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Exploring the role of renewable energy technologies in mitigating energy poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa

Chizema, Darlington; Mabugu, Ramos E.; Meniago, Christelle - 2026

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Energy poverty, economic growth and environmental degradation in South Asia : do energy resources matter?

Rasheed, Memona; Hooi Hooi Lean; Foo, Nam - 2026

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How financial inclusion can make the poor more resilient to extreme weather events

Klapper, Leora - 2026

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Hit the road Juan : welfare and labor market effects of high-quality roads in Ecuador

Bolivar, Osmar; Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Balthrop, … - 2026

Road infrastructure boosts economic opportunities and thus contributes to poverty alleviation. This paper investigates the causal impact of paved primary roads on poverty and income mobility in Ecuador, with particular attention to the mechanisms through which these effects materialize....

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Investigating the mediating role of political stability in the relationship between poverty and growth

Alamoudi, Abdulrhman Mohmmad - 2026

This study aims to examine the mediating role of political stability in the relationship between economic growth and poverty reduction in the MENA region. While several countries in the region have experienced economic expansion, persistent poverty remains a challenge, often attributed to...

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From plans to people : territorial planning and poverty in Colombia

Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Rios, Camilo; Triveño, Luis - 2026

Land-use policies shape the spatial allocation of infrastructure, services, and development and thus have direct implications for welfare. This paper examines the effects of Colombia's municipal territorial plan updates on poverty through the lens of the housing and services channel. Using...

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7. Armuts- und Reichtumsbericht der Bundesregierung : Stellungnahme

Stockhausen, Maximilian - 2026 - Stand: März 2026

Der Siebte Armuts- und Reichtumsbericht (7. ARB) ist ein umfangreiches, datenbasiertes Werk, das viele relevante Lebensbereiche abdeckt - von Einkommen und Vermögen über Bildung, Gesundheit und Teilhabe bis hin zu neuen Themen wie Klimawandel und subjektiven Erfahrungen von Armut. Gleichzeitig...

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Effects of microcredits and social safety nets programmes on the poverty reduction in the Haor Region of Bangladesh

Hossain, M. Z.; Hassan, Mahadie - 2026

The haor (Ox-bow Lake) region in Bangladesh, comprising seven districts, is rich in fishing, biodiversity, and boro-rice cultivation. However, its people are poorer due to wet monsoon seasonality. This study evaluates the joint impact of microcredit facilities and social safety net programs...

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Elite participation as a measure of global development

Bergh, Andreas - 2026

Treating development as the ability to participate in complex, non-subsistence, globally comparable activities, this paper proposes participation in elite activities as an indicator of global development. Using standardized rankings from 1970 to 2025 across domains, including sports, chess,...

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Executives' poverty experience and internal and external pay disparities : evidence from China

Huang, Jin; Li, Dongling; Guo, Fei - 2026

We show that executives' early-life poverty experiences reduce both internal (executive-employee) and external (executive-peer) corporate pay disparities. Three mechanisms drive this effect: increased risk aversion in poverty-exposed executives, strategic avoidance of negative media coverage to...

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Household consumption expenditure determinants across poverty subgroups in Sub-Sahara Africa : evidence from the Ghanaian living standard survey

Agyepong, Lawrence; Kuuwill, Ametus; Kimengsi, Jude Ndzifon - 2026

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Devotion without action : Islam, charity, and poverty in comparative perspective

Abedifar, Pejman; Eslami, Mohammad - 2026 - This draft: December, 2025

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Living standards in Angola, 1760-1975

Carvalhal, Hélder; Palma, Nuno - 2026

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Living standards in Angola, 1760-1975

Carvalhal, Hélder; Palma, Nuno - 2024

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Living standards in Angola, 1760-1975

Carvalhal, Hélder; Palma, Nuno - 2024

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Careers of minimum wage workers

Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R.; Maiden, Louis - 2026

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Careers of minimum wage workers

Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R.; Maiden, Louis - 2025

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Energy poverty, artificial intelligence, renewable energy, and education : where is economic growth? : empirical study via BVAR-ARDL approaches

Almusallam, Naif; Fikri, Yahya; Nechad, Abdelhamid; … - 2026

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The changing landscape of international development : an introduction

Dupas, Pascaline; Goldberg, Pinelopi K.; Pande, Rohini - 2026

Since the late 1980s, extreme poverty has declined sharply, life expectancy and schooling have increased, and electoral democracy has expanded. However poverty reduction has slowed in recent years, particularly following the COVID-19 pandemic, amid intensifying conflict, fragility, climate...

