Household debt has increased significantly since the second half of the 20th century, making it one of the cornerstones … of household financial behaviour. It is, however, necessary to monitor that indebtedness does not spiral out of control … the poverty framework, while also taking into account the (potential) leverage by assets. We focus on a case study of …

Estimates of the number of people living in extreme poverty, as reported by the World Bank, figure prominently in … household surveys from 162 countries covering 98 percent of the population estimated to be in extreme poverty in 2017. We … income not by household size but by the square-root of household size. While the regional profile of extreme poverty is …

understanding of how these policies are formed in a globalizing world. It emphasises the context- and path-dependence of patterns …

Recent studies suggest that current approaches to tackling childhood poverty have had limited efficacy. This book … brings together a discussion of childhoods, children's experiences of poverty and development discourses, and case studies to …