Household poverty
- Empirical studies on social capital in rural Bangladesh
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Is economic well-being related to one's social networks? These two papers explore the links between social capital and well being among households in rural Bangladesh.
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- How does violent conflict affect poverty in Rwanda?
- ( P. Justino;P. Verwimp / Microcon , 2008)
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This paper analyses household income and poverty dynamics both before and after violent conflict in Rwanda. It explores the socio-economic characteristics of households that move in and out of pove...
- The official poverty measure in the United States fails to reflect modern day spending needs
- ( B.A. Butrica;D. Murphy;S.R. Zedlewski / Center for Retirement Research, Boston College , 2007)
- The dramatic decline in the official poverty rate of adults age 65 and older over the last four decades in the United States leads many to assume that reducing poverty among older adults need not be a...
- Using the Household Economy Approach to understand livelihoods strategies
- ( T. Boudreau / Wahenga.net, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme , 2008)
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This document presents a guide to the Household Economy Approach (HEA). HEA is a livelihoods-based framework for analysing the way people obtain food, non-food goods and services, and how they migh...
- Lebanon can achieve the Millenium Development Goal target of halving extreme poverty
- ( H. El Laithy;K. Abu-Ismail;K. Hamdan / UNDP International Poverty Centre , 2008)
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This country study is a modified executive summary of the full report, which is the first to draw a comprehensive profile of poverty in Lebanon based on money-metric measurements of household expen...
- Predicting household poverty in Mozambique
- ( A. Mathiassen;D. Roll-Hansen / Statistics Norway , 2007)
- There is an increasing demand for more frequent measurements of the poverty situation. Statistics Norway has developed a method for monitoring the development in the time periods between full-fledged ...
- How can integrated water resource management be made more people-centered?
- ( D., J. Merrey;P. Drechsel;F., W., T. Penning de Vries / Southern African Regional Poverty Network , 2007)
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Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is now the dominant paradigm for water management in both rich and poor countries. This paper examines the weaknesses in the current understanding of IW...
- What roles can emerging democratic local governments play in reducing food insecurity?
- ( A. Bonfiglioli / United Nations Capital Development Fund , 2007)
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Food insecurity dramatically affects millions of people both in rural areas and in urban centers of poor countries, with unacceptable human, economic, social and political consequences. This b...
- Agricultural diversification is not sufficient for securing rural livelihoods in Kakamega District, Kenya
- ( H. Dose / GIGA Deutsches Orient-Institut / GIGA German Institute for Middle East Studies , 2007)
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This paper examines the argument presented in the sustainable rural livelihoods literature that diversification can increase incomes and food security. The case of small-scale farmers in Kakamega D...
- Learning from a successful safety net programme in Ethiopia
- ( Wahenga.net, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme , 2007)
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This brief synthesises three reports on Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Nets Programme (PSNP).
The first is on trends in programme transfers within targeted households. It analyses t... - A toolkit for addressing transient and chronic poverty in Kenya
- ( M. Milagu;M. Ayieko;M. Bundi / Poverty and Economic Policy Network , 2007)
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This article serves as a toolkit for policy makers addressing transient and chronic poverty in Kenya. It urges that poverty targeting criteria must take into account household sizes, gender of hous...