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Poverty traps

Bandiera, Oriana; Burgess, Robin; Heil, Anton; … - 2026

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Microfinance and household well-being in Cambodia : a review, perceptions, and research directions

Roth Vathana; Samreth, Sovannroeun - 2026

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Do more transport opportunities lead to higher income? : The effects of public transit access on transit-adjacent neighborhoods

Li, Yun; Patridge, Mark; Xu, Wanting - 2026

This study investigates whether improved transit opportunities increase income of nearby residents by improving access to work opportunities. To explore this hypothesis, we employ a difference-in-differences model combined with matching to examine the effects of constructing a light rail transit...

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Unveiling Hidden Hardships : Leveraging Alternative Data to Map Multidimensional Vulnerability in the Central African Republic

Nossek, Vincent; Chevillé, Bastien; Kosmidou-Bradley, … - 2026

In fragile states such as the Central African Republic, where conflict and institutional fragility severely constrain traditional data collection, mapping multidimensional vulnerability and potential deprivation poses a significant challenge for designing targeted interventions. This paper...

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Social protection in South Africa

Bhorat, Haroon; Oosthuizen, Morné - 2026

South Africa has a relatively well-developed social protection system for a middle-income country. Despite its roots in the country's racially discriminatory past, the system has been repurposed post-apartheid to address deep poverty and severe inequality. This paper explores key characteristics...

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Leaving no one behind : understanding the distribution of poverty and inequality in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh

Rasul, Golam; Nepal, Apsara Karki - 2026

Poverty remains a formidable development challenge in many developing countries. The Sustainable Development Goals aim to eradicate poverty, reduce inequality, and eliminate discrimination, ensuring that no one is left behind. To design effective policies, it is essential to understand the...

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Poverty dynamics under changing measurement frameworks : the role of foreign direct investment in Vietnam

Nguyen Tran Phuc - 2026

Vietnam's sustained poverty reduction has coincided with rising foreign direct investment (FDI) and a major shift from income-based to multidimensional poverty measurement, raising challenges for interpreting poverty dynamics and the role of FDI across regimes. This study examines the...

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Social protection in Chile : between growth and redistribution

Zapata-Román, Gabriela; Barrientos, Armando - 2026

Chile combines high income levels and strong human development outcomes with persistent inequality. This paper examines the country's social protection matrix, focusing on its institutional configuration, financial structure, and main outcomes. The analysis distinguishes three core components-...

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Is Spain's energy voucher lighting the way for the poor? : A microeconomic evaluation of the Bono Social Eléctrico

Llorca, Manuel; Rodríguez Álvarez, Ana - 2026

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Is Spain's energy voucher lighting the way for the poor? : a microeconomic evaluation of the Bono Social Eléctrico

Llorca, Manuel; Rodríguez Álvarez, Ana - 2025

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Stuck at the bottom : caste-based discrimination, relative poverty, and the mechanisms of intergenerational opportunity traps

Maitra, Sudeshna; Kundu, Sudarsana - 2026

How do systemic modes of discrimination-such as a caste system, or racial bias-impact the transmission of intergenerational opportunities in a developing country? What are the mechanisms by which discriminatory norms in labour and marriage markets affect such opportunities? How could we measure...

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Beyond monetary measures : determinants of multidimensional poverty among vulnerable older children and youth in East Germany : a perspective from capability approach and capital theory

Jost, Charlotte Margarete; Nimeh, Zina - 2026

This paper investigates child poverty in Germany through a multidimensional lens, combining Sen’s Capability Approach and Bourdieu’s Capital Theory to develop a adapted Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) for children above 11 and youth aged 17. Drawing on data from the German...

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Empowering women to brighten health : unlocking the energy-gender-health nexus through machine learning in Sub-Saharan Africa

Li, Jiajia; Fan, Jie; Li, Jun; Glauben, Thomas - 2026

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Rural America at a glance : 2025 edition

Farrigan, Tracey; Sanders, Austin; Miller, Lauren; … - 2026

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Distributional divergence as a unifying measurement framework

Lasso de la Vega, Casilda; Rodríguez, Juan Gabriel; … - 2026

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Household effects of electrification through mini-grids : evidence from Tanzania

Accursi, Federico M.; Bajo-Buenestado, Raul - 2026

Mini-grids are emerging as a key solution to electrify access-deficit communities, yet their effectiveness in improving energy access and household welfare remains underexplored. This paper provides novel evidence from Tanzania, where a policy reform doubled the number of mini-grids since 2008....

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Digital financial inclusion and multidimensional poverty alleviation : empowering young migrant workers in china

Luo, Tao; Cheng, Zilin; Ma, Hongmei - 2026

Digital financial inclusion (DFI) plays a vital role in alleviating multidimensional poverty (MP), particularly among vulnerable groups. Grounded in Sen's Capability Approach and using microdata from the 2019 China Household Finance Survey (CHFS), this study develops a multidimensional poverty...

