Qualitative research in economics has traditionally been unimportant compared to
quantitative work. Yet there has been a small explosion in use of quantitative approaches in …

An estimated 58 million persons aged 60-plus live in sub-Saharan Africa; by 2050 that
number will rise sharply to 215 million. Older Africans traditionally get care in their old age …

After nearly seventy years of poverty alleviation, China has basically solved the problem of
providing food and clothing to the rural poor. However, the islanding effect of the distribution …

Developing regions are set to account for the vast majority of future urban growth, and
women and girls will become the majority inhabitants of these locations in the Global South …

This study proposes to map out the scientific production on resilience studies in the
education context. This is in response to the clarion call for enhancing resilience in the …

Designing early warning systems through machine learning (ML) models to identify students
at risk of dropout can improve targeting mechanisms and lead to efficient social policy …

Conflict can be a primary driver of health inequalities, but its impact on the distribution of
social determinants of health is not very well documented. Also, there is limited evidence on …

Background Family education investment is a key factor in reducing intergenerational
transmission of poverty. At the price of higher health risk, the poor may overdraw their bodies …

Background The study aimed to identify the impact of non-disclosure of HIV status on the
loss to follow-up (LTFU) of patients receiving anti-retroviral therapy. Methodology A historic …

The focus of this chapter is female household headship, which appears to be increasing in
the context of ongoing urbanisation in the Global South, and has frequently been the subject …