Poverty and social exclusion have recently been measured in a major British study - the Poverty and
Social Exclusion Survey (PSE). This is one of the largest poverty surveys ever carried out in Britain.
Many people were involved in this work and this paper describes the combined efforts of researchers
at the University of Bristol, a team at the University of York and at the Universities of
Loughborough and Heriot Watt. The survey itself was carried out by the Office for National
Statistics - in particular, the Omnibus Team and staff involved in the General Household Survey
(GHS). The survey is of a particularly high quality because it was carried out as a follow-up to the
GHS which has the highest response rates of any government social survey.
Source:http//bris.ac.uk/poverty/pse
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Role of Non Profit base companies regarding Poverty
Conservation through Poverty Alleviation International is a member of the Fair Trade Federation. Please visit Suraka to buy wild silk products from Madagascar, India, SE Asia and Africa.
Conservation through Poverty Alleviation International (CPALI) is a US- based non-profit organization that works to identify, develop and implement new means of income generation for poor farmers living in areas of high biodiversity or conservation value. CPALI's goal is to build broad-based partnerships among conservation and development organizations businesses, governments and local communities that work to introduce new ways that rural farmers can profit from sustainable use of natural resources. We are currently working in Madagascar because its unique biological heritage - 90% of its flora and fauna are found nowhere else in the world - is critically endangered by habitat destruction and innovative approaches are needed to stem its loss.
CPALI Mission: To contribute to natural resource conservation by developing integrated, small enterprise systems that link the livelihoods of farm families and communities to the maintenance of natural ecosystems.
Vision: Effective strategies for managing natural resources integrate the livelihood needs of rural communities in ways that alleviate poverty and contribute to long-term conservation of natural ecosystems.
Objectives:
o To develop working models for integrated, small scale, enterprise systems that link rural livelihoods to natural resource conservation.
o To build long-term partnerships with conservation organizations, local communities, government agencies and the private sector in pursuit of conservation goals.
o To design and implement rigorous methods for monitoring and assessing the effectiveness of CPALI's activities to improve human livelihoods and conserve resources.
o Develop management guidelines, services and products that are essential for natural resourcebased, indigenous business systems.
o To apply CPALI's integrated business models to a broad range of conservation sites and products.
Source:http://CPALI.org
Conservation through Poverty Alleviation International (CPALI) is a US- based non-profit organization that works to identify, develop and implement new means of income generation for poor farmers living in areas of high biodiversity or conservation value. CPALI's goal is to build broad-based partnerships among conservation and development organizations businesses, governments and local communities that work to introduce new ways that rural farmers can profit from sustainable use of natural resources. We are currently working in Madagascar because its unique biological heritage - 90% of its flora and fauna are found nowhere else in the world - is critically endangered by habitat destruction and innovative approaches are needed to stem its loss.
CPALI Mission: To contribute to natural resource conservation by developing integrated, small enterprise systems that link the livelihoods of farm families and communities to the maintenance of natural ecosystems.
Vision: Effective strategies for managing natural resources integrate the livelihood needs of rural communities in ways that alleviate poverty and contribute to long-term conservation of natural ecosystems.
Objectives:
o To develop working models for integrated, small scale, enterprise systems that link rural livelihoods to natural resource conservation.
o To build long-term partnerships with conservation organizations, local communities, government agencies and the private sector in pursuit of conservation goals.
o To design and implement rigorous methods for monitoring and assessing the effectiveness of CPALI's activities to improve human livelihoods and conserve resources.
o Develop management guidelines, services and products that are essential for natural resourcebased, indigenous business systems.
o To apply CPALI's integrated business models to a broad range of conservation sites and products.
Source:http://CPALI.org
Povert & Health and Death rates
New studies from Britian and Michigan add further proof that poverty itself is a cause of some of the most serious hardships faced by the poor, both damaging their health and limiting their opportunities to create better lives.
Earlier studies reported in the Monitor showed that poverty is an birth risk with infant mortality 60 percent higher than average, and that poverty and early learning opportunities -- not race -- also account for the IQ gap touted in books such as "The Bell Curve." The new research papers found that poverty is a major cause of mental illness and also leads to early death.
