This report assesses the living conditions in Kazakhstan during 2001-2002, especially as concerning the poor. Based upon consultations with the Government, research institutes, and nongovernmental organizations, three key questions related to poverty were identified as critical to understanding...

Between 2018 and 2021, the country was beset by multiple crises: severe droughts in 2018 and 2021, escalating violence, and the COVID-19 pandemic, fundamentally affected Afghans' livelihoods, creating an even more fragile context. In 2021, five years after households started receiving the...

Adolescent girls are viewed as a key demographic group to target for successfully breaking the intergenerational transmission of poverty in developing countries. Unfortunately, for many teenage girls in developing countries, adolescence entails a fleeting transition from childhood to adulthood,...