A poverty measurement tool for organizations and businesses with a mission to serve the poor. Statistically-sound, yet simple to use: the answers to 10 questions
The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a given country. In practice, like the definition of poverty,
«Poverty is defined relative to the standards of living in a society at a specific time. People live in poverty when they are denied an
Successful plans to fight poverty require country ownership and broad based support from the public in order to succeed. A PRSP contains an assessment of
The fact or an instance of feeling the lack of something. (source: http://www.wordreference.com/definition/need)
The Gini coefficient measures the inequality among values of a frequency distribution (for example levels of income). A Gini coefficient of zero expresses perfect equality,
Sub-populations socially excluded from global society. (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_World)
The unavailability of banking services to people living in poverty. It is believed to be one factor preventing poor people from exiting poverty, by forcing
Energy poverty is a lack of access to modern energy services. These services are defined as household access to electricity and clean cooking facilities (e.g.
Lacking in the basic resources or conditions (as standard housing, medical and educational facilities, and civil rights) believed to be necessary for an equal position
Se ha ampliado la temática de este blog, inicialmente creado para informar sobre microfinanza y microempresa, para comentar temas medioambientales acuciantes tales como el cambio climático, la contaminación y la extinción de especies.
El glosario trilingüe sobre microfinanza y microempresa sigue estando disponible y próximamente se publicará uno específico para términos medioambientales.
Las personas interesadas en las microfinanzas pueden acceder a noticias en la página de Facebook Microfinance News
Las personas interesadas en el cambio climático pueden acceder a noticias en la página de facebook Climate Change News
Muchas gracias por leer este blog.
