engaging children in child labour, can lock households in a low-income equilibrium or poverty trap. Provided that covariate … Nigeria. It uses primary household level data from Nigeria to analyse the impacts of induced price variability on household … substitution for lower quality food, increasing the intensity of work, withdrawing children from school – especially girls – and …

This study examined gender differences in cassava production technology adoption and the impact on poverty status of … farming households in southwest, Nigeria. The data were collected with the aid of structured questionnaire through a …-Greer-Thorbecke weighted poverty index. Out of the 482 households, 387 with similar characteristics were used in the analysis. Adoption level …

Indeed, the recent emphasis on eco-political governance in Nigeria is unique in that it was initiated by external … Nigeria have embraced the market economy and liberalized their policies; issues related to political participation, democracy … and political will to overcoming the harsh poverty experienced by the majority of Nigerians. In this regard, the emerging …

This article deals with the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on poverty and education in Africa. It considers the scale … other vulnerable children (OVC). …

. The results attained and the evidence mobilized consistently show the interdependencies of health, education and poverty … and the potential gains that can be transversally achieved with the promotion of the roles of women and children. …

This chapter offers a primer on poverty, inequality, and vulnerability analysis and a guide to resources on this topic …. It is written for decision makers who want to define the type of information they need to monitor poverty reduction and … translated from an English version published in the World Bank's Poverty Reduction Strategy Sourcebook. …

result of the conflict, as well as a lack of improvement since then, at least for those in poverty who are highly vulnerable …

This paper describes the concepts of poverty and vulnerability as well as the interconnections and differences between … them using an interdisciplinary approach. While poverty is a static concept, vulnerability has a forward-looking dimension …. We, therefore, review the methodologies that different disciplines use to measure poverty and vulnerability. In …

end of 2002, poverty is likely to be high and to have risen in recent years even compared to its high postconflict level …. The first objective of this chapter is to estimate the share of the population in poverty in 2002, predict how it may have … evolved since then, and assess the levels of growth that will be required to reduce poverty measures in the future. The …