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Poverty dynamics and graduation from conditional cash transfers: A transition model for Mexico’s Progresa-Oportunidades-Prospera programThe effects of conditional cash transfers (CCTs) on poverty and well-being have been widely studied. However, there is limited knowledge on how a CCT should respond to the dynamics of poverty...
Panel analysis Poverty Poverty measurementBlog
Poverty measurements for policy makers
In order to reduce poverty you must be able to measure it...
Poverty Poverty measurement Multidimensional poverty measurementJournal Article
What does it mean to be poor?: Investigating the qualitative-quantitative divide in MozambiqueMotivated by the siloed nature of much poverty research, as well as the challenge of finding inclusive operational definitions of poverty, this study reflects on the merits of seeking to reconcile economic (quantitative) and anthropological (qualitat...
Poverty analysis Poverty measurement AnthropologyWorkshop
Course on advanced poverty analysisAs part of the programme Inclusive Growth in Mozambique , researchers Vincenzo Salvucci and José Cardoso, will deliver a 5-day training course on advanced poverty analysis for officials from the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Mozambique...
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Researchers from the Inclusive Growth in Mozambique programme contribute to the book Challenges of Mozambique 2018The Institute for Social and Economic Studies ( IESE ) launched the ninth edition of the book Desafios para Moçambique 2018 (Challenges of Mozambique 2018) on 8 November 2018 in Maputo, Mozambique. The book has 18 chapters divided into four...
Mozambique Poverty measurement PovertyPresentation
Paola Ballon presents at an event on multidimensional poverty assessmentsOn 25 October UNU-WIDER research fellow from the Inclusive Growth in Mozambique programme Paola Ballon presents in an event organized by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) in Maputo. The event is focused on multi-...
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Causal pluralism and mixed methods in the analysis of poverty dynamicsThis paper examines the relationship between poverty dynamics, causal pluralism, and mixed method research approaches...
Poverty Dynamics Poverty measurement Methodology (Poverty)Seminar
Sam Jones presents at Inclusive Growth in Mozambique project seminar series: What it does mean to be poor?Sam Jones, development economist and UNU-WIDER research fellow presents in a seminar on 15 August at the Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo.
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What does it mean to be poor?: Investigating the qualitative–quantitative divide in MozambiqueThis paper reflects on the relationship between economic (quantitative) and anthropological (qualitative) approaches to the analysis of poverty in developing countries...
Poverty analysis Poverty measurementWorkshop
Course on poverty line estimation and poverty calculationsThe Inclusive Growth in Mozambique programme delivers a course on poverty line estimation and poverty calculation from June to August 2018 in Maputo. This course aims to equip the participants with tools to make poverty line estimation and poverty...
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Ordinal Bivariate Inequality: Concepts and Application to Child Deprivation in MozambiqueThis paper introduces a concept of inequality comparisons with ordinal bivariate categorical data...
Children Econometric models Equality and inequalityBook Chapter
Poverty, Inequality, and Prices in Post-Apartheid South AfricaFrom the book: Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
Equality and inequality Inflation MacroeconomicsBook Chapter
Incomes, Inequality, and Poverty in Kenya: A Long-Term PerspectiveFrom the book: Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
Equality and inequality Income Poverty measurement