scholarly journals Blindness above and below the Poverty Line: Reflections form Sofala, Mozambique

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Assegid A. Roba ◽  
Margarida Chagunda ◽  
Tiago S. Machissa
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Rapid Assessment ◽  
Economic Assessment ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Capita Expenditure ◽  
International Dollar ◽  
Visual Status ◽  
Standard Component ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact

Although the correlation between visual impairment and poverty has been established, economic assessment is not a standard component of blindness surveys. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of avoidable blindness and its association with poverty in Sofala province of Mozambique. As part of a Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness, 94% of a random sample of 3600 people >50 years responded to questions regarding daily per capita expenditure. The WHO definition of blindness (presenting visual acuity <3/60) was used to determine the visual status of participants, and the World Bank’s threshold of living on <$1.25 International Dollar a day demarcated the poverty line. The prevalence of blindness was 3.2% [95% Confidence Interval (CI): 2.6, 3.8]. People living below the poverty line had significantly greater odds of being blind [Odds Ratio (OR): 2.6 (CI: 1.6 to 4.5)]. Age above 60 [OR: 7.0 [CI: 4.6 to 10.80] predicted blindness but the association with illiteracy, gender or rural residence was not significant. Blindness disproportionately affects people living below the poverty line. Development initiatives could augment the impact of blindness prevention programs. Measuring poverty should become a standard component of visual impairment surveys.

scholarly journals Blindness Above And Below The Poverty Line: Reflections from Sofala, Mozambique

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Assegid Roba ◽  
Margarida Chagunda ◽  
Tiago Machissa
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Rapid Assessment ◽  
Economic Assessment ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Capita Expenditure ◽  
International Dollar ◽  
Visual Status ◽  
Standard Component ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact

Objective: Although the correlation between visual impairment and poverty has been established, economic assessment is not a standard component of blindness surveys. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of avoidable blindness and its association with poverty in Sofala province of Mozambique. Methods: As part of a Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness, 94% of a random sample of 3600 people &gt;50 years responded to questions regarding daily per capita expenditure. The WHO definition of blindness (presenting visual acuity &lt;3/60) was used to determine the visual status of participants, and the World Bank’s threshold of living on &lt;$1.25 International Dollar a day demarcated the poverty line. Results: The prevalence of blindness was 3.2% [95% Confidence Interval (CI): 2.6, 3.8]. People living below the poverty line had a significantly greater odds of being blind [Odds Ratio (OR): 2.6 (CI: 1.6 to 4.5)]. Age above 60 [OR: 7.0 [CI: 4.6 to 10.80] predicted blindness but the association with illiteracy, gender or rural residence was not significant. Conclusions: Blindness disproportionately affects people living below the poverty line. Development initiatives could augment the impact of blindness prevention programs. Measuring poverty should become a standard component of visual impairment surveys.

scholarly journals Worker’s Remittances and Poverty in Kyrgyzstan

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamalbek Karymshakov ◽  
Raziya Abdiyeva ◽  
Burulcha Sulaimanova
Keyword(s):  
Household Survey ◽  
Multinomial Logit Model ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Poverty Level ◽  
Capita Expenditure ◽  
International Remittances ◽  
Household Survey Data ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact

This paper aims to evaluate the impact of internal and international remittances on poverty in Kyrgyzstan using household survey data for 2011. Following Adams and Cuecuecha (2010) two-stage multinomial logit model suggested by Bourguigon et al. (2007) is used. Methodology use instrumental variables to solve the selectivity bias issue and then estimates counterfactual expenditure of households. Households are classified as international remittance receiving, internal remittance receiving and remittance non-receiving. For evaluation of remittances impact on poverty counterfactual expenditures are compared with observed actual expenditure by household types. Expenditure level for 2011 for definition of national poverty line in Kyrgyzstan is used as the benchmark for poverty impact of remittances. Results show that international remittances considerably decrease poverty level. Per capita expenditure of international remittance receiving households would be lower than expenditure of poverty line for 2011, if they did not receive remittances. Internal remittance receiving households also would decrease expenditures, but it would still be higher than poverty line.

scholarly journals The Impact of Integrated Management for Salt Tolerant Forage Production on Small Farmers Poverty Egypt Case Study (Sahl El-Tina)

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 825
Author(s):  
Sherine Fathy Mansour ◽  
Dalia Elsaid Abozaid
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Policy Instrument ◽  
Small Farmers ◽  
Forage Production ◽  
Capita Expenditure ◽  
Farming Household ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The Impact

