Social protection has emerged as a strategy to minimize climate change impacts by building
the resilience of vulnerable communities. It is increasingly being used in disaster risk …

Quantitative evidence on the impact of social protection such as livelihood programs (LPs)
on reducing vulnerability to poverty (VtP) is scant. Therefore, this paper aims to estimate VtP …

This paper applies exogenous shocks to investigate the impact of digital financial inclusion
(DFI) on farmers' poverty vulnerability in China. We find that farmers in highly developed DFI …

As the consequences of climate change become better understood, there is growing
agreement among development practitioners and academics on the need for mainstreaming …

This study examines the impact of cash crop cultivation on household income and migration
decisions, using survey data collected from low-income regions in China. Given farmers …

Background With population aging becoming a pressing global concern, social support is
more meaningful for older adults. In particular, financial supports, such as health insurance …

We analyzed the financial fragility of Pakistani households using data from the Household
Integrated Economic Survey (HIES) 2015–2016 through financial burden indicators …

As people become wealthy, the type of food they consume tends to fundamentally change.
Bennett's law states that the budget share of starchy food staples, such as cereals and rice …

The study aims to examine impact of gender-specific causes and factors on women
entrepreneurship in rural areas of Pakistan. A sample of 342 were drawn from rural areas of …

This article studies the effects of universal basic education on the vulnerability to poverty in
rural China while exploring this mechanism from a capability perspective. A regression …