There are fewer people living in extreme poverty in the world today than 30 years ago. While
that is an achievement, continuing progress for poor people is far from assured. Inequalities …

This paper presents a new demographic profile of extreme and moderate poverty, defined
as those living on less than $1.90 and between $1.90 and $3.10 per day in 2013, based on …

Men and women, boys and girls have different experiences of disasters. Gender dynamics
impact both the way they are affected by disasters and their capacity to withstand and …

Fiscal decentralization has been implemented in many countries with an explicit objective of
improving public service delivery and reduce poverty. However, its effectiveness in …

This paper uses household surveys from 89 countries to look at gender differences in
poverty in the developing world. In the absence of individual-level poverty data, the paper …

This paper presents a new demographic profile of extreme and moderate poverty, defined
as those living on less than $1.90 and between $1.90 and $3.10 per day in 2013, based on …

We provide a method to estimate resource shares—the fraction of total household
expenditure allocated to each household member—using linear (eg, ordinary least squares) …

Anti-poverty policies often aim to reach poor individuals by targeting poor households.
However, intra-household inequality may mean some poor individuals reside in non-poor …

In large families, individuals must share resources with many others but may benefit from
economies of scale. This paper studies individual consumption in different types of …

Household water management is often women's responsibility, as related to the gendered
nature of household roles. Ethnographic data suggest that household water insecurity could …