This study examines the impact of New Integrated Management Package (IMP) adoption on income and poverty among fodder farming household in Sahl El-Tina. The IMP such as Rate, time, and methods of nitrogen fertilization and other fertilization, Leaching requirements for some crops, Intercropping system, Use of suitable crop genotype/variety, Use of modern irrigation systems or modified systems to save water, date, rate and method of planting. The study aims mainly to improve the lives of small farmers through the level of dissemination and application of cultivation techniques forage crops tolerant to salinity through develop and disseminate technologies packages of forage production. And reducing their probability of falling below the poverty line. Therefore suggest that intensification of the investment on IMP dissemination is a reasonable policy instrument to raise incomes and reduce poverty among fodder farming household. It used instrumental variables (IV)-based estimator to estimate the Local Average Treatment Effect (LATE) of adoption of IMP on income and poverty reduction, using cross-sectional data of 200 farmers from Shal El-Tina. The findings reveal a robust positive and significant impact of IMP adoption on farm household income and welfare measured by per capita expenditure and poverty reduction. Specifically, the empirical results suggest that adoption of IMP raises household per capita expenditure and income by an average of 529.27$ and 1371$ in Shal El-Tina per cropping season respectively, thereby reducing their probability of falling below the poverty line. Therefore suggest that intensification of the investment on IMP dissemination is a reasonable policy instrument to raise incomes and reduce poverty among fodder farming household, although complementary measures are also needed. The incidence of poverty was higher among non-IMP adopters (55.2%) than IMP adopters (49.5%). In addition, both the depth and severity of poverty were also higher (20.85% and 15.42%) among non-adopters than the adopters (18.48% and 9.88%). All three poverty measures indicate that poverty was more prevalent and severe among non-adopters compared to adopters.

Prevalence of blindness and cataract surgical coverage in Narayani Zone, Nepal: a rapid assessment of avoidable blindness (RAAB) study

2017 ◽  
Vol 102 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sangita Pradhan ◽  
Avnish Deshmukh ◽  
Puspa Giri Shrestha ◽  
Prajwal Basnet ◽  
Ram Prasad Kandel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Rapid Assessment ◽  
National Average ◽  
Eye Care ◽  
Gender Inequity ◽  
Mobile Data ◽  
Mobile Data Collection ◽  
The Past ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The Impact

BackgroundThe 1981 Nepal Blindness Survey first identified the Narayani Zone as one of the regions with the highest prevalence of blindness in the country. Subseuqently, a 2006 survey of the Rautahat District of the Narayani Zone found it to have the country’s highest blindness prevalence. This study examines the impact on blind avoidable and treatable eye conditions in this region after significant increase in eye care services in the past decade.MethodsThe rapid assessment of avoidable blindness (RAAB) methodology was used with mobile data collection using the mRAAB smartphone app. Data analysis was done using the standard RAAB software. Based on the 2011 census, 100 clusters of 50 participants aged 50 years or older were randomly sampled proportional to population size.ResultsOf the 5000 participants surveyed, 4771 (95.4%) were examined. The age-adjusted and sex-adjusted prevalence of bilateral blindness, severe visual impairment (SVI) and moderate visual impairment (MVI) were 1.2% (95% CI 0.9% to 1.5%), 2.5% (95% CI 2.0% to -3.0%) and 13.2% (95% CI 11.8% to 14.5%), respectively. Cataract remains the primary cause of blindness and SVI despite cataract surgery coverage (CSC) of 91.5% for VA<3/60. Women still account for two-thirds of blindness.ConclusionThe prevalence of blindness in people over the age of 50 years has decreased from 6.9% in 2006 to 1.2%, a level in keeping with the national average; however, significant gender inequity persists. CSC has improved but continues to favour men.

