Poverty and inequality persist in many dimensions in the developing world. In order to understand the determinants of … poverty and its distribution between and within countries, it is necessary to know its dimensions and the channels through … which poverty and inequality affect human well-being. This book analyzes the spatial disparities of the outcomes and …

The world’s financial and economic crisis has taken a toll on children and poor households. High food and commodity …

children and poor households. While most governments introduced fiscal stimuli to buffer their populations from the impacts of … considered are conducive to the objective of adequately protecting children and poor households and the achievement of …

children living in poor households in Ethiopia, India (Andhra Pradesh state), Peru and Vietnam. By adopting a methodology to … disentangle gender differences produced by technology and preferences, I find evidence that the allocation of household resources … indicator of power distribution within the household, related to assortative mating in the marriage market, I find that maternal …

covers 5.8 million children in poor rural China and provides 6-24-month old children with a free nutrition supplement that …