. Survey-to-survey imputation has been increasingly employed to address these data gaps for poverty measurement, but its … effective use requires standardized protocols. We refine existing poverty imputation models using 14 multi-topic household … surveys conducted over the past decade in Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Vietnam. We find that adding household …

Accurate poverty measurement relies on household consumption data, but such data are often inadequate, outdated or … to produce estimates for several poverty indicators including headcount poverty, extreme poverty, poverty gap, near-poverty … surveys conducted over the past decade in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Vietnam, we find encouraging …

; education ; economic development ; Uganda …

poverty level, and the health of the population including total health expenditures and the prevalence of HIV/AIDS. The …/AIDS is found to have a negative impact on fertility. -- Fertility ; infant mortality ; Africa ; poverty ; health …

We test whether an environment of poverty affects time preferences through purely psychological channels. We measured … discount rates among farmers in Uganda who made decisions about when to enjoy entertainment instead of working. To circumvent … the role of economic constraints, we experimentally induced thoughts about poverty-related problems, using priming …

We estimate the effect of mobile money adoption on consumption smoothing, poverty and human capital investments in … intergenerational transmission of poverty. …

demonstrating that survey-to-survey imputation can fill consumption data gaps and provide low-cost and reliable poverty estimates …; the choice of base surveys for estimating the imputation model; different poverty lines; and alternative (quarterly or …

What are the impacts of expanding mobile broadband coverage on poverty, household consumption and labor market outcomes … positive effect on total household consumption and poverty reduction, driven by positive impacts on labor market outcomes …