Perceptual-motor performance in young people with visual impairment is related to visual acuity across different movement skills

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALANNAH Mary SAVAGE ◽  
Peter Lock ◽  
Martin Walls ◽  
Matthew Rodger
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Visual Impairments ◽  
Visual Status ◽  
Movement Strategies ◽  
Perceptual Motor Performance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Ball Skills

Vision is important for development of action and coordination, but the impact of visual impairments on perceptual-motor development is not well understood due to mixed findings and limited research. To compare the performance of young people (aged 5-18) with different levels of visual impairment (VI) at different perceptual-motor (ball) skills, in comparison to sighted young people either using vision or blindfolded. Participants performed different ball skills: interception; bounce and catch; throwing. They were grouped for comparison by visual status: Sighted; Sighted Blindfolded; VI with Negligible Acuity (1/60 or below); VI with Residual Acuity (above 1/60). Task performance and motion capture analysis showed that across the different tasks, the Sighted group and Residual Acuity group produced the highest levels of performance, the Sighted Blindfolded group slightly lower, while the Negligible Acuity group produced the lowest performance and also adopted different movement strategies to the other three groups. Perceptual-motor development appeared to be substantially impacted in participants with severe visual impairments, whereas those with more moderate visual impairments were able to perform within the range of young people with full vision. This implies a complex relationship between visual impairments and perceptual-motor development.

The Impact of Developmental Factors on Stereotypic Rocking of Children with Visual Impairments

2003 ◽  
Vol 97 (8) ◽  
pp. 453-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine McHugh ◽  
Lauren Lieberman
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Medical History ◽  
Retinopathy Of Prematurity ◽  
Visual Impairments ◽  
The Past ◽  
Developmental Factors ◽  
Visual Status ◽  
Hospital Stays ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Children With Visual Impairments

Of 52 children who attended a sports camp for children with visual impairments, 15 demonstrated stereotypic rocking currently or in the past. Three factors were associated with rocking: etiology of visual impairment, visual status, and early medical history. Children who were the most likely to exhibit rocking were those with retinopathy of prematurity who underwent lengthy hospital stays and multiple surgeries early in their lives and who were totally blind from birth.

scholarly journals Mobilitas Penduduk, Kemiskinan, dan Ketahanan Pangan di Daerah Bencana: Kasus Desa Timbulsloko, Kecamatan Sayung, Kabupaten Demak, Provinsi Jawa Tengah

Populasi ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Sukamdi Sukamdi
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Tidal Flooding ◽  
Agricultural Work ◽  
Capita Expenditure ◽  
Economic Barriers ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Village ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Depth Interviews

The purpose of this study is to explain the relationship between migration, poverty,and fulfillment of food demand. Research design is a mixed method, combining survey and qualitative methods. The survey was conducted involving 100 samples of randomly selected households. While the qualitative method is carried out by in-depth interviews with selected households and key informants. The results of this study indicate that the impact of tidal flooding on the community economy is very significant. For example, more than one fifth of households fall into the poor category (per capita expenditure below the poverty line). One of the reasons is that tidal flooding has resulted in the loss of most people's livelihoods from agriculture. In addition, the loss of agricultural land has also resulted in the loss of food resources. In the end, this caused most households to rely on non-agricultural work, namely as laborers, outside the village. As a consequence they have to carry out non-permanent mobility as a way to overcome the economic problems they face. The interesting thing is they don't want to migrate to other places. One reason why they do not migrate is their inability to overcome economic barriers in the form of costs to migrate.

scholarly journals Minimum subsistence level in the social policy of the poor countries of Europe: the case of Ukraine

2020 ◽  
Vol 182 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 117-125
Author(s):  
Еlla Libanova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Insurance ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Maximum Level ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Absolute Poverty ◽  
Subsistence Level ◽  
Food Component ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact

The category of «minimum subsistence level» (SL), also referred to as «absolute poverty line», is one of the fundamental in the socio-economic policy of the modern country. The majority of social transfers depends on the size of the minimum subsistence level, i.e., the level of state support for vulnerable groups of the population; SL is the basis for setting a number of salaries in the budgetary sphere and, accordingly, the amount of tax revenues; the practice is common of reconciling the size of the minimum wage and the maximum level of income from which contributions to compulsory state social insurance are paid with SL. Thus, the SL forms a significant part of budget expenditures and at the same time revenues in the public finance system. The article presents the results of systematization of the principles and methods of calculating SL adopted in different countries. In particular, the characteristics of normative, structural and normative, statistical, resource-based and subjective approaches are given. Considering the well-founded claims to the current methodology for determining SL in Ukraine, the urgent need for its transformation is emphasized and the author’s vision of innovations is highlighted. The rationale is provided for introducing a structural and normative approach for the analysis, monitoring and forecasting of social development and welfare, differentiated by age groups, determined in accordance with participation in education and the labour market. The necessity is emphasized of: developing the norms of food consumption exclusively by medical specialists; using different SL structures; transition to the calculations of SL of the households with a separate definition of the so-called semi-fixed costs (at the level of 20-30% of the food component of a person aged 20-64), which eliminates the use of disputable scales of equivalence. For the purpose of social assistance and calculation of its amount, it is proposed to focus on 40% of the median official salary. The argument is that payouts from the budget depend on the revenues, i.e., taxes on legal wages, and, moreover, this is the threshold accepted in many European countries. The article provides examples of SL calculations, in particular, with the definition of the impact of various methodological schemes on the level and depth of poverty in the country, on the structure of the poor.As the final result the proposals are given for the use of SL in public policy.

