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English term or phrase:
residue of poverty reduction
English answer:
resulting poverty reduction
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Nadia Ayoub
Oct 2, 2011 11:56
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residue of poverty reduction
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With regard to rural-urban migration, it is possible to make a breakdown of the reduction (or possible increase) of urban and rural poverty at two points in time and the **residue of poverty reduction** at a national level, which is precisely the component attributable to rural-urban migration. It is also possible to analyze internal migration by sex, age, levels of education, and income. Gender differences should be highlighted although scarce information is available about various aspects of this question, such as trafficking in women for certain kinds of clandestine employment in the countries of destination.
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Stephanie Ezrol
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resulting poverty reduction
I looked at the UNFPA document that includes your text. They are talking about a manner in which to calculate the reduction or increase in poverty at a national level that is caused by rural-urban migration since there is no direct census or such data on that.
So the term residue is being used in the sense of remaining or surplus amount (or result) after comparing the urban and rural poverty figures at two points in time.
So the term residue is being used in the sense of remaining or surplus amount (or result) after comparing the urban and rural poverty figures at two points in time.
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Tina Vonhof (X)
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Thanks Tina !
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Comment: "Many thanks Stephanie :)"
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residual poverty reduction
The reduction attributable (the result of) to rural-urban migration.
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Note added at 9 mins (2011-10-02 12:06:23 GMT)
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Sorry - the "to" should have gone before the part in parentheses.
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Note added at 29 mins (2011-10-02 12:25:37 GMT)
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I don't have the same reading as Martin. The references are all to poverty reduction (or the possibility that poverty could increase). Although Martin is right when he says "It is not possible to measure the reduction at just one point in time," I understand that the author is talking about specific studies, measurements, or surveys about the level of poverty that are later compared with others to determine the rise or reduction in poverty during a given period. My interpretation of "residual" would be a "residual effect" - a secondary effect caused by primary event. There is rural poverty and urban poverty. I understand the author to be saying that migration from rural areas to urban areas must be taken into account as it breaks the static paradigm of rural and urban population and poverty as two separate and unchanging categories.
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Note added at 9 mins (2011-10-02 12:06:23 GMT)
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Sorry - the "to" should have gone before the part in parentheses.
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Note added at 29 mins (2011-10-02 12:25:37 GMT)
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I don't have the same reading as Martin. The references are all to poverty reduction (or the possibility that poverty could increase). Although Martin is right when he says "It is not possible to measure the reduction at just one point in time," I understand that the author is talking about specific studies, measurements, or surveys about the level of poverty that are later compared with others to determine the rise or reduction in poverty during a given period. My interpretation of "residual" would be a "residual effect" - a secondary effect caused by primary event. There is rural poverty and urban poverty. I understand the author to be saying that migration from rural areas to urban areas must be taken into account as it breaks the static paradigm of rural and urban population and poverty as two separate and unchanging categories.
Note from asker:
| Does it mean, like Martin says, those who are still poor? |
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Martin Riordan
: Surely "residue" refers to what remains, and not to what has previously been eliminated? That´s what I find confusing!
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I think by "residue" the author meant to say "residual" based on the overall context. After all, it would not be a residue of poverty, but rather a residue of poverty reduction, according to the text.
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the discrepancy between the sum of the urban and rural figures and the national figure
If you measure urban and rural poverty at one point in time, the sum of the two figures, weighted for the proportion of urban and rural dwellers, will give you the national poverty figure.
If you then measure urban and rural poverty at a later point in time, the new numbers, weighted in the same way, will not match the new national figure because the weightings have changed in the meantime due to rural/urban migration. This discrepancy is what they call the "residue of poverty reduction," i.e. the amount of national poverty reduction that is not captured by simply adding up the rural and urban figures because of the shift in where the population lives.
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has to make do with indirect inter-census estimates given that censuses often do not
collect information about the area of residence of migrants at their origin;"