This paper reviews some of the existing food security indicators, discussing the validity of the
underlying concept and the expected reliability of measures under reasonably feasible …

There are fewer people living in extreme poverty in the world today than 30 years ago. While
that is an achievement, continuing progress for poor people is far from assured. Inequalities …

Multidimensional poverty measurement and analysis is evolving rapidly. A particular
counting approach to multidimensional poverty measurement, developed by Sabina Alkire …

Questions that often come up in contexts where household consumption data are
unavailable or missing include: what are the best existing methods to obtain poverty …

The African Economic Outlook is the only annual report that monitors in detail the economic
performance of 53 individual countries on the continent, using a strictly comparable …

What could middle-class German supermarket shoppers buying eggs and impoverished
coffee farmers in Guatemala possibly have in common? Both groups use the market in …

Many countries have attempted to transition to democracy following conflict or repression,
but the basic meaning of transitional justice remains hotly contested. In this book, Colleen …

Even before COVID-19 shut schools, the world was in the middle of a learning crisis that
threatened efforts to build human capital—the skills and know-how needed for the jobs of …

This paper empirically examines the combined effects of globalization and financial
development on income inequality in a unified framework for an emerging economy. Using …

Traditional assessments of economic growth and progress against poverty tell us little about
whether the poorest are being left behind—whether the consumption floor is rising above …