scholarly journals Effects of Remittances on Poverty among Rural Households in Nigeria

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olatomide Waheed Olowa ◽  
Taiwo Timothy Awoyemi ◽  
Musediku Adebayo a Shittu ◽  
Omowumi Ayodele Olowa
Keyword(s):  
Household Survey ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Real Income ◽  
North Central ◽  
Capita Expenditure ◽  
Rural Nigeria ◽  
Poverty Measures ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Land Size ◽  
The Impact

Poverty in Nigeria is more prevalent in therural sector due to dwindling and inequitabledistribution of real income. Remittances (money and goods sent by migrants to relativesback home) can be poverty reducing. However,the extent to which remittances affectpoverty and income inequality has not been adequately documented inNigeria.This paperuses a large, nationally-representative household survey to analyse the impact of domesticremittances (from Nigeria) and foreign remittances (from African and other countries) onpoverty in rural Nigeria. The socioeconomic characteristics showed that on the average,households that received foreign remittanceshad older heads (61.7± 19.7 years), smallerhousehold size (4.0 ± 2.5), bigger land size(18.53±26.5 ha), higherliteracy rate (0.50 ±0.5) and non-poor (0.08 ±0.3) with higher annual per capita expenditure (₦111,768 ±₦179,868). Poverty analysis showed that both types of remittances reduce the level,depth and severity of poverty in rural Nigeria.However, the size of the poverty reductiondepends on how poverty is being measured. The paper finds that poverty is reduced morewhen domestic, as opposed to foreign remittances are included inhousehold income, andwhen poverty is measured by the more sensitive poverty measures: poverty gap andsquared poverty gap. At a poverty line of₦23,733 per annum, a 10%increase in domesticremittances decreased Poverty Incidence(PI), Poverty Gap (PG) and Squared PovertyGap (SPG) by 1.80%, 1.60% and 1.60% while10% rise in foreign remittances reducedpoverty incidence (PI), Poverty gap (PG) and Squared poverty gap (SPG) by 0.86%,0.62% and0.62% respectively in rural Nigeria. Across GPZs, While 10% increase inforeign remittances reduced PI (-0.88%) in North-Central (NC) it had no effect in NE(0.00%). Same increase in domestic remittances reduced PI, PG, SPG most in the SS (-0.29%, -1.85% and -0.75%) and leastin NE (-0.09%, -0.82% and -0.22%

PERTANGGUNGJAWABAN KERUGIAN NEGARA DALAM PENGELOLAAN KEUANGAN DAERAH

EDUKASI ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hendra Karianga
Keyword(s):  
Financial Management ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
The State ◽  
Legal Proceedings ◽  
Regional Finance ◽  
Regional Budget ◽  
State Finance ◽  
Budget Policy ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact

Sources of revenue and expenditure of APBD (regional budget) can be allocated to finance the compulsory affairs and optional affairs in the form of programs and activities related to the improvement of public services, job creation, poverty alleviation, improvement of environmental quality, and regional economic growth. The implications of these policies is the need for funds to finance the implementation of the functions, that have become regional authority, is also increasing. In practice, regional financial management still poses a complicated issue because the regional head are reluctant to release pro-people regional budget policy, even implication of regional autonomy is likely to give birth to little kings in region causing losses to state finance and most end up in legal proceedings. This paper discusses the loss of state finance and forms of liability for losses to the state finance. The result of the study can be concluded firstly,  there are still many differences in giving meaning and definition of the loss of state finace and no standard definition of state losses, can cause difficulties. The difficulty there is in an effort to determine the amount of the state finance losses. The calculation of state/regions losses that occur today is simply assessing the suitability of the size of the budget and expenditure without considering profits earned by the community and the impact of the use of budget to the community. Secondly, the liability for losses to the state finance is the fulfillment of the consequences for a person to give or to do something in the regional financial management by giving birth to three forms of liability, namely the Criminal liability, Civil liability, and Administrative liability.Keywords: state finance losses, liability, regional finance.

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