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Armed group opportunism in the face of recent crises : COVID-19 and climate change

O'Neil, Siobhan - 2023

Terrorist and other types of armed groups often exploit natural and human-made disasters and emergencies to advance their causes. This paper studies how some armed groups have responded to two recent global emergencies-climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. It examines the messaging and...

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Weathering shocks : the effects of weather shocks on farm input use in sub-Saharan Africa

Nsabimana, Aimable - 2022

There has been much discussion on climate change and its adverse effects on agriculture, including excessive loss of food production. In regions such as sub-Saharan Africa, where agriculture is the major source of household livelihoods, shocks in weather patterns affect farmers' expectations of...

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Temperature, climate change, and household financial behaviour : evidence from Viet Nam

Awaworyi Churchill, Sefa; Trong Anh Trinh; Danquah, Michael - 2023

We examine the impact of temperature shocks and climate change on household financial behaviour in Viet Nam. To do so, we first estimate the effect of temperature on household borrowing and savings using Vietnamese longitudinal data that matches satellite reanalysis temperature data with...

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Absolute poverty lines

Arndt, Channing; Mahrt, Kristi; Tarp, Finn - 2016

Private consumption capabilities form only one facet of comprehensive living standards assessments, but they are an important facet whose measurement should be done well. Measurement is complex due to a multitude of methodological choices, which often interact with imperfect data and a desire...

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Spatial and temporal multidimensional poverty in Nigeria

Ajakaiye, Olu; Jerome, Afeikhena T.; Olaniyan, Olanrewaju; … - 2015

Nigeria has recorded impressive growth in the last decade, yet the impact of this growth on poverty reduction remains … unclear. This paper appraises spatial and temporal non-monetary multidimensional poverty in Nigeria using the first … is sensitive to indicator definitions, the overall results are robust and lend support to the view that poverty reduction …

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Keep it real : measuring real inequality using survey data from developing countries

Beck, Ulrik - 2015

found. Finally, I argue that poverty estimation based on national account consumption means and estimates of inequality from … decline of poverty over time, but the magnitude of the adjustment is country- and year-specific. …

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Estimating multidimensional childhood poverty in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2007 through 2013

Mahrt, Kristi; Nanivazo, Malokele - 2015

growth in the 2000s along with a reduction in rural consumption poverty. This paper evaluates the extent to which recent …

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Poverty trends in Pakistan

Nazli, Hina; Whitney, Edward; Mahrt, Kristi - 2015

The official estimates of poverty in Pakistan have shown a remarkable and consistent decline in the poverty headcount … during the previous decade. This paper examines trends in poverty between 2001 and 2011 using the official food energy intake … and the cost of basic needs approaches, both of which are modified to allow poverty lines to vary over time and space. The …

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Estimating multidimensional poverty in Zambia

Mahrt, Kristi; Masumbu, Gibson - 2015

multidimensional poverty in Zambia in 1996, 2006, and 2010. In addition to evaluating welfare across time and space, we extend the … detailed perspective on the evolution of rural poverty. Finally, we consider the sensitivity of FOD results to indicator …

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Estimating utility-consistent poverty in Ethiopia, 2000-11

Stifel, David; Woldehanna, Tassew - 2015

We adapt the standardized Poverty Line Estimation Analytical Software (PLEASe) computer code stream based on Arndt and … Simler's (2010) utility-consistent approach to analyse poverty in Ethiopia in 2000, 2005, and 2011. Several data …-related issues create challenges to estimating the spatial and temporal distribution of poverty in a manner that meets both …

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