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  2. Livelihood - Wikipedia

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    A person's livelihood (derived from life-lode, "way of life"; cf. OG lib-leit) [1] refers to their "means of securing the basic necessities (food, water, shelter and clothing) of life". Livelihood is defined as a set of activities essential to everyday life that are conducted over one's life span.

  3. Robert Chambers (development scholar) - Wikipedia

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    a livelihood comprises the capabilities, assets (stores, resources, claims and access) and activities required for a means of living: a livelihood is sustainable which can cope with and recover from stress and shocks, maintain or enhance its capabilities and assets, and provide sustainable livelihood opportunities for the next generation; and ...

  4. Sustainable livelihood - Wikipedia

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    Sustainable Livelihood emerges at the intersection of development and environmental studies to offer a new way to think about work, production and distribution. Specifically, the work of vulnerable populations (e.g., low income population living in the bottom of the pyramid , indigenous communities , etc.) are discussed in this concept to build ...

  5. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005

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    Employment generation programmes created after 2005 include the Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP). [26] The colonial era, when India was governed by the British, is when the problems of poverty and a lack of employment possibilities in rural areas first surfaced. The lopsided economic development pattern was caused by the ...

  6. Informal economy - Wikipedia

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    The original use of the term 'informal sector' is attributed to the economic development model put forward in 1955 by W. Arthur Lewis, used to describe employment or livelihood generation primarily within the developing world. It was used to describe a type of employment that was viewed as falling outside of the modern industrial sector. [8]

  7. Do Millennials Sleep Better than Boomers? - AOL

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    Shantha Gowda, PsyD, founder of Think Sleep, notes that Gen X is the “sandwich” generation, meaning they’re raising young children and dealing with aging parents. This could be why they’re ...

  8. Right to an adequate standard of living - Wikipedia

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    Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of him/herself and of his/her family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary Social services, and the right to social secuirity in the event of unemployement, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in ...

  9. Generation - Wikipedia

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    The word generate comes from the Latin generāre, meaning "to beget". [4] The word generation as a group or cohort in social science signifies the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time, most of whom are approximately the same age and have similar ideas, problems, and attitudes (e.g., Beat Generation and Lost Generation).