Browsing W&L Shepherd Program for the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty and Human Capability by Title
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Human Capital or Human Capability: Basic Education from a Capability Perspective
This paper explores why access to quality basic education should remain an investment priority in the development field by comparing the human capital and human capability approach to education. Based on the analysis, the ... -
Hurdles to Health Behavior: External, Internal, or Somewhere In Between?
While the social gradient of health has been widely discussed for decades, less attention has been given to quantifying the influence of health behaviors, which include both illness and preventative behaviors exhibited by ... -
Hydraulic Fracturing: State Regulation and Sustainable Economic Development
This paper explores the natural gas plays currently under way in New York and Pennsylvania. Communities in both states have protested vociferously to the unrestrained exploitation of the Marcellus Shale, yet New Yorkers ... -
An Illogical Policy Protecting the Dignity of Undocumented Immigrants with Chronic Illness
This paper assesses the implications of imprecision in federal legislation concerning emergency medical treatment of undocumented immigrants and the obligation of the U.S. to facilitate extended treatment of illegal ... -
IMF Conditionality and the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of the Poor in Developing Countries
The policies that countries agree to follow as a condition for borrowing from the IMF have a profound impact on economic and social rights safeguarded by the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ... -
Immigrant Access to Justice: Implications in Real Human Lives
This paper is divided into eight sections. I begin with a discussion of existing literature on the sociocultural factors which produce migrant women's disproportionate vulnerability. I then introduce three moral frameworks ... -
Immigrants and Health Care
This paper seeks to investigate health care related issues for immigrants in the United States, but in particular for the undocumented immigrant population, with a focus on Hispanic immigrants. Because of the inherent ... -
The Impact of Substance Abuse on Welfare Recipients
This paper explores many complex facets of the impact of substance abuse on welfare recipients. First, the prevalence of drug use among the total population and individuals on welfare are studied. Next, the barriers created ... -
Impact of Transportation Barriers and Stigmas on the Labor Force Participation of Women in Urban Cities in India
The three important aspects of an ethical framework that promoting human dignity are well-being, liberty, and equality (Pickett, 2022). All three of these are important for a person to live a life if dignity and happiness. ... -
The Impacts of Gentrification on the San Francisco Bay Area
The purpose of this paper is to offer an explanation of the causes and effects of gentrification. First, I will use formal economic models of the markets for both high-end and affordable housing to predict the series of ... -
Implications of U.S. Sugar and Dairy Income Support Programs for Poverty in the United States, Costa Rica and Jamaica
Given the popular rhetoric about the effects of subsidies and the frequent agitation on behalf of farmers in relatively poor developing countries, this study aims to investigate the actual effects of U.S. sugar and dairy ... -
The Implications of Welfare Reform for Victims of Domestic Violence
I begin with an overview of domestic violence in society as a whole and its connection with welfare. I will examine recent welfare policy, specifically TANF, and explain the ramifications it has had and continues to have ... -
The Importance of Information and Communications Technology in Reducing Poverty
ICT investments can reduce poverty by increasing not only economic development, but by also increasing other aspects of development such as political inclusion, freedom of speech, and gender equality. While investments in ... -
The Impoverishment of Forced Migration: The Sudanese Crisis
Migration caused by conflict is a huge yet often under-recognised problem in the world today. Sudan is an area which has some of the highest numbers of displaced persons in the world today, caused by a bloody, long-standing ... -
In Defense of Head Start
Despite heavy criticism and scrutiny, Head Start remains as the most important education and anti-poverty programs for preschool aged children. The program works create better childcare and home environments for three to ... -
In the Public or Private Interest? Rethinking the Role of the Legal Aid Lawyer
This essay attempts to examine a theoretical question from a practical standpoint: is it possible, or even desirable, for the legal aid lawyer to pursue a greater mission -- and if so, what should that mission be? It is ... -
Inaccessible Unemployment Insurance: The Unsupported Reality of Low-Income Single Mothers
In 1998, single mother headed 25 percent of all families with children in the United States. In the six year span between 1993 and 1999, the families maintained by working single mothers jumped from 6.4 to 7.6 million, ... -
Inadequate Workforce Skillset as a Corrosive Disadvantage: Enhancing Marketable Skills to Combat Housing and Homelessness Issues
This paper explores three key themes in addressing the housing and homelessness paradigm: resource distribution, deservingness, and quality of housing. Firstly, on resource distribution, should housing programs maximally ... -
Incarcerated Juveniles in America: Rehabilitation from the Family or the State?
Academia and the government both recognize the importance of the family for incarcerated juveniles. Through an examination of the related publications on the juvenile justice system as well as a youth's need for family, ... -
The Incarceration Addiction: A Toxic, Symbiotic Relationship and an Ethical Response
This paper examines the interlocking factors in the toxic, symbiotic relationship between addiction and incarceration. It begins by discussing the “War on Drugs” that heralded the globally unprecedented swelling of the ...