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Boom-and-Bust Development Patterns Across the Amazon Deforestation Frontier -- Rodrigues et al. 324 (5933): 1435 -- Science
Discusses similar pattern to what I have seen in Peru.
Birth Ratio Favoring Boys Seems to Vary by Latitude - NYTimes.com
This is probably something worth pursuing. Because of all the other things that show that latitude affects different outcomes.
Mapping indicators of poverty in West Africa - Maps and Graphics at UNEP/GRID-Arendal
Generally shows how poverty increases from south to north, from wet to dry in West Africa.
LAC- Poverty Maps
THIS page has a comprehensive list of poverty maps for LAC. But it does not give the full reference.
Poverty Analysis - More Than A Pretty Picture: Using Poverty Maps to Design Better Policies and Interventions
Lots of stuff from the World Bank about methods and uses of poverty maps
Global Price Spikes Could Create ?New Poor? in Jamaica - Dr. Chang - Jamaica Information Service
This news article mentions a new poverty map for Jamaica....
PovcalNet...
this site lets you calculate poverty statistics using the world bank dollar-a-day method - the one they use for making their global calculations of the number of poor
Ghana Poverty maps
Ghana is using district-level poverty maps in their program to make cash transfers to poor populations. Seems to be a combination of household level criteria, together with district level poverty map....
DIGITAL POVERTY: Latin American and Caribbean Perspectives
This is a book on the web about "digital poverty" in LAC.
You Are What You Spend - New York Times
graphic accompanying article on income and consumption
You Are What You Spend - New York Times
Nice piece discussing the difference between income and consumption. Also a good argument for targeting economic stimulus packages to the least wealthy.
What’s Your Consumption Factor? - Jared Diamond
Somewhat interesting piece by Jared Diamond. Certainly, wasteful consumption needs to be curtailed. I think we need a Marshall plan for this....
MALAWI: Malnutrition still a threat
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Despite two years of bumper harvests, malnutrition, partly a consequence of Malawi's famine in 2005, still lingers. "The scale of the malnutrition problem in Malawi is clearly very large and, given its consequences for economic development and child survival, calls for immediate and large-scale action," said Aida Girma, UNICEF Resident Representative.
Poverty Analysis - Documents and Links
this is a very nice page from the World Bank with links to lots of poverty maps
More than a Pretty Picture: Using Poverty Maps to Design Better Policies and Interventions
Note the Thailand map, which I do not think we have....This should be a standard reference for much of our work.
"More than a Pretty Picture: Using Poverty Maps to Design Better Policies and Interventions" discussed at the InfoShop on T
This book should be cited for arguing that policies should be tailored to local conditions
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