Gender inequality can undermine efforts to enhance resilience capacity. In this study we explored both gender inequality in Hausa communities in southern Niger and the meaning of women’s empowerment in this context...
This report presents the findings of a Livelihoods Diversification Analysis that aims to inform the development of future programmatic interventions and strategic efforts to promote livelihood diversification in the...
This short, desk-based study provides a first exploration of the interconnections between resilience and nutrition, as evidenced in the guidance of six international donors and the OECD.
Christophe Béné
, Timothy Frankenberger
, Tiffany Griffin
, Mark Langworthy
, Monica Mueller
, Stephanie Martin
In the emerging literature on resilience in relation to food security, a growing number of studies stress the need to expand our analysis beyond conventional socio-economic factors such as assets or social capital,...
Poverty is often characterized not only by low and unstable income, but also by heavy debt burdens. We find that reducing barriers to saving through access to free savings accounts decreases participants' short-term...
Chronic Poverty Advisory Network (CPAN)
, USAID Center for Resilience
The South Asian, agriculture-based nation of Nepal experienced considerable poverty reduction over the last two decades, from 63.8 percent in 1995 to 30.8 percent in 2010. An increase in migration and...
Chronic Poverty Advisory Network (CPAN)
, USAID Center for Resilience
The USAID Center for Resilience commissioned the Overseas Development Institute, in conjunction with the Chronic Poverty Advisory Network (CPAN), to conduct research into resilience and poverty escapes in select...
Chronic Poverty Advisory Network (CPAN)
, USAID Center for Resilience
Transitory poverty escapes and impoverishment are a problem in Tanzania despite a notable fall in poverty since 2000. Indeed, the proportion of households experiencing sustained escapes only just exceeds the...
Chronic Poverty Advisory Network (CPAN)
, USAID Center for Resilience
The Philippines has experienced a significant reduction of poverty in the past 25 years. Poverty dropped from 27 percent in 1991 to eight percent in 2015 according to the international $1.90 a day...
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