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7. Armuts- und Reichtumsbericht der Bundesregierung: Stellungnahme

Stockhausen, Maximilian - 2026

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7. Armuts- und Reichtumsbericht der Bundesregierung : Stellungnahme

Stockhausen, Maximilian - 2026 - Stand: März 2026

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Regional disparities in poverty: Scope and limitations of government reports in Germany and the United Kingdom

Knabe, Andreas; Koevel, Arne; Klärner, Andreas - 2026

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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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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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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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Impact of energy poverty on economic development in Asia : an empirical analysis

Duy Hung Bui; Do, Minh Thu - 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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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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How financial inclusion can make the poor more resilient to extreme weather events

Klapper, Leora - 2026

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

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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Rural America at a glance : 2025 edition

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

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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Vulnerability to poverty : public, private, and community responses

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

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Dreams and small means : career aspirations of children in the Philippine 4Ps Program

Melad, Kris Ann M.; Abrigo, Michael Ralph M.; Diola, … - 2026

This study examines the career aspirations of economically disadvantaged Filipino children participating in the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), the Philippines' flagship conditional cash transfer program. Using data from 9,958 children aged 10 to 25 collected through the Fourth Wave...

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Unemployment, benefits and household spending : new evidence from UK bank account data

Delestre, Isaac; Waters, Tom - 2026

The risk of a worker falling into unemployment represents one of the most important threats to the stability of households' finances - both in terms of lower spending (and hence living standards) and in terms of a greater degree of financial distress (such as the accumulation of unmanageable...

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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 economic determinants of old-age poverty in South Korea : evidence from longitudinal household data

Giannelli, Gianna Claudia; Hegyi, Tamara - 2026

In South Korea, nearly 40% of the elderly population lives in poverty, one of the highest rates in the developed world. As the country undergoes a rapid demographic transition and the share of older individuals increases, understanding the drivers of old-age poverty becomes increasingly...

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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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Individual-level inequality

Cherchye, Laurens; Rock, Bram de; Vermeulen, Frederic - 2026

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Individual-level inequality

Cherchye, Laurens; Rock, Bram de; Vermeulen, Frederic - 2026

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The long shadow : childhood poverty and the returns to education

Febriady, Ade; Postepska, Agnieszka; Angelini, Viola - 2026 - Version: March 27, 2026

This study documents substantial heterogeneity in returns to education by childhood poverty status among Indonesian wage workers aged 15-35. Individuals who grew up poor earn only 1.5 percent per additional year of schooling-less than onefourth of the 6.8 percent earned by those who were never...

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Coverage or Intensity of Support? Adaptive Social Protection to Reduce Disaster-Related Poverty

Middelanis, Robin; Jafino, Bramka Arga; Kawasoe, Yasuhiro - 2026

Disasters due to natural hazards pose a significant threat to people’s well-being and increase the risk of poverty, particularly in vulnerable populations. This paper provides a novel global estimate of poverty due to disasters, showing that 25.6 million people are at risk of poverty due to...

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Moving beyond Time Poverty : Measuring Women’s and Men’s Time-Use Agency

Daum, Thomas; Kilic, Talip; Koolwal, Gayatri; Seymour, Greg - 2026

Economic research on time use has traditionally focused on the total time individuals spend across different activities. However, less is known about time-use agency, or the ability to make strategic choices on allocating one’s time. This paper presents the findings from a novel,...

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Bangladesh Poverty and Equity Assessment : Navigating the Road to Prosperity

2026

This 2025 Poverty and Equity Assessment examines Bangladesh’s progress in poverty reduction and inclusive development from 2010 to 2022. Poverty in Bangladesh declined between 2010 and 2022, but the pace of progress slowed after 2016, and over one-third of the population remained vulnerable to...

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Social protection in Viet Nam : an updated overview

Dang, Hai-Anh; Do Minh - 2026

While Viet Nam has been remarkably successful in poverty reduction, the country is faced with various challenges ranging from uneven pockets of poverty, regional inequality, low labour productivity, and high informality rates, to a fast-ageing society. We offer an updated overview of the social...

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Social protection in Vietnam : an updated overview

Dang, Hai-Anh; Do Minh - 2026

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Electricity tariff and VAT reform in Ethiopia : welfare, poverty, and cost-of-living spillovers

Shahir, Adnan Abdulaziz; Lastunen, Jesse - 2026

Ethiopia initiated a major electricity sector reform in 2024, significantly increasing tariffs and introducing a value-added tax on electricity consumption to improve the financial sustainability of its stateowned utility. This study assesses the short-term distributional, sectoral, and...

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Climate change and multidimensional poverty : global, subnational, and household-level evidence

Castells-Quintana, David; Mukherjee, Manisha; Suppa, Nicolai - 2026

Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges of this century. This is more so for developing and least-developed countries, which have limited means of adaptation and a high proportion of vulnerable populations. We empirically study the interconnection between climate and...

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Residential energy inequality and minimum energy requirement : a distributional perspective for climate policy

Belaîd, Fateh; Taylor, Madeline - 2026

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Solving the problem of socially-improving multivariate tax reform with s-order stochastic dominance : an application to Egyptian consumption

Faro, Ibrahima; Makdissi, Paul; Mussard, Stéphane - 2026

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The effects of social pensions on monetary and time transfers among the poor

Olivera, Javier; Iparraguirre, Yadiraah - 2026

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