Enjeu éthique d’une ontologie de la différence. La situation de handicap comme question sociale et politique by Fred Poché

“…Second, the limits of the «fragile» or «vulnerable», constantly sed today to describe people living in extreme «poverty» or «disability» words listed. This analysis allows finally, think of a philosophical view able to redefine politics. …”
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Une Haïtienne-Américaine en quête de mémoire à Haïti dans “The Missing Peace” d’Edwidge Danticat by Diane Sabatier

“…This research aims to understand the content of identity and memory struggles that cross the quests of the two main female characters, all the more so when they are done through the writing in exile of its author and in the unstable context of the Caribbean, and more particularly of Haïti, victims of natural disasters and of a painful human history marked by colonization, slavery, dictatorships and extreme poverty.…”
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Encountering the 'ghetto' by Christhard Hoffmann

“…Analysing these accounts, the present article discusses the different depictions of Warsaw’s Jews thematically and identifies three interwoven perspectives of the ‘ghetto’: as a site of extreme poverty; as a foreign (‘oriental’) element in Europe; and as an archetype of Jewish life in general.…”
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From Pronasol to Oportunidades: social policy and enduring poverty in México / De Pronasol a Oportunidades: política social y persistencia de la pobreza en México by Félix Acosta Díaz

“…After almost fifteen years of social policies, extreme poverty has become an enduring problem in Mexico. …”
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An insight into the actual socio-economic situation of Romania by Szabó Béla

“…Approximately half of the population experiences some degree of poverty while 10% live in extreme poverty (according to a report made by the Ministry of Labor, Social Solidarity and Family - MLSSF). …”
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In-silico identification of linear B-cell epitopes in specific proteins of Bartonella bacilliformis for the serological diagnosis of Carrion's disease. by Victor Jimenez-Vasquez, Karen Daphne Calvay-Sanchez, Yanina Zarate-Sulca, Giovanna Mendoza-Mujica

“…Additionally, the pathogenicity of B. bacilliformis involves an initial infection of erythrocytes and the further infection of endothelial cells, which mainly affects children and expectant women from extreme poverty rural areas. Therefore, the implementation of serological diagnostic methods and the development of candidate vaccines for the control of CD could be facilitated by the prediction of linear b-cell epitopes in specific proteins of B. bacilliformis by bioinformatics analysis. …”
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Predictors of Social and Educational Mobility in Mexican Recipients of a Governmental Welfare Program: A Psychosocial Approach by Joaquina Palomar-Lever, Amparo Victorio-Estrada

“…The aim of this study is to identify the factors predicting social and educational mobility in persons living in extreme poverty in Mexico by analyzing a broad set of personal, familial, educational and social variables. …”
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Attainment of MDGs through tourism in the Central African sub-region: Implications for local economic development in Cameroon by Albert N. Kimbu

“… This paper examines the role and contribution of tourism to local economic development and in the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals one and seven dealing with extreme poverty alleviation and environmental sustainability in the biodiversity endowed Central African subregion. …”
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Poverty levels and children's health status: study of risk factors in an urban population of low socioeconomic level by Issler Roberto M.S., Giugliani Elsa R.J., Kreutz Guilherme T., Meneses Clarice F., Justo Elisa B., Kreutz Valerie M., Pires Milton

“…Children from families living in extreme poverty (poorest quartile) were found to have higher infant mortality rate, lower birth weights, more hospitalizations, and higher malnutrition rates, in addition to belonging to more numerous families. …”
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After the Millennium Development Goals. Remarks on the ethical assessment of global poverty reduction success by Teppo Eskelinen

“…Statistics show that most of the goals were met, and particularly success in the goal of reducing extreme poverty (MDG1) gained wide recognition. Despite the strong ethical language related to poverty reduction, there has been little analysis of the ethical significance of the MDG achievements. …”
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Globalisasi dan Keberagamaan di Asia: Pemikiran Kwok Pui-Lan—Teologi Poskolonial Feminis Asia by Odniel Hakim Gultom

“…In the context of Asia with a diversity of religious and extreme poverty, how theology can provide a role in public life. …”
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EATING THE LOUSE AND ITS LARVA! THE INDIGNITY OF POVERTY AS EMBEDDED WITHIN SELECTED AFRICAN AND OLD TESTAMENT PROVERBS by Madipoane Masenya

“…<p>Go hloka le pudi ya leleme le letala, ie, to lack even a green-tongued goat, is an African idiom which reveals extreme poverty for one who lacks such a goat. Such a person “eats a louse and uses its larva as relish!” …”
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Training the trainers: an interview with Carol Ibe on the importance of building networks for agricultural research in African countries

“…From Nigeria, Carol understands the urgent need to develop the right capacity to advance bioscience education, research, and innovation to eradicate hunger, malnutrition, and extreme poverty in Africa. This led her to set up the JR Biotek Foundation, a non-profit organisation that is providing Africa-based early-career agricultural researchers with the right skillset and opportunities to improve widely consumed crop varieties in African countries, and to foster links between the lab and market to support smallholder farmers in the region. …”
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MODEL FOR MEASURING LEVELS OF POVERTY IN ARGENTINA by Fernandez, María José

“…It is determined degrees of poverty and extreme poverty taking into account the household income and the valuation of the basic food basket and the total basic basket.…”
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Phthiriasis palpebrarum presenting as anterior blepharitis by Taskin Khan

“…Higher prevalence could be related to rapid urbanization, overcrowding, and extreme poverty. The health-care providers and policymakers should give more merit to this not so uncommon disease having high morbidity.…”
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The effects of remittances on poverty alleviation in developing countries by Ow, Celine Shu Han, Tan, Wei Yan Jocelyn, Tan, Yixin

“…Most importantly, consistent findings indicate that remittances help alleviate poverty in the moderate poverty group, while the same effect is insignificant in the extreme poverty group. The results are robust to the use of varying instruments and endogeneity issues are also addressed.…”
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Skills development and international development agenda setting: lessons from an intervention in northern Nigeria by Bano, M

“…Based on prolonged fieldwork with a particularly marginalised community of children and young adults in the northern Nigerian state of Kano, this article shows how in contexts of extreme poverty the demand for skills training can supersede that for basic education. …”

The problem with yuppie ethics by Gabriel, I

“…It holds that rich people are morally permitted to spend large amounts of money on themselves, even when this means leaving those living in extreme poverty unaided. Against this view, I demonstrate that personal permissions are limited in certain ways: their strength must be continuous with the reasons put forward to explain their presence inside morality to begin with. …”

MY SAY: The making of ‘bottom millionaires’ by Abd Razak, Dzulkifli

“…The eradication of extreme poverty was one of the eight goals the UN adopted at a summit of 189 nations in 2000. …”
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STRIVING for INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT : FROM PANGKOR TO A MODERN MALAYSIAN STATE / by Nazrin Shah Ibni Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah, Raja, author

“…One response by the government was the start of redistributive policies and aggressive affirmative action, with the launch of the New Economic Policy in 1971.0Almost 50 years later, sustained rapid economic growth and a modernizing economy have led to fast-rising incomes, the ending of extreme poverty and the emergence of a sizeable middle class, despite setbacks during financial and economic crises.0?…”