substantial changes in household size and composition, with a net movement of primarily school-age children from larger ineligible … declined by four percentage points (or 15 percent) within six months of program rollout, and the poverty headcount at the …

Accurate poverty measurement relies on household consumption data, but such data are often inadequate, outdated or … to produce estimates for several poverty indicators including headcount poverty, extreme poverty, poverty gap, near-poverty … between surveys is associated with a lower probability of predicting some poverty indicators, and that a better imputation …

Poverty maps are a useful tool for the targeting of social programs on areas with high concentrations of poverty …. However, a static focus on poverty ignores the temporal dimension of poverty. Thus, current nonpoor households still face … substantial welfare volatility and are at risk of becoming poor in the face of shocks. We combine the methods of poverty mapping …

crop prices are positively associated with improved child stunting rates for children between ages 6 months and 5 years … to suppress cereal price increases may have adverse effects on poverty reduction in the long term by undermining …