Mozambique experienced important reduction in the poverty rate until recently, before two major natural disasters hit … national household expenditure survey is from 2014/15, just before these crises unfolded, there is need for a poverty … study the evolution of multidimensional poverty in Mozambique using the Demographic and Health Surveys/Malaria Indicator …

gains in some indicators, multidimensional child poverty in Mozambique still substantially exceeds that in neighbouring … and poverty reduction experienced by the population as a whole translate into better living conditions for children. …

Since 1994, a great deal has been accomplished. We argue that poverty reduction was temporarily sidelined in the 2000s … agriculture and a weather shock, undermined progress in measured consumption poverty. We expect progress in poverty reduction to …

measurement of poverty remains complex and controversial. This is particularly true in developing countries where (i) the stakes … significantly lower the barriers to entry to the conduct of rigorous poverty measurement and increase the participation of analysts … from developing countries in their own poverty assessments. The book focuses on two domains: the measurement of absolute …

important facet whose measurement should be done well. Measurement is complex due to a multitude of methodological choices …

"This book focuses on two domains: the measurement of absolute consumption poverty and a first-order dominance approach …

Poverty measures and profiles are used increasingly to guide antipoverty policies in low-income countries. An essential … element in these analyses is the specification of a poverty line. However, there are many different methods for setting … poverty lines, and different methods can yield strikingly different results, with correspondingly different policy …