Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Poverty" in English language version.
In the mortality belt of the European former Soviet Union, an aggressive health policy intervention might have prevented tens of thousands of excess deaths, or at least generated a different perception of Western intentions. Instead, Western self-congratulatory triumphalism, the political priority to irreversibly destroy the communist system, and the desire to integrate East European economies into the capitalist world at any cost took precedence.
So, what is the balance sheet of transition? Only three or at most five or six countries could be said to be on the road to becoming a part of the rich and (relatively) stable capitalist world. Many of the other countries are falling behind, and some are so far behind that they cannot aspire to go back to the point where they were when the Wall fell for several decades.
any strategy by India to haul its massive population out of poverty must necessarily include measures to provide UHC nationwide.
Alongside ambitious investment in schooling girls (and more broadly, of course, all children), priority should be given to making high-quality family-planning services available to every woman on the planet, while economic, geographic, and cultural barriers to access should be removed. The combination of institutional support to plan one's child-bearing choices and educational attainment, including enhanced opportunity for higher education for women, yields immediate fertility declines.
Alongside ambitious investment in schooling girls (and more broadly, of course, all children), priority should be given to making high-quality family-planning services available to every woman on the planet, while economic, geographic, and cultural barriers to access should be removed. The combination of institutional support to plan one's child-bearing choices and educational attainment, including enhanced opportunity for higher education for women, yields immediate fertility declines.
I would pursue my recommendations of years ago for a negative income tax.
any strategy by India to haul its massive population out of poverty must necessarily include measures to provide UHC nationwide.
Alongside ambitious investment in schooling girls (and more broadly, of course, all children), priority should be given to making high-quality family-planning services available to every woman on the planet, while economic, geographic, and cultural barriers to access should be removed. The combination of institutional support to plan one's child-bearing choices and educational attainment, including enhanced opportunity for higher education for women, yields immediate fertility declines.
any strategy by India to haul its massive population out of poverty must necessarily include measures to provide UHC nationwide.
Alongside ambitious investment in schooling girls (and more broadly, of course, all children), priority should be given to making high-quality family-planning services available to every woman on the planet, while economic, geographic, and cultural barriers to access should be removed. The combination of institutional support to plan one's child-bearing choices and educational attainment, including enhanced opportunity for higher education for women, yields immediate fertility declines.
Data source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2024)
This data is adjusted for inflation and for differences in the cost of living between countries. Income here is measured after taxes and benefits. – Data source: Luxembourg Income Study (2024) – This data is measured in international-$ at 2017 prices. Income has been equivalized.
So, what is the balance sheet of transition? Only three or at most five or six countries could be said to be on the road to becoming a part of the rich and (relatively) stable capitalist world. Many of the other countries are falling behind, and some are so far behind that they cannot aspire to go back to the point where they were when the Wall fell for several decades.
any strategy by India to haul its massive population out of poverty must necessarily include measures to provide UHC nationwide.
Alongside ambitious investment in schooling girls (and more broadly, of course, all children), priority should be given to making high-quality family-planning services available to every woman on the planet, while economic, geographic, and cultural barriers to access should be removed. The combination of institutional support to plan one's child-bearing choices and educational attainment, including enhanced opportunity for higher education for women, yields immediate fertility declines.
"If, in 1987–1988, 2 percent of the Russian people lived in poverty (i.e., survived on less than $4 a day), by 1993–1995 the number reached 50 percent: in just seven years half the Russian population became destitute.
Data source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2024)
This data is adjusted for inflation and for differences in the cost of living between countries. Income here is measured after taxes and benefits. – Data source: Luxembourg Income Study (2024) – This data is measured in international-$ at 2017 prices. Income has been equivalized.
I would pursue my recommendations of years ago for a negative income tax.
wealth tax ... income could be used to set up a restitution fund to help alleviate the worst poverty.
any strategy by India to haul its massive population out of poverty must necessarily include measures to provide UHC nationwide.
