This report on measuring poverty using household consumption summarizes the work undertaken as part of the Brazil …

rely solely on household savings for purchasing a house. These findings underscore the urgent need to improve savings … household's ability to save on a regular basis. Due to limited outreach of institutional housing finance, most slum dwellers …

"This paper analyzes changes in the allocation of child labor within the household in reaction to exogenous shocks … compensated for some of the intra-household differences, as they reduced child labor more for older boys who used to work more and … suggest that time allocation and specialization patterns in child labor within the household are important factors to …

young children. A combination of income growth and nutrition interventions are therefore suggested to adequately tackle this … household income and the presence of nutrition interventions in the community. The results show that better nutrition is …

findings from a household, village and health center survey The policy implications of the findings from the survey are: 1 …

Asia and Pacific (EAP) region. This report presents results from a household, village, and facility survey on Maternal and …

30 percent and as low as 9 percent. Benefits go up steadily as household exposure to grid electrification (measured by …

Vietnam two related issues: (1) how far household income and medical care spending responds to health shocks, and (2) how far … household consumption is protected against health shocks. The results suggest that adverse health shocks - captured by negative …