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Nikischer, Andrea B. "Social class and the STEM career pipeline an ethnographic investigation of opportunity structures in a high-poverty versus affluent high school." Thesis, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3598726.

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<p> This research investigates science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) high school opportunity structures, including student experiences with math and science course sequences and progress, college guidance and counseling, and STEM extracurricular activities (Weis and Eisenhart, 2009), specifically related to STEM fields and career and college choice, for top-performing math and science students. Differences in these structures and processes as they play out in two representative high schools that vary by social class and racial/ethnic makeup are examined. This comparative ethn

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Walls, Tameka Ivory. "Poverty, Food Insecurity, and Obesity Among Urban and Rural Populations." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3215.

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Over 17 million food-insecure households are associated with increasing obesity rates across the United States. Although food insecurity and obesity are distinct social concerns, the two are linked and may be influenced by poverty and geographic location. Public health authorities and state leaders responsible for the health and nutrition of rural populations in particular would benefit from this information. The purpose of this quantitative cross-sectional study was to examine whether poverty mediated the relationship between food insecurity and obesity among urban and rural adults. The study

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Avalos, Deborah Anne. "Poverty and the public school system: Student persistence from elementary school to college graduation." Scholarly Commons, 2013. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/18.

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Children living in poverty are at an elevated risk for academic, behavioral and emotional problems compared with children who are in the middle and upper classes (Kim-Cohen et al., 2004). Students living in poverty generally have fewer opportunities in schools as schools are less likely to offer rigorous curriculum or advanced classes for poor children (Burney & Belike, 2008). ). Education can be a sufficient route out of poverty for young people (2009). However, since the 1970's researchers found that family income is a major detriment to higher educational attainment (Jencks 1972; Kelly 1995

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Kardos, Bogata. "Problematizing Discourse on Poverty and Social Justice : A critical analysis of the knowledge production of SDG education materials in the context of Nord Anglia Education." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-189769.

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Education has an important role in working towards equity and social justice. Education is assigned the role to balance out inequalities in education, and to provide people with opportunity for social mobility. This thesis seeks to critically explore international curricula in the context of an international private school company. The theoretical framework of this study is drawn on moral philosophy (Pogge), intersectionality and transnational feminist theory (Mohanty and Nancy Fraser), and previous critical knowledge on globalisation, international schools, social inequality and social justic

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Lee, Grace. "The Politics of Head Start, the Most Popular Survivor of the War on Poverty." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2017. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1517.

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Head Start began in 1965 as a part of the War on Poverty led by President Lyndon B. Johnson. After more than 50 years, it has remained as one of the most popular government social programs with support from across the political spectrum. However, there have been mixed results regarding the effectiveness of Head Start in participants' educational gains. Despite the mixed research, Head Start has continued to receive support by the public and both political parties throughout the decades. While there are disagreements on reforms to be made to Head Start, there has been increasing agreement aroun

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Neal, Melissa F. "Evaluating the School Performance of Elementary and Middle School Children of Incarcerated Parents." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2009. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1888.

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Children of incarcerated parents are at significantly increased risk of negative long-term outcomes. With about 1% of the adult population incarcerated, the United States has millions of children at risk for these negative outcomes. Research on this population is increasing; however, it is still unclear whether children of incarcerated parents are at an increased risk for poor school performance as a specific result of parental incarceration above that associated with their social and economic status. Because parental incarceration may result in a variety of outcomes that can negatively impact

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Hollingshead, Samuel McKinley. "A Qualitative Assessment of the Perceptions of Teachers Concerning How Economically Disadvantaged Students at White Pine School Are Being Served." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1488.

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The purpose of this qualitative study was to assess teacher perception of how economically disadvantaged students at White Pine School were being served. The results of this study may help educators at White Pine School determine how to support and improve learning conditions for economically disadvantaged students. Data collection techniques included individual interviews, focus group interviews, and document review. The following conditions were discovered in relation to economically disadvantaged students: positive home-school relationships; desire to become a full-service school; limited p

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Pettigrew, Eydie J. "A Study of the Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Student Achievement in a Rural East Tennessee School System." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2009. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1844.

