interest to the US Government’s Feed the Future initiative. These poverty, health, and nutrition outcomes include both … low of 0.66 in Bangladesh. …

household budget. The urban informal sector absorbs the women workers largely. What are the determinants of their contribution … observations it is found that women as head of household, women’s education, and ownership of assets by woman have positive effect … on contribution. The burden of the large family size, household poverty and loan availed by the household is shared by …

The paper analyses the contribution of informally employed women (for the age group of 16–60 years) to their household … household budgets for the survival of the families. Applying the OLS model to 937 observations, it is found that women as heads … of household, women’s education, and ownership of assets by woman have a positive effect on their contribution. The …

exists any gender specific discrepancy at the household level and the trend of such discrepancy over the years. Using three … rounds of nationally representative Household Income & Expenditure Surveys this study reveals that households spend less on … components, we find persistent gender imbalance in educational expenditure where households provide better quality of education …

relationship between chronic, or long-term, poverty and processes of migration. The paper presents a framework to enable an … analysis of social relations and processes of exclusion, and the ways in which these are structured around poverty … circumstances under which migration sustains chronic poverty or presents an opportunity to move out of poverty [WP No. 16]. …

river islands of northern Bangladesh where no grid-based electricity is available. We found that solar lanterns …

Bangladesh. Maymana and Mofizul’s story confirms much current thinking about persistent poverty in that country. [WP No. 22]. …Much recent thinking on poverty and poverty reduction is ‘big’ in terms of its ideas, units of analysis, datasets … counterbalance this through ‘thinking small’. It illustrates this through the life history of a poor two person household in …

The aim of this study was to examine the association between visual impairment from cataract and poverty in adults in … Kenya, Bangladesh, and the Philippines. A population-based case–control study was conducted in three countries during 2005 … better eye). Household expenditure was assessed through the collection of detailed consumption data, and asset ownership and …

-governmental organizations (NGOs) have increased women’s empowerment in Bangladesh. Looking at two study areas and two NGOs (the Friends in …Empowerment of women is a holistic concept. It is a multi-dimensional approach and it covers social, political, and … Village Development Bangladesh (FIVDB) and Nari Uddug Kendra (NUK)), the results of the case study show that these two NGOs …