econometric and statistical techniques. The authors address and identify the extent of poverty in Afghanistan over the years, the … spatial patterns and regional imbalances of poverty in Afghanistan, the distinguishing characteristics of the poor in … Afghanistan, and explore shocks faced by the poor in Afghanistan as well as subsequent coping strategies. Based on household level …

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Child poverty and household poverty in Cameroon: A multidimensional approach … determinants of poverty in Nigeria: Evidence from panel survey -- Chapter 6: The Impact of international remittances on expenditure … patterns of urban households in Ethiopia -- Chapter 7: Determinants of consumption expenditures and poverty dynamics in urban …

With representatives from different disciplines stressing the central importance of freedom in analyzing poverty and … emphasizing some important policy issues, this book offers a view of poverty that will orient research in directions previously … neglected, and help those in charge of implementing poverty reduction policies …

This book explores how a growing religious discourse is advocating for change in women’s employment participation in … Arab societies. It provides a historical and cultural overview of women in Arab societies as well as issues of homogeneity … of traditional Islamic understanding of the role of women and their economic and social participation, which is rooted in …

contributions” -- Chapter 2. Tsegaye Mulugeta, “Impacts of Improved Agricultural Technology Adoption on Rural Poverty: Evidence from … Rural Farmers: An Analysis based on Survey Data of Ethiopia” -- Chapter 8. Getu Tigre, “Multidimensional Poverty and its … and alleviating poverty in the country. The studies cover transition from rural agriculture to urban industry and the …