Economic volatility remains a fact of life in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). Household-level shocks create large consumption … vulnerability to shocks across household types (e.g. by education, ethnic group, and economic activity) and we quantify the impact … mechanisms, including financial access and transfers. Country characteristics crucially determine which household-level shocks …

consumption volatility. A household's currently observed poverty status might therefore not be a good indicator of the household …