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The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of socioeconomic status on academic achievement as measured by the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program Achievement Test and the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program Writing Assessment. The population consisted of 8th grade students enrolled in 4 elementary schools in a rural school system in Tennessee. Data were analyzed for the population of the 2006-2007 academic school year. A 2-way analysis of variance model was used to compare the means among the schools, the means between economically disadvantaged students and those who we

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Johnson, Kathy A. "The Association between Socioeconomic Status and High School Mathematics Scores and Enrollment Rates in Virginia Public Schools." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2008. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1919.

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The purpose of this study was to determine if socioeconomic status for the ethnic groups of white, black, Hispanic, and Asian is a significant indicator of mathematical performance and student participation in higher level courses. The SOL test scores of all high school mathematics students in Virginia for the 2005-2006 school year, their ethnic group membership, and their economically disadvantaged classification were as used to determine if such an association exists. Data provided by the Virginia Department of Education consisted of 113,786 Algebra I scores, 95,898 Geometry scores, and 68,9

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Ikenberry, Susan J. "Math, Class, and Katrina Aftermath: The Impact of Experiences Teaching Mathematics to Low-income Middle School Students on Middle-income Teachers’ Pedagogical Strategies." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2014. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1925.

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Despite a century of educational reforms, no matter how achievement is measured, learning and opportunity gaps can still be predicted by race and socioeconomic status. Teachers and schools are blamed for functioning to reproduce social inequality. This study investigated teacher agency and transformative potentials. It considered how teachers modified their pedagogical practices when teaching low-income and high-poverty students. In order to capture teacher beliefs and logic, a qualitative approach was used involving in-depth interviews of a small number of participants. The research used

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Ross, K. B. "Directors’ perceptions of parent involvement in the Early Head Start and Sure Start early intervention programs : a cross-Atlantic study." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2010. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:bcc8f285-082e-47e5-8194-3c5c2d8093ba.

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This research is a cross-Atlantic study of Sure Start and Early Head Start program directors' perceptions of parent involvement in their early intervention programs, with a focus on the provision and take-up of parenting and employability-focused services. The review of the literature, which informed the survey design and the later data chapters, focuses on poverty and parenting, working parents, welfare reform, and early intervention programs, including early childhood education and care policies in England and the United States. Data was collected via an online survey, administered to all th

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Bennett, Robert M. "The Poverty Attributions of Professional Social Workers." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1275349227.

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Gillespie, Philip Norman. "Poverty and the partnership process : the case of the Third European Anti-Poverty Programme in Northern Ireland." Thesis, University of Ulster, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.245803.

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Khuluq, Lathiful. "Democracy, participation, and empowerment: poverty alleviation programs in Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia." Thesis, McGill University, 2009. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=32533.

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Abstract Keywords: poverty; micro credit; good governance; international social work; Indonesia. Indonesia has experienced a shift from authoritarianism to democracy since the late 1990s. After the severe economic crisis of 1997, which ultimately forced Soeharto to relinquish power, Indonesia embarked on a more liberal and participatory form of democracy. To overcome the economic and social crisis that caused many to fall into poverty, the new government administration launched a number of poverty allevia

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Daniels, Christine Gaynore. "An analysis of policies and strategies to reduce poverty." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20113.

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Thesis (MEd)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this thesis I analyse policies and strategies to reduce poverty through education, and the focus is on global and national policies and strategies and I conduct a small-scale investigation into policies and strategies that exist at a local level (local is the Cape Winelands District Municipality). Poverty is one of the core problems facing many South Africans, and by using critical theory as my research methodology I present a different way of thinking about poverty. Education, just like poverty, is a complex concept because

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Sajan, Virgi Zainul. "Mozambican girls living with poverty speak out: a case of using participatory methodologies with very young adolescent girls to identify barriers to alleviating poverty." Thesis, McGill University, 2011. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=104649.

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Decision makers at every level of society, local, national and international, along with NGOs and civil society are committed to alleviating abject generational poverty. In the context of what many refer to as the ‘feminization of poverty', my dissertation focuses on girls during their early adolescent years in order to uncover the barriers that are present and which prevent them from exiting a life of poverty. By using participatory methodologies, in particular photovoice, we hear directly from ten girls between the ages of 10 – 14 who describe their experiences of living a life of poverty

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Demir, Seker Sirma. "The Dynamics Of Poverty In Turkey." Phd thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613400/index.pdf.

