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Relationship between poverty and climate : does climate variability drive rural poverty in Zimbabwe?

Pindiriri, Carren; Alwang, Jeffrey R.; Sharma, Dhiraj; … - 2025

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Evolving farm and off-farm income sources and jobs in rural Africa

Mutsami, Chrispinus; Parlasca, Martin Christoph; Qaim, Matin - 2025

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Trends in poverty, vulnerability and inequality in Somalia : the imputed elasticity approach

2025

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Market distance and household income : quasi-experimental evidence from Mongolia

Lkhanaa, Tseveenjav - 2024

This paper examines the impact of access to markets on livestock-related income of herder households in Mongolia. The empirical findings show that reducing the distance to markets by ten kilometers increases household income by 1.0 percent on average.

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Market distance and household income: Quasi-experimental evidence from Mongolia

Lkhanaa, Tseveenjav - 2024

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Impact of the agricultural sector on unemployment, inequality and rural poverty : a panel regression analysis in Indonesian provinces

Suparman, Suparman; Sutomo, Maskuri; Anwar, Chairil; … - 2024

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Smallholder commercialisation and rural household welfare : panel data evidence from Ethiopia

Geffersa, Abebayehu Girma; Tabe-Ojong, Martin Paul <Jr.> - 2024

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Agricultural cooperative membership and welfare of maize farmers in Ethiopia : insights from panel data analysis

Geffersa, Abebayehu Girma - 2024

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The rural-urban poverty gap in England after the 2008 financial crisis : exploring the effects of budgetary cuts and welfare reforms

Vera-Toscano, Esperanza; Shucksmith, Mark; Brown, David L. - 2024

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Rural America at a glance : 2025 edition

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

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Madagascar Rural Income Diagnostic : Unlocking Agricultural Income Potential to Alleviate Rural Poverty - An agenda for Rural Development Policy and Institutional Reform

2026

This Rural Income Diagnostic explores the state of rural poverty, rural livelihoods, and the agricultural sector in Madagascar, focusing on barriers to and opportunities for faster growth in rural agricultural income. The diagnostic then identifies four priority pathways to unlock agricultural...

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Poverty alleviation relocation in China : theory, policy and practice

Qiu, Huanguang; Leng, Ganxiao; Liu, Mingyue; Wang, Sangui - 2026

This is an Open access book which examines the historical evolution of poverty alleviation relocation policy and summarizes its implementation. It highlights typical practices and examples from different regions, focusing on community management, industrial support, and employment support. The...

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Sustainable agricultural industry development and poverty alleviation via Public-Private-Producer Partnership (4P) : a multinational case study

Maru, Apurv; Bi, Jieying; Wang, Jianying; Nie, Fengying - 2026

In the context of rural sustainability and poverty alleviation within the developing world, a key dilemma facing the international community is to identify suitable strategies and mechanisms to bring multiple stakeholders together to work in efficient and sustainable ways. This paper focuses on...

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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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Export agriculture and rural poverty : evidence from Indonesian palm oil

Edwards, Ryan Barclay - 2026

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Impact of welfare card scheme on household economic development in rural Thailand : Buraskorn Torut

Torut, Buraskorn - 2026

This study examines the effectiveness of the welfare card program-an unconditional cash transfer program-in reducing poverty in rural Thailand. The study uses a difference-in-differences framework incorporated with coarsened exact matching from the Thailand-Vietnam Socio-Economic Panel project...

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Living in darkness : rural poverty in Venezuela

Maldonado, Leonardo J. - 2023

This paper uses nighttime lights imagery and gridded population datasets to estimate 2000-2020 rural poverty rates for Venezuela at the state and municipality levels. Then, I examine if there has been a significant change in rural poverty during the economic collapse ongoing since 2013-2014. The...

