"This paper applies Gini and concentration coefficient decomposition as well as the Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty … migration and internal migration within the African continent and inequality, poverty, and social welfare in rural households … although international migration is associated with a much lower incidence, depth, and severity of poverty, its impact on …

For many years poverty reduction was the overarching welfare objective of a wide range of development institutions and … increasingly set for itself more specific welfare objectives by distinguishing between monetary poverty, food security, nutrition …

Using the case of Zambia, this paper examines whether structural change translates into reduced poverty and improved …

cognitive skills). These results imply that breaking the intergenerational transmission of poverty, malnutrition, and … intellectual deprivation through investments in women's human capital may be more effective than previously suggested, but it will … require approaches that account for dimensions of women's human capital beyond just their schooling. Effective interventions …

interest to the US Government’s Feed the Future initiative. These poverty, health, and nutrition outcomes include both …