and their livelihoods? Under what circumstances, and for what types of households, will shocks push households into … poverty traps from which recovery is not possible? In an effort to answer these questions, this paper analyses the asset … poverty traps and that they tend to militate against any tendency of the poor to catch up with wealthier households. Policy …

The Nigerian Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA) provides an in-depth assessment of the food …

crucial to understand the implications of these extreme climate events. Not only are rural livelihoods affected due to the …

Contents: 1.The Changing Profile of Poverty in the World/Shaohua Chen and Martin Ravallion. 2.Characteristics and … Causes of Severe Poverty and Hunger/Akhter U. Ahmed, Ruth Vargas Hill, Lisa C. Smith, and Tim Frankenberger. 3.The Poorest …/Todd Benson, Michael Epprecht, and Nicholas Minot 5.Child Malnutrition in India and China/Peter Svedberg. 6.Poverty and the …

"Collective action can help individuals, groups, and communities achieve common goals, thus contributing to poverty …

traditional poultry sector is weakly linked to other sectors, 2) livelihoods of the poultry-producing households are diversified …

countries, in terms of the ability to sustain processing plants, and in terms of improving the livelihoods of those households …