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Environmental regulation and energy poverty : straw-burning bans in China

Xu, Peng; Best, Rohan; Mukhopadhaya, Pundarik - 2026

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From Wealth to Inclusion : Pathways for Poverty Reduction and Middle-Class Expansion in Equatorial Guinea. Equatorial Guinea Poverty and Equity Assessment

2026

A new generation of policies can trace the path from wealth to inclusion. Building on its urban and youthful population, Equatorial Guinea can shift from a model of extraction to one of prosperity. This report—the World Bank's first Poverty and Equity Assessment for Equatorial...

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The middle class and vulnerability to income poverty : implications for social protection in the Philippines

Cabalfin, Deanne Lorraine D.; Albert, Jose Ramon; … - 2026

The Philippines aspires to become a predominantly middle-class society by 2040. Significant strides have been achieved in the reduction of extreme poverty. However, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the fragility of recent gains and the vulnerability of many households to economic shocks. This study...

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Towards common prosperity : the impact of Targeted Poverty Alleviation policy on multidimensional income disparities among rural poor households

Shao, Xuyang; Gao, Shengyuan; Yu, Liyuan; He, Dan - 2026

The issues of income inequality and poverty are intrinsically linked and represent persistent global governance challenges. China faced significant hurdles, including absolute rural poverty and a widening urban-rural development gap. The "Targeted Poverty Alleviation" policy (TPA), implemented...

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Menopause and energy poverty

Cheng, Zhiming; Guo, Liwen; Gu, Jun; Mitchell, Rebecca; … - 2026

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Levy Institute measure of time and income poverty: : United States, 2007-2022 : sources, methods, and assessment

Rios-Avila, Fernando; Zacharias, Ajit; Masterson, Thomas; … - 2026

In this paper, we present the empirical methodology used to estimate the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Income Poverty (LIMTIP) for the United States over the period 2007-2022. We provide a step-by-step account of the statistical matching procedure employed to construct a synthetic dataset...

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Household indebtedness and multidimensional poverty : evidence from China

Li, Jiaheng; Abiona, Olukorede; Sinha, Kompal - 2026

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Time-use and income : a trivariate relative poverty surface

Dorn, Franziska; Meier, Kim Sarah; Maxand, Simone - 2026

Understanding poverty and well-being requires moving beyond income-based measures to account for how work and time are organized within households. While income and unpaid work sustain household living standards, in combination with leisure they determine how these standards are produced and...

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Human Development Index (HDI) of Indian states : 2022-23

Mukherjee, Sacchidananda; Jadhav, Vivek - 2026

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The cost of informality in Brazilian wages : an updated discussion

Gomes, Magno; Souza, Solange; Mourão, Paulo; Silva, Otávio - 2026

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Income volatility and poverty dynamics in Brazil

Souza, Pedro H. G. Ferreira de; Gonçalves, Solange Ledi; … - 2026

This paper investigates poverty dynamics in Brazil, highlighting how the frequency and patterns of movements into and out of poverty shape our understanding of stratification, social mobility, and the design of public policies. Using PNADC microdata from 2015 to 2020, we develop and implement an...

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Poverty relief policies in pre- and post-transformation Poland : a Polanyian perspective

Lüpnitz, Jonas - 2026

This working paper investigates the tension between market forces and welfare policies by applying Karl Polanyi's "double movement" study to pre- and posttransformation Poland. The analysis aims at providing a comprehensive perspective on how poverty relief policies impacted and have been...

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Exploring computational approaches to law : the evolution of judicial language in the Anglo-Welsh poor law, 1691-1834

Deakin, Simon F.; Shuku, Linda - 2026

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From poverty to possibility : unpacking the link between poverty and food insecurity in Pakistan

Saleh, Muhammad; Sarwar, Haroon; Arif, G. M. - 2026

This paper explores the link between poverty and food insecurity in Pakistan using household survey data and three measures of food insecurity-average calorie availability, minimum dietary energy requirement, and the perception-based Food Insecurity Experience Scale-at national, rural, and urban...

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Social protection policy in Colombia

Meléndez Arjona, Marcela; Peña-Tenjo, Nicolás; … - 2026

Colombia has a complex legal framework meant to protect the population against basic risks through a combination of contributory and non-contributory social insurance. The population is almost perfectly split between them, with eligibility to participate in the latter determined by poverty....

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Export agriculture and rural poverty : evidence from Indonesian palm oil

Edwards, Ryan Barclay - 2026

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Vulnerability to poverty : public, private, and community responses

Álvarez, Andrés; Cárdenas Campo, Juan Camilo; … - 2026

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How much do our neighbors really know? : the limits of community-based targeting

Trachtman, Carly; Permana, Yudistira; Sahadewo, … - 2026

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