There is less than a decade left to accomplish the goal of ending global poverty by 2030.This paper investigates global poverty dynamics and finds a shift in the world's poverty gravity center from South Asia to A...There is less than a decade left to accomplish the goal of ending global poverty by 2030.This paper investigates global poverty dynamics and finds a shift in the world's poverty gravity center from South Asia to Africa in the period 1990–2015.Sub-Saharan Africa has become the main battlefield for poverty reduction in the world.Global poverty reduction has been accompanied by political instability and local conflicts,economic marginalization,rural decline,and natural hazards as well as climate change which are jointly impacting the least developed areas and making the world's poverty reduction vulnerable to external shocks.The"STAR"scheme,including maintaining political stability,promoting targeted poverty alleviation,implementing regular assessments of poverty reduction initiatives,and revitalizing rural and poverty-stricken areas,is proposed with specific measures to enhance the resilience capacity of poverty alleviation in the world.展开更多
Special attention needs to be paid to achieve the world’s poverty reduction goal by 2030 in less than ten-year time.The paper aims to investigate the multidimensional poverty in South Asia in the period 2003-2019.It ...Special attention needs to be paid to achieve the world’s poverty reduction goal by 2030 in less than ten-year time.The paper aims to investigate the multidimensional poverty in South Asia in the period 2003-2019.It constructs the Multidimensional Poverty Index(MPI)by selecting ten indicators in the fields of health,education and living standards.The research results show that the MPI of South Asia decreases in the research period.Poor people in South Asian countries are still facing several forms of deprivation while cooking fuel,sanitation,housing,nutrition and years of schooling are the main restrictive factors to poverty reduction in this region.Pakistan,India and Bangladesh face the worst poverty situation in terms of health,education and living standards.Targeted poverty alleviation and resilient poverty reduction are proposed in the paper to improve the poverty reduction efficiency and individual/regional capacity against risks to avoid returning to poverty.展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.41771191。
文摘There is less than a decade left to accomplish the goal of ending global poverty by 2030.This paper investigates global poverty dynamics and finds a shift in the world's poverty gravity center from South Asia to Africa in the period 1990–2015.Sub-Saharan Africa has become the main battlefield for poverty reduction in the world.Global poverty reduction has been accompanied by political instability and local conflicts,economic marginalization,rural decline,and natural hazards as well as climate change which are jointly impacting the least developed areas and making the world's poverty reduction vulnerable to external shocks.The"STAR"scheme,including maintaining political stability,promoting targeted poverty alleviation,implementing regular assessments of poverty reduction initiatives,and revitalizing rural and poverty-stricken areas,is proposed with specific measures to enhance the resilience capacity of poverty alleviation in the world.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(42171208)Alliance of Poverty Reduction and Development(ANSO-PA-2020-16)。
文摘Special attention needs to be paid to achieve the world’s poverty reduction goal by 2030 in less than ten-year time.The paper aims to investigate the multidimensional poverty in South Asia in the period 2003-2019.It constructs the Multidimensional Poverty Index(MPI)by selecting ten indicators in the fields of health,education and living standards.The research results show that the MPI of South Asia decreases in the research period.Poor people in South Asian countries are still facing several forms of deprivation while cooking fuel,sanitation,housing,nutrition and years of schooling are the main restrictive factors to poverty reduction in this region.Pakistan,India and Bangladesh face the worst poverty situation in terms of health,education and living standards.Targeted poverty alleviation and resilient poverty reduction are proposed in the paper to improve the poverty reduction efficiency and individual/regional capacity against risks to avoid returning to poverty.
