Accurate poverty measurement relies on household consumption data, but such data are often inadequate, outdated or … to produce estimates for several poverty indicators including headcount poverty, extreme poverty, poverty gap, near-poverty … surveys conducted over the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 …

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 …

finds no effect on savings, agricultural outcomes, or poverty. Overall, the findings add new evidence that mobile money can …

inhabitants. The focus of this paper is on the role of poverty in the impact of floods on households, focusing on both direct …

Tanzania. Using longitudinal data on individuals, the authors estimate the impact of migration on consumption growth between …