Household poverty
- Engineers respond to population increases with a set of Engineering Development Goals
- T. Fox (ed) / Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 2011
- Energy, food, water, urbanisation and finance are areas significantly affected by the effects of population growth. How can the engineering profession respond to key challenges in order to ensure the provision of food, water, shelter ...
- Vulnerable households can be poor or non-poor
- M. Bérgolo; G. Cruces; L. Gasparini / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2010
- The risk of being poor and the actual state of poverty are two related but separated phenomenons. This document presents an analysis that aims at distinguishing the risk of future poverty from actual outcomes in Latin America. The pap...
- Assisting extremely poor households in Bangladesh
- A. Krishna; M. Poghosyan; N. Das (ed) / Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, 2010
- This paper evaluates the impact of an innovative programme that was implemented by BRAC in rural Bangladesh, aiming at assisting extremely poor households. The document clarifies that asset transfers constituted the centre-piece of th...
- Social transfers accelerate progress towards the MDGs, but the elderly are still not being recognised as a priority
- A. Walker Bourne; F. Morgan / HelpAge International, 2010
- Non-contributory pensions enable poor older people to provide for their future and the future of their families. Alongside other social transfer schemes, pensions are now being seen to help reduce old age and intergenerational poverty...
- How much universal pensions might cost in Latin America
- J.-J. Dethier; P. Pestieau; R. Ali / Center for Operations Research and Econometrics, 2010
- Alleviating old age poverty requires a different approach from other age groups. This paper examines the impact on old age poverty and the fiscal cost of universal minimum old age pensions in Latin America using recent household surve...
- Peru: has the reduction in “monetary poverty” been accompanied by increased access to basic needs?
- J.F. Castro; J. Baca; J.P. Ocampo / Centro de Investigación, Universidad del Pacífico, Peru, 2010
- This paper addresses the debate between the recent evolution of monetary poverty figures and the levels of deprivation of the Peruvian population. The paper relies on a multidimensional approach for poverty measurement to measure the ...
- A universal social pension in Tanzania would contribute to achieving a wide range of national development objectives
- HelpAge International, 2010
- In Tanzania, poverty rates amongst households containing an older person are 22.4 per cent higher than the national poverty rate. In the past, security in old age was provided through a range of social protection mechanisms base...
- The economic crisis and Filipino women's rights
- K. Gaerlan; M. Cabrera; P. Samia; L. Santoalla (ed) / Oxfam, 2010
- In the Philippines, the financial crisis has been particularly hard on the low income classes to which many unskilled, mainly women workers in the semiconductor and electronics, and textile and garment industries belong. Their loss of...
- Tackling gendered-impacts of financial crisis in Vietnam - correlating economic development with gender equality?
- A. Nguanbanchong / Oxfam, 2010
- Vietnamese women are over-represented in the export sector and live in deteriorating conditions due to the current global economic crisis. The objective of this study is to assess and identify the gender-differentiated impacts of the ...
- Which is better - conditional or unconditional cash transfers?
- S. Devereux (ed) / Eldis Gateway to Development and Environment Information, 2009
- In response to the recent food crisis and global financial crisis, the G-20 countries and the World Bank announced increased spending on social protection programmes, including cash-based systems. Cash transfers are an increasingly po...
- Engineers respond to population increases with a set of Engineering Development Goals
- T. Fox (ed) / Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 2011
- Energy, food, water, urbanisation and finance are areas significantly affected by the effects of population growth. How can the engineering profession respond to key challenges in order to ensure the provision of food, water, shelter ...
- Vulnerable households can be poor or non-poor
- M. Bérgolo; G. Cruces; L. Gasparini / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2010
- The risk of being poor and the actual state of poverty are two related but separated phenomenons. This document presents an analysis that aims at distinguishing the risk of future poverty from actual outcomes in Latin America. The pap...
- Assisting extremely poor households in Bangladesh
- A. Krishna; M. Poghosyan; N. Das (ed) / Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, 2010
- This paper evaluates the impact of an innovative programme that was implemented by BRAC in rural Bangladesh, aiming at assisting extremely poor households. The document clarifies that asset transfers constituted the centre-piece of th...
- Social transfers accelerate progress towards the MDGs, but the elderly are still not being recognised as a priority
- A. Walker Bourne; F. Morgan / HelpAge International, 2010
- Non-contributory pensions enable poor older people to provide for their future and the future of their families. Alongside other social transfer schemes, pensions are now being seen to help reduce old age and intergenerational poverty...
- How much universal pensions might cost in Latin America
- J.-J. Dethier; P. Pestieau; R. Ali / Center for Operations Research and Econometrics, 2010
- Alleviating old age poverty requires a different approach from other age groups. This paper examines the impact on old age poverty and the fiscal cost of universal minimum old age pensions in Latin America using recent household surve...
- Peru: has the reduction in “monetary poverty” been accompanied by increased access to basic needs?
- J.F. Castro; J. Baca; J.P. Ocampo / Centro de Investigación, Universidad del Pacífico, Peru, 2010
- This paper addresses the debate between the recent evolution of monetary poverty figures and the levels of deprivation of the Peruvian population. The paper relies on a multidimensional approach for poverty measurement to measure the ...
- A universal social pension in Tanzania would contribute to achieving a wide range of national development objectives
- HelpAge International, 2010
- In Tanzania, poverty rates amongst households containing an older person are 22.4 per cent higher than the national poverty rate. In the past, security in old age was provided through a range of social protection mechanisms base...
- The economic crisis and Filipino women's rights
- K. Gaerlan; M. Cabrera; P. Samia; L. Santoalla (ed) / Oxfam, 2010
- In the Philippines, the financial crisis has been particularly hard on the low income classes to which many unskilled, mainly women workers in the semiconductor and electronics, and textile and garment industries belong. Their loss of...
- Tackling gendered-impacts of financial crisis in Vietnam - correlating economic development with gender equality?
- A. Nguanbanchong / Oxfam, 2010
- Vietnamese women are over-represented in the export sector and live in deteriorating conditions due to the current global economic crisis. The objective of this study is to assess and identify the gender-differentiated impacts of the ...
- Which is better - conditional or unconditional cash transfers?
- S. Devereux (ed) / Eldis Gateway to Development and Environment Information, 2009
- In response to the recent food crisis and global financial crisis, the G-20 countries and the World Bank announced increased spending on social protection programmes, including cash-based systems. Cash transfers are an increasingly po...
- Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic economics (CHILD)
- Promotes the collaboration of researchers in the field of population and household economics with a particular interest to the relationships between households, within households and between the family and the state by organising conferences, seminars and research on these themes. Acts as a network for the activities of five Italian universities.
- Luxembourg Income Study (LIS)
- The Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) is a cross-national data archive located in Luxembourg. The LIS archive contains two primary databases. The LIS Database includes income microdata from a large number of countries at multiple points in time. The newer LWS Database includes wealth microdata from a smaller selection of countries. Both databases include labour market and demographic data as wel...
- The Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI)
- The Rights and Resources Initiative is a coalition of international, regional and community organisations engaged in conservation, research and development. The RRI mission is to promote greater global action on pro-poor forest policy and market reforms to increase household and community ownership, control and benefits from forests and trees. Its programme areas are broken down into c...
