The number of children losing one or both parents to HIV/AIDS has continued to rise in the
past decade, with most of them being school-aged children. This study reviews global …

Researchers and aid organizations have reported that orphans in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
are particularly vulnerable to abuse and neglect. This article is a review of qualitative studies …

Abstract Analysis of 14 household surveys from 13 developing countries suggests that 1–2
percent of the population have disabilities. Adults with disabilities typically live in poorer than …

The use of asset indices in welfare analysis and poverty targeting is increasing, especially in
cases in which data on expenditures are unavailable or hard to collect. We compare …

One of the most serious weaknesses of the human development index (HDI) is that it does
not take into account the distribution of human development within a country. All attempts to …

Background Studies of the consequences of orphanhood usually focus on measuring its
impact on education outcomes. The findings of these studies are mixed. Several studies use …

Increasing adult mortality due to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa raises considerable
concern about the welfare of surviving children. Studies have found substantial variability …

Despite recent improvements in economic performance, undernutrition rates in sub‐
Saharan Africa appear to have improved much less and rather inconsistently across the …

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Using 10 nationally representative surveys conducted between 1993 and 2005, we assess
the extent to which the vulnerability of orphans to poorer educational outcomes has changed …