Trends in Poverty And Welfare Alleviation Issues

TRENDS IN POVERTY AND WELFARE ALLEVIATION ISSUES......Page 3
NOTICE TO THE READER......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
PREFACE......Page 9
Abstract......Page 13
1 Introduction......Page 14
3 Why is Obesity More Prevalent?......Page 15
4 Environmental Causes of Obesity: Food Consumption......Page 16
5 Environmental Causes of Obesity: Physical Activity......Page 19
6 Time Preference and Obesity......Page 21
7 Welfare Programs’ Impact on Obesity......Page 22
8 Obesity’s Impact on Welfare Programs......Page 24
10 The Relationships between Poverty and Overweight and Obesity in the NHANES III......Page 25
10.1 Relationship between BMI and Welfare Participation......Page 33
10.2 Associations of BMI with Health and Food Security......Page 35
11 Summary and Conclusions......Page 36
References......Page 38
Abstract......Page 45
2 Putting Philippine Poverty in Context......Page 46
3 Thinking about Urban Policy......Page 50
4 The National Urban Development and Housing Framework, 1999-2004......Page 53
5 The Problem of Implementation......Page 59
6 Conclusion......Page 60
References......Page 61
1 Introduction......Page 63
2 Background......Page 65
3 How Is Asset Poverty Defined?......Page 67
4.1 The Evolution of Wealth in Years 1984-2001......Page 68
4.2 Changes in Asset Poverty, 1984-2001......Page 69
4.3 Structure of Asset Poverty......Page 70
4.5 Asset Poverty Rates for Different Cohorts......Page 74
5 Effects of the ChangesAsset Poverty Rate......Page 75
6 Comparison of Asset Poverty Rates to Official Poverty Rates......Page 77
7 Determining the Characteristics of the Asset-Poor......Page 79
8 Identifying Trends in Asset Poverty......Page 82
9 Persistence of Poverty......Page 83
10 Concluding Comments......Page 88
Data Source and the Definition of Wealth......Page 89
Acknowledgments......Page 90
References......Page 91
Abstract......Page 93
1 Introduction......Page 94
2 Normative Social Choice Theory......Page 95
3 Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare......Page 96
3.3 Social Choice Perspective - Political......Page 98
3.5 Social Choice Perspective - Spiritual......Page 99
4 Policy Implications......Page 101
4.3 Emphasise other Sub-systems......Page 102
Conclusion......Page 103
Acknowledgements......Page 104
Appendix A. Summary of Adjustments for Thai ISEW......Page 105
Appendix B. Summary of Calculations – ISEW for Thailand......Page 106
References......Page 108
1 Introduction......Page 113
2 Deprivation Profile and Deprivation Dominance Test......Page 114
3 A Regional Comparison of Deprivation in Canadian Society......Page 119
4 Concluding Remarks......Page 122
References......Page 123
INDEX......Page 125