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Does Global Warming Worsen Poverty and Inequality ? An Updated Review (Английский)

This paper offers an updated and comprehensive review of recent studies on the impact of climate change, particularly global warming, on poverty and inequality, paying special attention to data sources...

Haiti - Systematic Country Diagnostic Update : Pathways to Responding to Recurrent Crises and Chronic Fragility (Английский)

Haiti - Systematic Country Diagnostic Update : Pathways to Responding to Recurrent Crises and Chronic Fragility : Haiti - Diagnostic Systématique Pays Mise à Jour : Vers une Réponse aux Crises Récurrentes et à la Fragilité Chronique (Французский)

The Interplay of Regional and Ethnic Inequalities in Malaysian Poverty Dynamics (Английский)

This study employs a synthetic panel approach based on nationally representative micro-level data to track poverty and income mobility in Malaysia in 2004–16. On aggregate, there were large reductions...

Poverty Dynamics and Mobility in Ethiopia : Evidence from the First Three Rounds of the Socioeconomic Survey (Английский)

The purposes of this chapter are twofold: to shed some light on the dynamics of welfare in Ethiopia between 2012 and 2016, and to profile the chronic, transitory and never poor parts of the population...

The Important Role of Equivalence Scales : Household Size, Composition, and Poverty Dynamics in the Russian Federation (Английский)

Hardly any literature exists on the relationship between equivalence scales and poverty dynamics for transitional countries. This paper offers a new study on the impacts of equivalence scale adjustments...

To impute or not to impute ? a review of alternative poverty estimation methods in the context of unavailable consumption data (Английский)

There is an increasingly stronger demand for more frequent and accurate poverty estimates, despite the oftentimes unavailable household consumption data. This paper offers a review of alternative imputation...

Who escaped poverty and who was left behind ? a non-parametric approach to explore welfare dynamics using cross-sections (Английский)

This paper proposes a non-parametric adaptation of a recently developed parametric technique to produce point estimates of intra-generational economic mobility in the absence of panel data sets that follow...

An analysis of poverty in Myanmar : part one - trends between 2004/05 and 2015 (Vol. 2 of 2) (Бирманский)

A joint analysis of poverty and living standards was conducted by a technical team from the Ministry of Planning and Finance, Government of Myanmar, and the Poverty and Equity Global Practice of the World...

Is Poverty in Africa mostly chronic or transient ? evidence from synthetic panel data (Английский)

Absent actual panel household survey data, this paper constructs, for the first time, synthetic panel data for more than 20 countries accounting for two-thirds of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa...

Is poverty in Africa mostly chronic or transient? : evidence from synthetic panel data (Английский)

Absent actual panel household survey data, this paper constructs, for the first time, synthetic panel data for more than 20 countries accounting for two-thirds of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa...

How to target households in adaptive social protection systems? : relative efficiency of proxy means test and household economy analysis in Niger (Английский)

Proxy Means Test (PMT) and the Household Economy Analysis (HEA) are widely used methods to target chronically poor households and those suffering from food crises respectively. Using panel data from Niger...

A methodology to assess indicative costs of risk financing strategies for scaling up Ethiopia's productive safety net programme (Английский)

This paper proposes and illustrates a methodology to assess the economic cost of the sovereign risk finance instruments available to the Government of Ethiopia and its development partners for financing...

Crime and persistent punishment : a long-run perspective on the links between violence and chronic poverty in Mexico (Английский)

The relationship between violence and chronic poverty has been studied mostly in the context of war or long-term episodes of conflict. In contrast to previous studies, this paper explores whether violence...

Crime and persistent punishment : a long-run perspective on the links between violence and chronic poverty in Mexico (Английский)

The relationship between violence and chronic poverty has been studied mostly in the context of war or long- term episodes of conflict. In contrast to previous studies, this paper explores whether violence...

Welfare dynamics with synthetic panels : the case of the Arab world in transition (Английский)

This paper studies welfare dynamics, especially changes associated with middle-class status in countries in the Middle East and North Africa, before and after the Arab Spring transitions, using objective...

Social protection in the face of climate change : targeting principles and financing mechanisms (Английский)

Climate risk is an important driver of long-term poverty dynamics, especially in rural regions. This paper builds a dynamic, multi-generation household model of consumption, accumulation, and risk management...

Poverty, inequality, and evaluation : changing perspectives (Английский)

This book seeks to shift the conversation on the future of development needs away from a focus on poverty and toward a focus on inequality. There is a need to focus on the structural issues of inequality...

Project Information Document (Appraisal Stage) - Central African Republic - LONDO Project - P152512 (Английский)

Safety nets in Africa : effective mechanisms to reach the poor and most vulnerable (Английский)

The need for safety nets in Sub-Saharan Africa is vast. In addition to being the world?s poorest region, Sub-Saharan Africa is also one of the most unequal. In this context, redistribution must be seen...