We introduce two separate datasets (The Global Consumption Dataset (GCD) and The Global Income Dataset (GID)) making … possible an unprecedented portrait of consumption and income of persons over time, within and across countries, around the … world. The current benchmark version of the dataset presents estimates of monthly real consumption and income for every …

We introduce two separate datasets (The Global Consumption Dataset (GCD) and The Global Income Dataset (GID)) making … possible an unprecedented portrait of consumption and income of persons over time, within and across countries, around the … world. The current benchmark version of the dataset presents estimates of monthly real consumption and income for every …

We introduce two separate datasets (The Global Consumption Dataset (GCD) and The Global Income Dataset (GID)) making … possible an unprecedented portrait of consumption and income of persons over time, within and across countries, around the … world. The benchmark version of the dataset presents estimates of monthly real consumption and income for every percentile …

that 45.7% of the received remittance is used in food expenditure, 19.3% in education expenditure, 10.36% in health … expenditure and 5.4% is allocated to house rent. The survey also revealed the importance of the remittances for the left behind …

several dimensions. First, it affects the migrants themselves by allowing them to achieve higher income as a result of their … higher productivity in the destination country. It also increases the expected income for their offspring. Second, it affects …

of the income distribution but assumes that such a poverty line is determined exogenously. Finally we also propose a …

The main driver of poverty reduction has shifted from agricultural to non-agricultural income growth in rural …-agricultural income growth can be made more pro-poor by investing in mobility infrastructure and health, facilitating international labor … migration, and lowering income inequality. …