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Wilson, Lawrence. "Individualized Consideration: Poverty Countermeasure." ScholarWorks, 2014. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/81.

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Despite more than $1 trillion spent annually on poverty remediation, impoverishment in the United States persists unabated. With a U.S. poverty rate greater than 10% for more than 4 decades, economics are neither poverty's cause nor cure. As such, non-economic poverty remedies require exploration and expansion. Linking greater leadership and poverty theories, this non-experimental, cross sectional, quantitative, survey-based research effort correlated individualized consideration's (IC) practice with collegiate athlete graduation rates in order to identify and isolate possible leadership based

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Onukwufor, Maxwell. "Political Corruption and Poverty in Nigerian Democratic State : Any Grounds for Justification?" Thesis, Linköping University, Centre for Applied Ethics, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-6877.

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<p>ABSTRACT</p><p>There is no gainsaying the fact that the “moral” problems associated with corruption in Nigeria are the cause of poverty and hunger in the country. Political and economic inequality have become the order of the day as Nigerians struggle for survival and proper means of alleviation of these precarious situations. Proper understanding of the meaning of corruption and its moral implications are important in order to find a remedy to the problems that go with corruption. The demand for clarification of corruption and basis for its justification, “if any”, calls for a nationalist

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Sundong, Samuel Natonaah. "Vulnerability, Poverty and HIV/AIDS in Bawku East Municipality of Northern Ghana." Thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology Management, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-668.

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<p>This is a study about vulnerability and risk of HIV/AIDS in Bawku East municipality of northern Ghana. The main objective of the study is to examine poverty as a likely determinant of HIV/AIDS. It also includes other factors which are contributing to the risk of HIV infection in the municipality.</p><p>The study makes use of concepts and perspectives linked to the risk theory, the human disease ecology model and ideas generated from structuration, diffusion theory and place and time.</p><p>The triangulation approach which encompasses multiple methods of data collection included questionnair

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Mtshali, Nothando Thabisile. "Assessing the impact of social grants in alleviating poverty in South Africa." University of the Western Cape, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6603.

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Magister Commercii - MCom<br>Amongst many challenges, South Africa is still struggling to address the problem of high levels of poverty in the country more than two decades after the apartheid regime has ended. The government has however remained resolute in its effort to alleviate poverty especially through the provision of social grants. The expansion of the social assistance scheme after the apartheid regime has played an important role in extending benefits to a wider population of South Africans particularly the poor and the vulnerable groups. The effects of social grants on poverty have

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Littmarck, Sofia. "Basic Income Grant Towards Poverty Alleviation in Namibia : A discourse analysis of conceptions of poverty and poverty alleviation within the BIG Coalition." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-59873.

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<p>Namibia is one of the most unequal countries in the world and has high rates of poverty. In the thesis the proposal for a basic income grant as a strategy for poverty alleviation in Namibia is analyzed. The study is based on six interviews with the Basic Income Grant Coalition in Namibia and their four publications. The theoretical and methodological framework is Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis and social theory of discourse. Conceptions about the economical and political situation of Namibia in relation to inequality are discussed, as well as the image of the desired citizen in ne

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Delva, Dina. "the effect of economic instability and asset poverty on feminine motivated violence." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 2016. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/3903.

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This study examines the effects that economic instability and asset poverty can have on a woman's risk for feminine motivated violence. Specifically, the study investigated factors that predict a woman's likelihood of experiencing feminine motivated violence: income, asset ownership, age, marital status, education status, and number of children. The sample size of this study was 49 participants, collected from a subject pool consisting of Black/African American women, ages of 18 years and older. The procedure consisted of answering a survey composed of demographic questions and questions relat

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Parkyn, Rosie. "Prioritising Poverty: How Does Media Coverage Of Poverty Impact On Our Ability To Solve It?" Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22210.

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Ohakam, Sylvanus Obidinma. "Niger Delta Youths' Views on Entrepreneurship Education for Combating Poverty and Unemployment." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6080.

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Abstract Education policymakers in Nigeria lack the knowledge on the views of Niger Delta youths, who rely on entrepreneurship education and its contents to fight poverty and unemployment in their area. This study's purpose was to gain deeper understanding of the views of Niger Delta youths on entrepreneurship education, its contents, and its role in fighting their area's high rate of poverty and unemployment. This study was framed and guided by three key concepts that focus on the challenges of poor communities: youth unemployment in sub-Saharan Africa, entrepreneurship education, and youth e

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Lyndon, Sandra Jacqueline. "Early years practitioners' narratives of poverty in early childhood." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2019. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/81407/.

