Despite a robust recent pre-COVID-19 growth spell, the national poverty incidence was estimated at 44 percent in 2018 and Guinea continues to face multiple challenges to sustain progress on poverty reduction...
The development objective of Data for Decision Making Project for Central African Republic is to increase the capacity of the national statistical institute (ICASEES) to produce and publicly disseminate...
Telephone surveys enable us to collect data in a cost-effective and timely manner, but may not be conducive for collecting detailed consumption or income data for measuring poverty due to the required...
Cote d'Ivoire is the world’s leading cocoa producer, supplying nearly 40 percent of world cocoa production. Developments in the cocoa sector can have significant implications for poverty reduction and...
In this article, the authors consider two shocks: (i) a delay in the onset of monsoon; and (ii) a significant shortfall in rainfall in the 90 day post-onset period. Focusing on households with family farm...
Around the world, countries are becoming urbanized at an astonishing pace. As countries develop economically, their economies shift from mainly rural and agrarian to increasingly urban and nonagricultural...