Poverty analysis

Measuring the poverty status of the elderly in comparison with that of other age or population groups is complex, Most elderly live in multigenerational households, which raises such conceptual issues as whether it is of interest to measure the income or assets attributed to the elderly or those of the entire household, and practical issues about how litUe data from household surveys are actually available at the individual level. In practice, much poverty analysis (see appendix A) divides total consumption by household size to arrive at per capita household consumption. 

Understanding the causes of poverty and vulnerability is of paramount importance to select policies and programs that can reduce or eliminate poverty, including safety nets. In general, poverty is generated by a lack of assets, uninsured exposure to shocks, or a combination of these factors. Poverty analysis and risk and vulnerability analysis will inform the choice of intervention whether to use a safety net program and which type of safety net program would be more appropriate. 

Poverty analysis. Provides information on the level, severity, and depth of poverty describes the characteristics of the poor and identifies the factors associated with poverty. When repeated over time, poverty analysis depicts the trends, duration, and dynamics of poverty among particular groups. 

Risk and vulnerability analysis. Complements poverty analysis by providing insights into the risks the poor face, as well as the size and characteristics of the population at risk of becoming poor in the event of a shock. 

Hseih, C. C. and Pugh, M. D. (1993), Poverty, income inequality, and violent crime a meta-analysis of recent aggregate data studies , Criminal Justice Review, 18, 182-202. 

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The demographic shifts in life expectancy gains further complicate any analysis of the sources of longer life. To identify the specific role of pharmaceuticals in this remarkable trend, we focus on empirical research based on data from the last 20-30 years. The role of pharmaceutical products is not obvious, however, because of simultaneously increased average income, decreased poverty, greater and faster access to medical facilities, and improved training for health professionals, all of which combine with access to new and improved pharmaceutical products to yield longer life. 

Using data on health care and pharmaceutical expenditures in the United States as well as various state-level sociodemographic measures (income, poverty, and ethnic distribution), Cremieux et al. (2001) found a significant association between pharmaceutical spending and infant mortality. Methodologically, the analysis was similar to that of Freeh and Miller (1999) however, instead of cross-sectional data on a small number of countries, the data used in this paper include 17 years of data from 50 states, resulting in a sample size 20 times larger than that of Freeh and Miller. 

Ideally, one would like to know the number or proportion of voucher recipients whom the scheme protects from becoming impoverished or the reduction in income inequalities in health outcomes. This is known as poverty impact analysis. In practice, these outcomes can be very difficult to measure because of the need to simultaneously measure changes in the health status of subgroups within a population as well as within the population as a whole and to demonstrate that differences among subgroups were caused by the program. 

World Bank. No date. Reading List for Incidence Analysis Poverty Impact Analysis. Washington, DC. 

This microscopic analysis of science and its applications emanates from several valid concerns the role of science in the development and extensive use of lethal weapons the continued existence of widespread poverty, with over a billion people in the world remaining virtually untouched by the benefits of modern S T and the threat of serious environmental externalities from unprecedented levels of production and consumption of goods and services. 

Successful forensic trace evidence analysis is characterized by the ability to locate, collect, manipulate, identify, and compare microscopic particles. However, sample poverty is common in legal investigations. The sample size is frequently limited, and oftentimes only a portion of the sample can be used, pending the need for additional analysis. This places a further burden on the analyst, techniques, or instruments used. Accordingly, microscopy is the first choice for most forensic examinations. 

The economic analysis also simulates the impact of the program s transfer element on consumption poverty and predicts that poverty falls by about 2.5 percent using a poverty line of either US 1 or US 2 per day. This is an upper bound of the short-run effect. If households save and invest any of the transfer, or if they reduce the number of hours they work, the immediate poverty impact will be lower. If the investments yield a return, the long-run effects on poverty reduction may be higher (World Bank 2006a). 

Comparing the benefit and cost figures, the authors estimate a ratio of benefits to costs of 1.59, which is high by traditional benefit-cost ratio standards and suggests that the CCT is worth its cost. This ratio also means that, even if the assumptions used in this model are imperfect, costs would need to increase 59 percent relative to benefits in order to reach a point where the benefits do not Justify the costs. It should be noted that this analysis does not consider other benefits, such as decrease in poverty or inequality that results from the transfer. 

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