(DHS) which lack information on incomes. This makes an analysis of trends and determinants of poverty and inequality … technique developed for poverty mapping exercises to link urban household income surveys with DHS data to generate a time series … incomes from assets in the DHS, and is able to generate new information on poverty and inequality in Bolivia. …

households headed by men. We analyze the determinants of consumption, shock exposure and vulnerability to poverty. Using unique … and less vulnerable to poverty than households with a male head. In Vietnam de jure female-headed households are … consumption poorer and more vulnerable to poverty. In Thailand de jure female-headed households do not differ significantly from …

calorie consumption of individuals and how these changes affect overall food poverty. We illustrate our approach using … household survey data from Malawi. We find that food poverty is of serious concern with large within-country variations. We find …