental sustainability is also achieved.…”

RURAL FINANCING FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA: CONTEXT AND REALITY by Shobande, Olatunji Abdul

“…The rural home is the center of extreme poverty in Africa. Thus, increasing access to finance is not only a prerequisite for enhancing economic transformation but provide opportunity for agricultural development and financial inclusion of the poor. …”
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Health in Africa

“…Africa is undergoing a demographic transition1 that has led to significant reductions in the number of individuals living in extreme poverty, and to positive shifts in related health outcomes, across its diverse populations2. …”
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Poverty eradication in a carbon constrained world by Klaus Hubacek, Giovanni Baiocchi, Kuishuang Feng, Anand Patwardhan

“…Here, Hubacek et al. find that while ending extreme poverty does not jeopardize the climate target, moving everybody to a modest expenditure level increases required mitigation rate by 27%…”
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India's food security resilience: some tips for ASEAN? by Montesclaros, Jose Ma. Luis P.

“…What are the lessons for ASEAN member states, where extreme poverty increased by 4.7 million amid the pandemic?…”
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AMAZÔNIA MARANHENSE: campo de conflitos e interesses by Desni Lopes Almeida

“…Considers that marked by the strong presence of large estates, slave labor, violence against rural leadership and extreme poverty, the agrarian question in Maranhão is a synthesis of the agrarian reality in the country.…”
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La nouvelle carte du Québec : illustration de la nation ? by Frédéric Lasserre

“…This parallels the extreme poverty of cartographic representation of Québec. …”
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Deuteronomium 15:1-18 en die uitroei van armoede in (Suid) Afrika by E H Scheffler

“…In view of the available resources in the world, it is concluded that through a re-appropriation of the basic values undergirding the biblical text and applying the measures prescribed by present day �clinical economics�, it is probable that extreme poverty can be eradicated in the foreseeable future or at least be largely reduced.…”
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Tant qu’on a la santé… c’est pire ! by Yann Benoist

“…Yet for those in situations of extreme poverty, it is sometimes preferable to be in poor health as illness confers access to social services. …”
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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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Exploring trust in religious leaders and institutions as a mechanism for improving retention in child malnutrition interventions in the Philippines: a retrospective cohort study by Lincoln Leehang Lau, Warren Dodd, Han Lily Qu, Donald C Cole

“…Various measures of social capital, including trust in religious and public institutions, were not associated with WHZ at the end of the programme.Conclusions Leveraging pre-existing trust in religious leaders and institutions among households experiencing extreme poverty is one way that ICM, and potentially other FBOs, can promote retention in child nutrition interventions among vulnerable populations.…”
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