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Exploring the impact of a maternal support grant to improve mental health and food security amongst pregnant women in South Africa during the COVID‐19 pandemic 探索产妇支助补助金对改善 COVID-19 大流行期间南非孕妇心理健康和食品安全的影响

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Poverty & Public Policy Pub Date : 2024-09-03 DOI: 10.1002/pop4.408

Christina A. Laurenzi, Masedi Menyatsoe, Mustafa Shuaib, Amanda Edwards, Kelly Gemmell, Hayli Geffen, Mark Tomlinson, Anna‐Marie Müller, Samuel Manda, Kopano M. Mabaso

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The impact of migrant remittances on poverty reduction in Bangladesh 移民汇款对孟加拉国减贫的影响

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Poverty & Public Policy Pub Date : 2024-08-29 DOI: 10.1002/pop4.411

Sima R. Dey, Bishwajit Basak

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The impact of natural disaster on multidimensional poverty of rural households in Vietnam: The regulating role of social assistance 自然灾害对越南农村家庭多维贫困的影响：社会援助的调节作用

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Poverty & Public Policy Pub Date : 2024-08-29 DOI: 10.1002/pop4.412

Ngo Q. Dung, Hoang Thi Hue, Tran P. Thanh

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Revisiting the nexus between governance and poverty in Sub‐Saharan Africa 重新审视撒哈拉以南非洲治理与贫困之间的关系

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Poverty & Public Policy Pub Date : 2024-08-27 DOI: 10.1002/pop4.414

A. Kilishi Abdulhakeem

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Editor's Note 编者按

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Poverty & Public Policy Pub Date : 2024-08-27 DOI: 10.1002/pop4.413

Connie S. Mick

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“Time has come again” for career pathways: Workforce development for youth in the US 职业途径 "时不我待"：美国青年劳动力发展

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Poverty & Public Policy Pub Date : 2024-05-31 DOI: 10.1002/pop4.399

Mary E. Collins, Adrianna Spindle‐Jackson

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Poverty & Public Policy Pub Date : 2024-05-28 DOI: 10.1002/pop4.407

Connie Snyder Mick

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A rising tide that lifts all boats: Long‐term effects of the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend on poverty 水涨船高：阿拉斯加永久基金红利对贫困的长期影响

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Poverty & Public Policy Pub Date : 2024-05-27 DOI: 10.1002/pop4.398

Matthew Berman

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The use of health services by women living homeless in Madrid, Spain 西班牙马德里无家可归妇女使用医疗服务的情况

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Poverty & Public Policy Pub Date : 2024-05-27 DOI: 10.1002/pop4.401

Malena Lenta, Sonia Panadero, Jorgelina Di Iorio, José J. Vázquez

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Poverty as ideology: Rescuing social justice from global development agendas By Andrew Martin Fischer, London: Zed Books. 2019. pp.336. $115.00 (Hardback). ISBN 978‐1786990457 作为意识形态的贫困：从全球发展议程中拯救社会正义 Andrew Martin Fischer 著，伦敦：Zed Books.2019年，第336页。115.00美元（精装本）。ISBN 978-1786990457

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Poverty & Public Policy Pub Date : 2024-05-27 DOI: 10.1002/pop4.402

Alexis G. Jenson

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