Death rates are higher in cities where the gap between rich and poor is wide, than in cities with more equitable income distribution, regardless of per capita income levels, according to results of a new study.
Source: http:// albionmonitor.com/9808a/povertydeath.html
How Can we Estimate Poverty
There are various ways of estimating poverty: monetary poverty is expressed in (absolute or relative) economic terms; human poverty relies on social indicators; social exclusion broadly implies marginalization (involving political considerations).
There are six billion people in the world: 2.9 billion of them live on less that two dollars a day and 1.2 billion live on less than one dollar a day. In Egypt, 3.1 percent of the population survive on less than a dollar a day, and 52.7 percent live on less than two dollars (1). How can you compare a dollar’s worth of goods worldwide? And how can you estimate poverty, with its broad economic, social and political dimensions?
Absolute monetary poverty indicators: Estimating poverty in terms of purchasing power is one of the most common measures of poverty. Thresholds, called poverty lines, are built on the pricing of a basket of goods that would satisfy a person’s basic nutrition needs .
Relative monetary poverty indicators: Absolute poverty measurements give no indication as to the relative position of the poor.
Social indicators and human poverty: Monetary poverty indicators, represented by income or consumption, do not express the true dimensions of destitution.
Poverty as a denial of human rights: Human poverty means that people cannot lead a secure existence, make use of opportunities, have choices, freedom, dignity and self-respect, or have access to resources needed for a decent standard of living.
Source: http:// grida.no/publications/et/ep1/page/2507.aspx
There are six billion people in the world: 2.9 billion of them live on less that two dollars a day and 1.2 billion live on less than one dollar a day. In Egypt, 3.1 percent of the population survive on less than a dollar a day, and 52.7 percent live on less than two dollars (1). How can you compare a dollar’s worth of goods worldwide? And how can you estimate poverty, with its broad economic, social and political dimensions?
Absolute monetary poverty indicators: Estimating poverty in terms of purchasing power is one of the most common measures of poverty. Thresholds, called poverty lines, are built on the pricing of a basket of goods that would satisfy a person’s basic nutrition needs .
Relative monetary poverty indicators: Absolute poverty measurements give no indication as to the relative position of the poor.
Social indicators and human poverty: Monetary poverty indicators, represented by income or consumption, do not express the true dimensions of destitution.
Poverty as a denial of human rights: Human poverty means that people cannot lead a secure existence, make use of opportunities, have choices, freedom, dignity and self-respect, or have access to resources needed for a decent standard of living.
Source: http:// grida.no/publications/et/ep1/page/2507.aspx
Poverty Called ROOT Cause
A collapsing economy that is especially dangerous for children has ignited a massive strike in Conakry, the capital of Guinea.
Demanding higher wages and lower prices for fuel and rice, unions have organized widespread demonstrations. Many students, frustrated by the interruption of their year-end final exams, have joined the street protests. According to media reports, at least 18 people have been killed in clashes between demonstrators and security forces.
UNICEF Representative in Guinea Marcel Rudasingwa says poverty is the underlying cause of the strike, now in its seventh day.
“We can summarize the root cause of all the social problems in Guinea to high levels of poverty,” said Mr. Rudasingwa. “Poverty affects not only households in general, but children in particular. Today, about 63 per cent of Guinea’s people are living under the poverty line, and that classifies Guinea as one of the poorest countries of sub-Saharan Africa.”
Souce: http:// unicef.org/infobycountry/guinea_34543.html
Demanding higher wages and lower prices for fuel and rice, unions have organized widespread demonstrations. Many students, frustrated by the interruption of their year-end final exams, have joined the street protests. According to media reports, at least 18 people have been killed in clashes between demonstrators and security forces.
UNICEF Representative in Guinea Marcel Rudasingwa says poverty is the underlying cause of the strike, now in its seventh day.
“We can summarize the root cause of all the social problems in Guinea to high levels of poverty,” said Mr. Rudasingwa. “Poverty affects not only households in general, but children in particular. Today, about 63 per cent of Guinea’s people are living under the poverty line, and that classifies Guinea as one of the poorest countries of sub-Saharan Africa.”
Souce: http:// unicef.org/infobycountry/guinea_34543.html
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