Households in developing countries are frequently hit by severe idiosyncratic and covariate
shocks leading to high consumption volatility. A household's currently observed poverty …

This paper explores welfare dynamics among households in rural Mozambique. Using
household panel data, we test whether an asset-based poverty trap exists. Findings indicate …

The increasing frequency of negative rainfall shocks presents households with the
challenging choice of whether to send their children to school or to withdraw them in order …

This paper reviews the rapidly-expanding literature on the relationships between child
labour, education and health. With the renewed interest in child labour as an economic and …

This paper contributes to the understanding of the persistently high poverty rates in rural
Madagascar. It tests the existence of poverty traps thanks to a Markovian poverty transition …

We combine phone-survey data from 2,200 students collected in July–August of 2020 with
student-level administrative data from 54 schools in four northwestern provinces of …

Rainfall shocks to the agricultural sector can pull children into agricultural work and/or
household chores. This is problematic because both forms of child work are potentially …

Despite the fact that the field of non-market strategy is gaining more attention in recent years,
few researches provide a comprehensive chronology of the development and competitive …

Risk is an important facet of life in developing countries. Households are subject to both
aggregate risks-droughts, floods, and other natural disasters, price volatility of agricultural …

This paper argues that a systematic gender analysis of the current crisis is critical to develop
viable solutions and for furthering the trend toward gender equality. It analyses the short-and …