poor; c) increasing employment and income-generating activities for the poor; and d) promoting good governance. Increased … two decades, Burkina Faso's income per capita growth has been positive and less volatile relative to the past. Recent … as income per capita in the 1980s, but recovered substantially after the country gained competitiveness in the latter …

"This paper proposes that individuals care about the relative income of proximate reference groups. Making use of self …-reported life satisfaction as a proxy for unobservable utility, the relative income of siblings is tested for relevance as a … reference point for new sample data from Venezuela. Having greater perceived income than one's siblings is found to be …

themselves to increased risk of HIV infection. In particular, women are 3.1 percent more likely to see a client, 21.2 percent … with risk through other formal or informal consumption smoothing mechanisms. "--World Bank web site …

contributed to raise purchase prices and the cash income of vanilla farmers. But the effect on farmers' consumption remains small …

ongoing work under a joint energy study entitled INGENS - Income Generation through Energy and. Complementary Services. INGENS …