Many development programs that aim to alleviate poverty and improve investments in
human capital consider women s empowerment a key pathway by which to achieve impact …

It is time to fundamentally reframe the research agenda on remittances, payments, and
development. We describe many of the research questions that now dominate the literature …

Background: Nigeria accounts for a significant proportion of global maternal mortality figures
with little progress made in curbing poor health indices. In a bid to reverse this trend, the …

Background There is an established body of evidence linking systems of social protection to
health systems and health outcomes. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide …

This article aims to show that multidimensional child poverty (MCP) is determined by several
socioeconomic factors that influence the formation of stratified groups of poor children under …

Originally conceived as small-scale loans allowing impoverished women to invest in
informal sector economic opportunities, microfinance programs have grown rapidly across …

South Africa has an extensive social assistance programme reaching almost 40% of the
population, and which has mitigated high poverty rates in the post-apartheid transition. A …

Urban household food insecurity is highly prevalent in Zimbabwe due to the persisting poor
macro-economic environment, droughts, HIV and AIDS and climate change. This paper …

Many development programs that aim to alleviate poverty and improve investments in
human capital consider women's empowerment a key pathway by which to achieve impact …

Boltvinik, J.(2007b). A Panorama of Poverty Measurement Methods with special emphasis
on multidimensional combined methods. Multidimensional Poverty Measurement. A …