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Living in darkness: Rural poverty in Venezuela

Maldonado, Leonardo J. - 2023

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Living in Darkness : Rural Poverty in Venezuela

Maldonado, Leonardo J. - 2023

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Agricultural productivity, land use intensification and rural household welfare : evidence from Ethiopia

Geffersa, Abebayehu Girma - 2023

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Impact of rural out-migration on poverty of households in southern Ethiopia

Eshetu, Fassil; Haji, Jema; Ketema, Mengistu; Mehare, Abule - 2023

This study examined the impact of rural out-migration on the poverty of migrant-sending households by applying the new economics labor migration theory as a theoretical framework, and the multinomial endogenous switching regression as an analytical model in southern Ethiopia. Data were gathered...

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Rural poverty profile in Pakistan : incidence, severity, and correlates through consumption based approach

Alam, Muhammad Mehboob; Hussain, Sayed Irshad; Hussain, … - 2023

This study is an attempt to estimate the incidence, severity, depth, and determinants of poverty in Jhang district, Punjab, Pakistan. For this purpose, the data were collected from 1,000 households through a specifically designed questionnaire using multistages sampling technique in all four...

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Spatial segregation and human capital of impoverished areas in China : implications for livelihood resilience building

Li, Yuheng; Jia, Haowen; Xiao, Wei; Naumov, Alexey S. - 2023

Improving people's livelihood resilience against risks and challenges plays an important role in consolidating the achievements of poverty reduction. The paper uses 64 poverty-stricken counties in China's Sichuan province as the study area and explores the link between spatial segregation and...

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Evolving Farm and Off‐Farm Income Sources and Jobs in Rural Africa

Mutsami, Chrispinus; Parlasca, Martin C.; Qaim, Matin - 2025

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Women's access to a bank account and household multidimensional poverty in rural India

Vaishnav, Varsha; Mishra, Srijit - 2025

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Benefit or procedure? : determinants of perceived distributive fairness in rural China

Zuo, Cai; Huang, Xian - 2025

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Effects of recurrent rainfall shocks on poverty and income distribution in rural Ecuador

Llerena Pinto, María Cristhina; Mirzabaev, Alisher; … - 2025

Climate change is associated with an increasing frequency of extreme weather events, which can severely reduce people's welfare, especially in the Global South. Here, we analyse the impacts of rainfall shocks - including lacking and excessive rains - on economic and social outcomes, using...

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Targeted poverty alleviation and entrepreneurship among the poor

Wang, Junhui; Jie, Mengyin - 2025

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Does land transfer help alleviate relative poverty in China? : an analysis based on income and capability perspective

Liu, Shuai; Xu, He; Deng, Lingli - 2025

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Integrating environmental justice into child-sensitive social protection : the environmental roots of intergenerational poverty in Amazonia

Carvalho, Thaís de - 2025

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Guaranteed employment in rural India : intra-household labor and resource allocation consequences

García, Jorge Luis - 2025

I investigate the intra-household labor and resource allocation consequences of an employment guarantee targeting rural households in India. The guarantee insures household earnings, replacing women as added workers and shutting down a motive for saving. Despite sizable program-job take-up, the...

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Environmental resource extraction and poverty : comparative evidence from rural Thailand and Vietnam

Seewald, Eva; Oejten, Alexander; Nguyen, Trung Thanh - 2025

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Assessing the impact of social grants on household welfare using propensity score matching approach

Zwane, Talent; Biyase, Mduduzi; Rooderick, September - 2025

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Seeing like a state or seeing the state? : a qualitative study of a government program to support women's self-help groups in Madhya Pradesh, India

Bhanjdeo, Arundhita; Narain, Nivedita; Sheth, Surili; … - 2025

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Uneven Waters : Examining Poverty and Urban and Rural Households' Exposure to Flood Risk in Paraguay

Ervin, Paul; Gayoso, Lyliana; Rubiano Matulevich, Eliana - 2025

Floods are becoming more frequent and severe due to climate change, population growth, and land cover changes. In Paraguay, floods are the most common weather-related hazard and disproportionately impact poor and vulnerable populations. This study contributes to understanding household-level...

