Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Entrepreneurship and Conflict

• Agriculture
• Conflict management
• Investments

Journal Article

Rapid urbanization is an important characteristic of African development and yet the structural transformation debate focuses on agriculture’s relative merits without also considering the benefits from urban agglomeration. As a result, African...

• Economic development
• Gross national product
• Poverty

Journal Special Issue

Many developing and transition countries have considerable regional variation in average household income, poverty, and in health and educational status. National human development indicators can therefore mislead policy-makers when large regional...

• Equality and inequality
• Poverty measurement
• Poverty

Journal Special Issue

Many developing and transition countries have considerable regional variation in average household income, poverty, and in health and educational status. National human development indicators can therefore mislead policy-makers when large regional...

• Equality and inequality
• Human capital
• Poverty

Research Brief

Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, poor in natural resources, and with low levels of human development. Its economy remains agricultural and focused on food crops and cotton production. Over the last twenty years it has experienced...

• Agriculture
• Equality and inequality
• Food security

Research Brief

Evidence obtained from detailed household surveys in Mozambique during the 2008-09 food price shock reveals just how pronounced the impact of food price inflation can be on children’s overall nutrition status. Moderate and severe underweight...

• Agriculture
• Children
• Food security

Journal Special Issue

Getting an accurate picture of poverty and inequality trends and patterns in the world's most populous country is central to understanding changes in global inequality and poverty – these alter significantly when China is included or excluded...

• Equality and inequality
• Income distribution
• Rural development

Journal Special Issue

This issue analyses the impact of globalization on Africa and present an overview of the six Africa case studies.

• Globalization
• Poverty
• Poverty measurement

Report

Research report prepared under Component 5 of the Business Sector Development Programme (BSPS), Hanoi, Vietnam and the Agricultural Sector Programme Support (ASPS), 2013. With DERG, CIEM and IPSARD research teams.The origin of this report dates back...

• Agriculture
• Household survey
• Rural development

Report

Research report prepared under Component 5 of the Business Sector Development Programme (BSPS), Hanoi, Vietnam and the Agricultural Sector Programme Support (ASPS), 2013. With DERG, CIEM and IPSARD research teams.The origin of this report dates back...

• Agriculture
• Household survey
• Rural development

Working Paper

• Public finance
• Food security
• Natural disasters

Working Paper

• Economic development
• Post-communism
• Rural development

Working Paper

• Household survey
• Land reform
• Malnutrition

Working Paper

• Families
• Households
• Informal sector

Blog

by Lorraine Telfer-Taivainen October 2011

Lorraine Telfer-Taivainen In October the London School of Economics and Political Science hosted the launch of Urbanization and Development...

• Economic development
• Poverty
• Rural development

Report

Following the successful implementation of the Doi Moi reform programme, Viet Nam has experienced outstanding economic progress, for example in aggregate output and poverty reduction. For many years, Viet Nam developed much faster than the typical...

• Agriculture
• Household survey
• Rural development