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This thesis focuses on Early Years Practitioners who are working with young children and families in early years provision in England. Adopting a narrative approach the study sought to explore how their understandings of poverty in early childhood are shaped by dominant discourses of poverty and professional and personal experiences. Poverty as a concept is multi-dimensional and dynamic including both the experience of poverty as well as absolute and relative understandings. Under the New Labour Government, Early Years Practitioners were positioned as part of a long-term strategy to alleviate

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Gokce, Anil Ozge. "Poverty - Environment Nexus: European Union&#039." Master's thesis, METU, 2006. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12607072/index.pdf.

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This thesis analyses the interactions between poverty and environmental degradation and the responses given by the international organisations and the EU. The analysis on poverty and environment, at the conceptual level and their interactions demonstrates the interrelatedness of the two issues and the need for an integrated and coherent response towards poverty alleviation and reversing environmental degradation. International organisations such as UNEP, UNDP, WB, GEF, CSD, OECD and the EU have the two issues on their agenda and have devised comprehensive sets of policies to achieve sustainab

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Sonn, Brenda Carol. "Teachers' understanding of social justice in rural education schools in the Overberg education district in the Western Cape : a grounded theory approach." University of the Western Cape, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5460.

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Philosophiae Doctor - PhD<br>Social justice is embedded in the South African constitution and various policy documents as an important concept and vision for a democratic South Africa. Yet, twenty two years after democracy, South African society reflects the entrenched racial and class divisions of the past. The educational context mirrors the persistence of historical, political and social patterns of advantage and disadvantage. The position taken in this study is that social justice and social injustice are inextricably linked. This study is based on the premise that, in order to understand

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Varga, Tobias, and Magnus Kvarnström. "Transport poverty - integrerad analys av transportrelaterade sociala konsekvenser i Malmö." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21667.

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Uppsatsen tar sin utgångspunkt i dagens hållbara stadsutveckling och fokuserar på transportplaneringens roll i denna. Uppsatsen tar också sin utgångspunkt i hur transportforskare under senare år betonat problematiken med att människor med olika socioekonomiska förutsättningar har olika förutsättningar till mobilitet. För att motverka dessa processer har forskare under senare år utvecklat en rad koncept, verktyg och arbetsmetoder. Fokus för uppsatsen ligger på en undersökning av konceptet transport poverty och dess förekomst i Malmö. För att verkställa uppsatsens syfte - att undersöka konceptet

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Kinville, Michael Robert. "Inequality, education and the social sciences." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Kultur-, Sozial- und Bildungswissenschaftliche Fakultät, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/17687.

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Die konzeptionelle Verbindung zwischen Bildung und Gesellschaft, die im 19. Jahrhundert deutlich gemacht und wissenschaftlich begründet wurde, wird oft als selbstverständlich betrachtet. Diese veraltete Verbindung bildete aber die Basis für Bildungsreformen im Sekundärbereich in Deutschland und Indien in der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Diese Arbeit unternimmt den Versuch, zum Verständnis dieser Verzögerung zwischen den Ideen und den Reformen, die sie einrahmten, beizutragen, indem sie eine geeignete Theorie der Verbindung zwischen Bildung und einer komplexen Gesellschaft aufstellt. Gr

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Alvis, Lina Paola. "Happy Kids, Designing Games to Effect Awareness on Children's Poverty." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23528.

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Games for change are games which allow players to learn and interact with real world issues through play in order to motivate participants to better the world. The research of this thesis presents the use of serious fames and casual games to measure and observe how awareness on children's poverty is achieved with game elements.

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Mbengashe, Nosipho Theodora. "The impact of unemployment on grade R learners in Stephen Mazungula primary school in the Nelson Mandela Metropole." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/12560.

