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Welfare economics
Journal Article
Can commercial farming promote rural dynamism in sub-Saharan Africa?: Evidence from Mozambique

The impact of commercial farms on smallholders in developing countries remains highly controversial...

Agriculture Farm produce Welfare economics
Working Paper
Can commercial farming promote rural dynamism in sub-Saharan Africa?: Evidence from Mozambique

The impact of large commercial farms on neighbouring smallholders in low-income sub-Saharan Africa remains controversial...

Agriculture Farm produce Welfare economics
Book Chapter
Utility-Consistent Poverty in Madagascar, 2001-10: Snapshots in the Presence of Multiple Economy-Wide Shocks

From the book: Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa

Econometric models (Economic development) Equality and inequality Poverty
Book Chapter
The Fall of the Elephant: Two Decades of Poverty Increase in Côte d'Ivoire, 1988-2008

From the book: Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa

Household survey Poverty measurement Welfare economics
Book Chapter
Slow Progress in Growth and Poverty Reduction in Cameroon

From the book: Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa

Economic growth Equality and inequality Microeconomics
Book Chapter
Assessing Progress in Welfare Improvements in Zambia: A Multidimensional Approach

From the book: Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa

Game theory Poverty Welfare economics
Book Chapter
Spatial and Temporal Multidimensional Poverty in Nigeria

From the book: Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa

Game theory Microeconomics Poverty
Book Chapter
Growth, Poverty Reduction, and Inequality in Rwanda

From the book: Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa

Econometric models Equality and inequality Poverty
Book Chapter
Poverty in Ethiopia, 2000-11: Welfare Improvements in a Changing Economic Landscape

From the book: Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa

Econometric models (Economic development) Equality and inequality Poverty
Working Paper
Spatial and temporal multidimensional poverty in Nigeria

Nigeria has recorded impressive growth in the last decade, yet the impact of this growth on poverty reduction remains unclear...

Economic growth Poverty Public welfare
Working Paper
Estimating multidimensional childhood poverty in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2007 through 2013

After years of economic decline, conflict, and instability, the Democratic Republic of Congo achieved rapid economic growth in the 2000s along with a reduction in rural consumption poverty...

Children Poverty Public welfare
Working Paper
Multidimensional first-order dominance comparisons of population wellbeing

In this paper, we convey the concept of first-order dominance (FOD) with particular focus on applications to multidimensional population welfare comparisons...

Welfare economics
Video
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Conference on Inequality—Measurement, trends, impacts, and policies - Parallel 3.1

World distribution of wealth Welfare economics Vulnerability
Journal Article
Targeting Social Transfer Programmes: Comparing Design and Implementation Errors Across Alternative Mechanisms

Part of Journal Special Issue Aid, Social Policy and Development

Government policy (Poor) Poverty measurement Methodology (Poverty)
Blog
Celebrating 30 years of research for development

The celebration of the 30 th Anniversary of UNU-WIDER presented the ideal opportunity to look back, take stock, and plan ahead...

Economic development Structural adjustment (Economic policy) Gross national product
Working Paper
Children and the youth in rural Vietnam

Structural transformation in rural Vietnam has led to rising incomes and a diversification of livelihoods away from agriculture...

Children Education Ethnic relations
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