Household poverty
- The dynamics of poverty : why some people escape from poverty and others don't : an African case study
- Christiaan Grootaert; Ravi Kanbur; Gi - Taik Oh / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995
- In urban areas of Cote d'Ivoire, human capital is the endowment that best explains welfare changes over time. In rural areas, physical capital especially the amount of land and farm equipment owned matters most. Empirical inves...
- The green revolution and the growth of the informal sector in Bangladesh
- Kirsten Westergaard; Abul Hossain / Danish Institute for International Studies, 1996
- This paper is the first in a series of papers on a restudy of a village in the Barind tract of northern Bangladesh. At the time of the original study in 1975/76 boro cultivation was negligible, due to lack ofirrigation facilities. The...
- Poverty and inequality during structural adjustment in rural Tanzania
- M. Luisa Ferreira / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1996
- Growth attributed to structural adjustment has benefited the population generally, shifting a significant portion of the population from below the poverty line to above it. Only that smaller fraction of the population with extremely l...
- Microenterprise and poverty: evidence from Latin America
- M.B. Orlando; M. Pollack 2000
- There are many unanswered questions regarding poverty in the microenterprise sector: Are microentrepreneurs and their workers poor? Who are the poor within the sector? Are households with a high dependency upon microenterprise-generat...
- Food-for Work policies and income diversification: comparing Cote d'Ivoire and Kenya
- C.B. Barrett; M. Bezuneh; A. Aboud / Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000
- This paper presents evidence on the effects of two different sorts of policy shocks on observed income diversification patterns in rural Côte d'Ivoire and Kenya. Research results: In Côte d'Ivoire, ma...
- A poverty profile illustrating inequality in Nigeria
- B.E. Aigbokhan / African Economic Research Consortium, 2000
- This article explores a study into poverty in Nigeria. Resulting poverty profile: male-headed households contribute over 80% to the three measures of poverty and female-headed households contribute 5-16% (keeping...
- Sources and means of dealing with Viet Nam's ethnic inequalities
- D. van de Walle; D. Gundewardena / Global Development Network, 2000
- Vietnam’s ethnic minorities tend to be concentrated in remote rural areas and typically have lower living standards than the ethnic majority. How much is this due to poor economic characteristics versus low returns to characteris...
- Why do grandmothers prefer girls? The effects of pensions on child nutrition
- E. Duflo / National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2000
- This paper studies whether the impact of a cash transfer on child nutritional status is affected by the gender of its recipient. In the early 1990's, the benefits and coverage of the South African social pension program were expanded ...
- What factors affect allocation of time to work
- N. Ilahi / Gendernet, World Bank, 2000
- Paper presents a synthesis of the empirical literature on intra household time use in developing countries. It discusses the importance of studying time allocated to various activities, market work for wages, work on the family enterp...
- Are female-headed households worse off than male-headed households?
- J. A. Lampietti; L. Stalker / Gendernet, World Bank, 2000
- This paper sets out to answer two questions are poor females at a significant disadvantage compared to males and non-poor females in terms of welfare indicators of such as health, education, nutrition, labor force parti...
- Microenterprise and poverty: evidence from Latin America
- M.B. Orlando; M. Pollack 2000
- There are many unanswered questions regarding poverty in the microenterprise sector: Are microentrepreneurs and their workers poor? Who are the poor within the sector? Are households with a high dependency upon microenterprise-generat...
- Food-for Work policies and income diversification: comparing Cote d'Ivoire and Kenya
- C.B. Barrett; M. Bezuneh; A. Aboud / Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000
- This paper presents evidence on the effects of two different sorts of policy shocks on observed income diversification patterns in rural Côte d'Ivoire and Kenya. Research results: In Côte d'Ivoire, ma...
- A poverty profile illustrating inequality in Nigeria
- B.E. Aigbokhan / African Economic Research Consortium, 2000
- This article explores a study into poverty in Nigeria. Resulting poverty profile: male-headed households contribute over 80% to the three measures of poverty and female-headed households contribute 5-16% (keeping...
- Sources and means of dealing with Viet Nam's ethnic inequalities
- D. van de Walle; D. Gundewardena / Global Development Network, 2000
- Vietnam’s ethnic minorities tend to be concentrated in remote rural areas and typically have lower living standards than the ethnic majority. How much is this due to poor economic characteristics versus low returns to characteris...
- Why do grandmothers prefer girls? The effects of pensions on child nutrition
- E. Duflo / National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2000
- This paper studies whether the impact of a cash transfer on child nutritional status is affected by the gender of its recipient. In the early 1990's, the benefits and coverage of the South African social pension program were expanded ...
- What factors affect allocation of time to work
- N. Ilahi / Gendernet, World Bank, 2000
- Paper presents a synthesis of the empirical literature on intra household time use in developing countries. It discusses the importance of studying time allocated to various activities, market work for wages, work on the family enterp...
- Are female-headed households worse off than male-headed households?
- J. A. Lampietti; L. Stalker / Gendernet, World Bank, 2000
- This paper sets out to answer two questions are poor females at a significant disadvantage compared to males and non-poor females in terms of welfare indicators of such as health, education, nutrition, labor force parti...
- Intrahousehold allocation and gender relations: new empirical evidence
- A. R. Quisumbing; J. A. Maluccio / Gendernet, World Bank, 1999
- Paper reviews recent theory and empirical evidence testing unitary versus collective models of the household. In contrast to the unitary model, the collective model posits that individuals within households have different prefe...
- Nonfarm income: reducing poverty in Egypt, increase rural inequality in Jordan
- R. H. Adams / World Bank, 2001
- This article uses decomposition analysis to examine the impact of different sources of income (including nonfarm income) on poverty and inequality in rural Egypt and Jordan. Conclusions: While nonfarm income reduces poverty and...
- Microdeterminants of Consumption, Poverty, Growth, and Inequality in Bangladesh
- Q.T. Wodon / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999
- What are the gains from a better education, more land ownership, or a different occupation in Bangladesh? Do the gains differ in urban and rural areas? Have they remained stable over time? Do household size, family structure, and gend...
- 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...
