Traditional risk assessments use asset losses as the main metric to measure the severity of a disaster. This paper … proposes an expanded risk assessment based on a framework that adds socioeconomic resilience and uses wellbeing losses as its … reconstruction process at the household level, this risk assessment provides new insights into disaster risks in the Philippines …

available data to construct three indices for each Brazilian state based on 36 indicators encompassing the health, behavior …

The proportion of Ugandan households living in poverty reduced by more than half between 1993 and 2013. Using household … survey data, this paper analyzes nonmonetary dimensions of poverty in Uganda for levels and trends, to explore whether the … observed reduction in monetary-based poverty are reflected in the nonmonetary indicators of poverty. The results show that …

satisfaction is correlated with lesser experience of unpleasant events such as labor market shock or economic distress, mostly in … satisfaction, whereas lower relative position to a reference group leaves one with lower life satisfaction. The paper also finds … substantial regional variation in life satisfaction between European, Balkan, and lower and middle-income Commonwealth of …

reflects changes in perceived satisfaction with living standards and the ability to have a purposeful and meaningful life …

The authors report new estimates of measures of absolute poverty for the developing world over 1981-2004. A clear trend … no sustained progress in reducing the number of poor, with rising poverty counts in some regions, notably Sub …-Saharan Africa. There are encouraging signs of progress in reducing the incidence of poverty in all regions after 2000, although it …