Intimate partner violence is the most common form of violence against women in conflict and non-conflict settings, but … in conflict settings it often receives less attention than other forms of gender-based violence, such as conflict …-related sexual violence. Using data from the 2008 and 2013 Domestic Violence module of the Nigerian Demographic and Health Survey …

than 20 countries accounting for two-thirds of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa. In this process, the analysis employs … countries as a whole have had pro-poor growth. One-third of the poor population escaped poverty during the studied period, which … is larger than the proportion of the population that fell into poverty in the same period. The region also saw a 9 …

Drawing on evidence from Africa - especially Ethiopia and Uganda - the authors of this volume draw conclusions about …

large-scale violence in Africa as civil war; these episodes better fit their concept of regional war complexes. The paper … authors advocate the comparative study of regional war complexes in Africa based on historical narratives …

violent conflict in Nepal. They find that conflict intensity is significantly higher in places with greater poverty and lower … levels of economic development. Violence is higher in locations that favor insurgents, such as mountains and forests. The …

The relationship between violence and chronic poverty has been studied mostly in the context of war or long …-term episodes of conflict. In contrast to previous studies, this paper explores whether violence that does not include the … shattering of infrastructure impacts the chance that poverty may remain chronic. A long-run perspective is gained by analyzing …

This paper investigates the effect of exposure to violent conflict on human capital accumulation in Burundi. It …

-Saharan Africa; these changes went undetected by standard inequality measures. By developing a new decomposition technique based on a … change, poverty could have decreased an additional 5-6 percentage points during the past decade …

The effect of demographics on poverty measurement based on per capita consumption is well known. The size and … household. Failure to address this issue may often lead to an underestimation or overestimation of poverty, especially for … structures and choice of the pivot household for establishing the per capita poverty line. Based on the World Bank's African …