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2. Well-being and the Complexity of Poverty: A Subjective Well-being Approach
- Author:
- Mariano Rojas
- Publication Date:
- 04-2004
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- United Nations University
- Abstract:
- This investigation studies human well-being from a subjective well-being approach. On the basis of a Mexican database the investigation shows that there is a weak relationship between subjective well-being and indicators of well-being such as income and consumption. Therefore, subjective well-being provides additional useful information to study human well-being and, in consequence, poverty.
- Topic:
- Economics, Human Welfare, and Poverty
- Political Geography:
- Latin America, Central America, North America, and Mexico
3. Illegal Immigration, Human Trafficking, and Organized Crime
- Author:
- Raimo Väyrynen
- Publication Date:
- 10-2003
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- United Nations University
- Abstract:
- It is important to make a careful distinction between illegal immigration, human smuggling, and human trafficking which are nested, but yet different concepts. This distinction is relevant because these different categories of the illegal movement of people across borders have quite different legal and political consequences. Human smuggling and trafficking have become a world-wide industry that 'employs' every year millions of people and leads to the annual turnover of billions of dollars. Many of the routes and enclaves used by the smugglers have become institutionalized; for instance, from Mexico and Central America to the United States, from West Asia through Greece and Turkey to Western Europe, and within East and Southeast Asia. More often than not flourishing smuggling routes are made possible by weak legislation, lax border controls, corrupted police officers, and the power of the organized crime. Naturally, poverty and warfare contribute to the rising tide of migration, both legal and illegal.
- Topic:
- Environment and Human Welfare
- Political Geography:
- United States, Europe, Turkey, East Asia, Greece, Asia, Latin America, Central America, North America, Mexico, Southeast Asia, Western Europe, and West Asia