Due to the acknowledgment that children deserve special focus in poverty measurement, the measurement of child poverty and well-being has received increasing attention within the academic and policy arena. The dependence of children on their direct environment for the provision of basic needs,...

This paper seeks to develop a methodology towards measuring multidimensional vulnerability in post conflict environments. Vulnerability is defined as the combination of lack of entitlements and exposure to risks (Ahmed & Gassmann, 2009). The occurrence of a shock has varying impact on...

Child poverty can be measured using approaches that aim to make cross-country comparisons on a regional or global scale or to capture a country's specific poverty context. The first can be referred to as a global approach and the second as a country-specific approach. These underlying rationales...