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The biggest problems facing South Africa is high rate of poverty. There are many reasons behind the high levels of poverty, and one of them is unemployment rate. Poverty is felt by particular groups, especially pro poor. Researchers brought to our attention that there is a link between poverty, children health and their school performance. According to the Millennium development goals, eradication of poverty, achieve primary education, empower women, and reduce mortality rate link together. For these goals to be achieved, full responsibility of women as life carriers should be taken into consi

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Gibson, Greg. "School Resource Allocation in Texas Public Schools: Study of High-Poverty, High Performing Schools and High-Poverty, Low Performing Schools." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2009. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9927/.

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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between resource allocation practices in specific categorical functions and student performance in reading and math. This study utilized quantitative research methods to study the effects of spending and performance over four years of analysis. Quantitative data was acquired utilizing information from the Texas Education Agency. The data was collected from 81 campuses and represented over 1,500 students. The study's outcomes reported that little or no correlation could be found between inputs (dollars spent in three categories) and out

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Briney, Carol E. "My Journey with Prisoners: Perceptions, Observations and Opinions." Kent State University Liberal Studies Essays / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1373151648.

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Ramirez, Esther, and Melissa M. Rodriguez. "Barriers to Higher Education Among CalWORKs Recipients." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/854.

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Individuals and families in poverty face an abundance of barriers to self-sufficiency with the lack of higher education being the most prominent of them. The California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program has been the primary intervention to aid poverty following the welfare reform of 1996. Through their work first approach the CalWORKs program intends to set recipients on the path to self-sufficiency. Although education is the biggest weapon against poverty, CalWORKs recipients face a plethora of barriers while pursuing a college degree, as CalWORKs regulations are

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Tastan, Ozlem Zehra. "A Critique Of Poverty Alleviation As Social Policy:the World Bank&#039." Master's thesis, METU, 2002. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12606614/index.pdf.

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This thesis aims to critically elaborate the World Bank&rsquo<br>s Social Risk Mitigation Project (SRMP) in Turkey for poverty alleviation. Within this context, the thesis argues that the content and means of social policy are re-defined on and around the theme of &lsquo<br>fight against poverty&rsquo<br>which is to be realized through (social) risk management. In this sense, there exists a paradigmatic shift in conceptualization of social policy from income re-distributive mechanisms to risk management proposed to achieve through safety-nets and market mechanism, specifically, small-scale inc

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Anderson, Chingun. "Essays on institutions, ethnic divisions and poverty." Thesis, University of Essex, 2017. http://repository.essex.ac.uk/19954/.

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What is the relationship between ethnic heterogeneity and the ability of the poor to organize and influence democratic governments to improve their welfare? Political scientists and economists have argued that democracies are superior to non-democracies for improving poverty outcomes because they are advantaged with institutional mechanisms such as universal suffrage and majority rule. Yet, there are numerous cases where democracy has done little to help the poor. Through a series of essays, I examine the effects of ethnic heterogeneity of the poor on the effect of democracy and oil revenue on

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Lewis, Keahna M. "Poverty and the educational barriers children cross before adulthood| Effective strategies in reducing the long-term effects of poverty on the educational attainment of school aged children| A grant project." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1522586.

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<p> The purpose of this project was to design a program, identify a funding source, and write a grant to fund a prevention and intervention program for youth and parents in impoverished neighborhoods who are facing educational losses and barriers due to their socioeconomic class. An extensive literature review increased the writer's knowledge about the relationship between poverty and education. Information about evidence-based prevention programs was gathered and used by the grant writer to design a best practices program for impoverished neighborhoods in Los Angeles County, particularly the

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Lowe, Sara. "Teaching in Early Education: Examining the Relationship among Job Satisfaction, Efficacy, Connection to Students and Student Poverty Concentration." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1365851863.

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Bergman, Linnea. "Progress or Regression? How Poverty and Development are Portrayed in Advertising." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22316.

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The aim of this paper is to show how organizations portray the developing world and development support in advertisements and how it relates to the criticism existing against development support. What messages are sent to the reader? Do the advertisements contradict the existing criticism against development support or do they reinforce stereotypes and prejudices?Four organizations are analyzed: the Red Cross; Save the Children; PLAN Sweden; and We Effect. The main focus is on their campaigns and outreaching work connected to these campaigns. The analysis is based on a qualitative discourse an

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Silva, Ivanildo Lopes da. "An analysis of impacts of public expenditure on poverty and inequality in the brazilian." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2012. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=8774.