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Econometric modelling of the rural poverty, unemployment and the agricultural sector using a truncated spline approach with longitudinal data

Fattah, Sanusi; Razak, Abd. Rahman; Yusuf, Mohammad Amil; … - 2025

Rural poverty and unemployment remain persistent challenges in Indonesia, particularly in regions where agricultural development is uneven and land conversion accelerates socio-economic disparities. These conditions are highly relevant because rural areas serve as the backbone of food security,...

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Advantages of regional development : a study on poverty alleviation in contiguous destitute areas

Hongyu, Du - 2025

The 2011-2020 period is the final stage of poverty alleviation in China, which emphasizes regional development. Using county-level panel data from 2006 to 2015, we explore the impact of regional poverty alleviation policy on economic growth of contiguous destitute areas (CDAs) in China. The...

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Household wellbeing in rural Papua New Guinea : poverty analysis from the 2023 PNG Rural Household Survey

Mahrt, Kristi; Schmidt, Emily; Fang, Peixun; Mukerjee, … - 2025

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The poverty alleviation role of the "insurance+futures" pattern : evidence from 10 Chinese provinces

Han, Jinhong - 2025

This paper sorts out the poverty reduction mechanism of the "insurance+futures" pattern and uses actual data from the top 10 provinces in China with the highest underwriting value in the "insurance+futures" pattern since 2016 to test it by a panel data model. The results show that the...

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Better roads, better off? : evidence on upgrading roads in Tanzania

Dumas, Christelle; Játiva Sierra, Ximena - 2025

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Poverty and social exclusion : key challenges for sustainable rural development in the new European Union member states between 2007 and 2022

Memo, Umutcan; Pieńkowski, Dariusz - 2025

Poverty has emerged as a significant global issue, impacting both urban and rural areas in developing countries. Its complex and multifaceted nature, encompassing profound economic, social, and psychological implications, has made addressing it even more challenging. Therefore, rural poverty is...

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Understanding the changing nature and context of poverty in Scottish rural and island communities since 2010

2025

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Targeting rural poverty : a generalized ordered logit model analysis of multidimensional deprivation in Ethiopia's Bilate River Basin

Moges, Frew; Leza, Tekle; Gecho, Yishak - 2025

Understanding the complex and multidimensional nature of poverty is essential for designing effective and targeted policy interventions in rural Ethiopia. This study examined the determinants of multidimensional poverty in Bilate River Basin in South Ethiopia, employing cross-sectional household...

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India - Trends in Poverty from 2011-2012 to 2022-2023

2025

This technical note outlines updated poverty trends in India, drawing on data from the 2022-23 and 2011-12 Household Consumption Expenditure Surveys (CES) conducted by the National Sample Survey Office. It introduces a new methodology based on the Modified Mixed Reference Period (MMRP) and...

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Does local government fragmentation reduce poverty? : evidence from Bangladesh

Ali, Amin Masud; Savoia, Antonio - 2026

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Does local government fragmentation reduce poverty? : evidence from Bangladesh

Ali, Amin Masud; Savoia, Antonio - 2025

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Exploring rural energy poverty and needs : rural households spend more on energy but lead in renovations

2025

In the context of the European path towards carbon neutrality and energy resilience, this report investigates energy poverty in EU households and energy need challenges in the EU's building stock, focusing on the vulnerabilities and opportunities for rural areas. Based on measures of consensual...

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Structuring cash transfers : cash flow preferences, seasonality, and financial decisions in rural Kenya

Kansikas, Carolina; Mani, Anandi; Niehaus, Paul - 2025

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Structuring cash transfers : cash flow preferences, seasonality, and financial decisions in rural Kenya

Kansikas, Carolina; Mani, Anandi; Niehaus, Paul - 2025

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Multidimensional poverty in rural China : human capital vs social capital

Song, Jian - 2025

Occupational stratification is the comprehensive division and classification of various occupations undertaken by members of society according to specific standards and methods. Based on China Family Panel Studies data, we use the Alkire-Foster method to calculate the rural multidimensional...

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