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Search strings for finding SDG-related works per goal and target (python script, WoS search strategy)
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Term change suggestion SDG1.1 - [global poverty] #138

Closed Caroline-A closed 1 year ago

Caroline-A commented 1 year ago

SDG: 1

Target & phrase: 1.1

Suggested term/change: Reconsider the term "global poverty" - does it add what we want?

Reason: Several less relevant results turned up in precision testing, e.g.

Caroline-A commented 1 year ago

We seem to lose a lot of relevant results by removing this, and "global poverty" is the term used by the World Bank who are the custodians of 1.1 and set the limit of $1.25 (now $2.15) for the global poverty line (https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/factsheet/2022/05/02/fact-sheet-an-adjustment-to-global-poverty-lines#14). Have added documentation about this in the string.