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nÃo hÃ<br>The state aims to meet social needs, promote an efficient use of resources and improve income distribution. However, the degree of income inequality in Brazil is still very high and is one of the main indicators of social inequality, thus requiring reexamining the mechanisms to protect people and promote socio-economic development. From this premise, this study analyzed the effects of public expenditure in relation to indicators of poverty and income inequality in the Brazilian states in the period 2005 to 2009, identifying which variables were most influential to the improvement of

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Mwakajwanga, Rachel. "Study on the inclusion of older people in the national poverty reduction interventions in Tanzania: A case study of Tanzania social action fund." Thesis, McGill University, 2012. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=106623.

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In the context of Tanzania's national development agenda, the older people play a key role in the economic, social and political spheres. Within the Tanzania National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty, the government has of recent been implementing a number of initiatives to enable the communities in the country including the older people to implement projects which will help them have meaningful income that will contribute to country's economic growth and hence reduce poverty both at micro and macro levels. The government also anticipates through national poverty alleviation initia

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Skinner, Susan Barber. "Sleep Among Young Adults Living in Rural Poverty." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3371.

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Lack of restorative sleep is implicated in threats to public health and safety as well as negative individual health outcomes, which are more pronounced among those living in rural poverty. This study addressed the need for an approach to these problems that is sensitive to culture and community. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the lived experience of sleep among young adults living in rural poverty to inform development of strategies to improve sleep behavior in this population. Research questions explored the lived experience of sleep, constructs of the theory of pl

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Drotos, Stephanie M. "“Secret Ingredients” in Postsecondary Educational Attainment: Challenges Faced by Students Attending High Poverty High Schools." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1299170270.

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Pounders, Cherise. "Social Justice Leadership| Advocating Equity, Access and Opportunity for Black Students Attending Urban High-Poverty Elementary Schools." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10685504.

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<p> The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore and describe the lived experiences and perspectives of 4 elementary school principals and 4 instructional leaders committed to social justice practices who have improved and sustained grade level performance in reading with Black students for the duration of 3 consecutive years.</p><p> Four research questions guided this study and included: What strategies are used by elementary principals and instructional leaders to advance equity, access, and opportunity, to improve core teaching and curriculum, address barriers fac

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Williams, Ellen. "Building Connections: The role of Reflection in Social and Emotional Learning Among Youth Living in Poverty." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1555006010267362.

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Beegle, Donna Marie. "Interrupting Generational Poverty: Experiences Affecting Successful Completion of a Bachelor's Degree." PDXScholar, 2000. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3822.

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The problem addressed in this study can be stated thus: There are extremely limited numbers of students from the lowest economic class graduating from our nation's institutions of higher education. The challenge to institutions of higher education is how to improve access, support, and successful completion of higher education for students experiencing the most extreme poverty barriers. Weber's (1946) social-class theory was selected to determine the meanings and interpretations of students from poverty backgrounds in regard to their success and perceived barriers to success in completing coll

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Waggoner, Katherine Jane. "Bread and roses : clinical social work with clients living in poverty : a project based upon an independent investigation /." View online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/5942.

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Koseli, Mutlu. "Poverty, Inequality & Terrorism Relationship in Turkey." VCU Scholars Compass, 2006. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/974.

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Poverty, Inequality & Terrorism Relationship in TurkeyUsing empirical evidence criminological studies have identified a relationship between poverty and crime and many studies have concluded that a high crime rate is associated with a higher poverty rate. Other studies indicate that inequalities are a better determinant of crime than absolute poverty. Social disorganization theory, anomie strain theory and Marxist theory have been used to explain the phenomenon. Guided by the aforementioned theories and previous literature on crime, this study looks at the terrorism issue and explores whether

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Sakavapo, Tinashe. "Children's agency in reducing poverty and environmental risks : Case study of the Education for Income Program at Lighthouse Institute, Harare." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78025.

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In 2017, of the 6.4 million boys and girls in Zimbabwe, 4.9 million lived in poverty, including 1.5 million in extreme poverty, and these children mostly come from households where adults are unemployed (ZIMSTAT, 2018). Poverty and environmental risks present the biggest threat to children in the form of pollution, violence, poor sanitation, poor diets and a lack of access to rights like education, health and a safe living environment. However, whilst children can be the biggest casualty of poverty and environmental risks, they have the agency to reduce the impact of poverty and environmental

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