14/4
2021
Estimating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural poverty
Virtual Event, 14/04/2021
Ending poverty is the first target of the SDGs and one of the three global goals of the FAO. In particular, FAO concentrates its poverty reduction efforts in rural areas, where the majority of the world poor live, and where the Organization has a competitive advantage.
11/3
2021
Land concentration and rural household welfare in Africa
Virtual Event, 11/03/2021
In this webinar, Jordan Chamberlin will try to address this question on the basis recent evidence from Tanzania. Through an analysis based on different rounds of nationally representative surveys, he will show how different forms of farmland structure affect the welfare of neighbouring rural smallholder households.
2/12
2020
Measuring poverty at the project level: An assessment of the performance of the Simple Poverty Scorecard
Virtual Event, 02/12/2020
In this webinar, Emmanuel Skoufias will discuss the Simple Poverty Scorecard method based on a recent study that assessed its performance using surveys from nine countries over a 10-year period. The webinar will tackle the advantages and disadvantages of the Simple Poverty Scorecard method.
12/11
2020
Advancing the spatial analysis of poverty in developing countries combining different data sources
Virtual Event, 12/11/2020
The availability of granular and timely information is key to design, target, monitor, and assess policies contributing to reaching the SDGs. Census and survey data remain fundamental but relying solely on these traditional sources of data presents clear challenges and limitations.
1/9
2020
A new targeting tool for social programmmes in Zambia
Virtual Event, 01/09/2020
In this meeting, Ana Paola de la O Campos (Social Protection Officer, FAO) and Yadira Díaz (Postdoctoral researcher, Los Andes University) will present a new targeting tool that was developed in the context of a targeting analysis of social assistance programmes in Zambia and, in particular, of the Food Security Pack (FSP). The analysis revealed that social assistance programmes in Zambia ar...
14/5
2020
Estimating the impact of COVID-19 on rural poverty
Virtual Event, 14/05/2020
Ending poverty is the first target of the SDGs and one of the three global goals of the FAO. In particular, FAO concentrates its poverty reduction efforts in rural areas, where the majority of the world poor live, and where the Organization has a competitive advantage. Poverty is also a key underlying driver of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition so reducing it is not negotiable f...
28/4
2020
Poverty analysis in the RBAs: WFP’s essential needs analysis and FAO’s rural extreme poverty framework
Virtual Event, 28/04/2020
Either as a corporate objective or as a strategic means to achieve zero hunger, poverty reduction is at heart of the work of the UN Rome-based Agencies (RBAs).
24/3
2020
Intra-household inequalities: empirical evidence and implications for rural poverty reduction policies
Virtual Event, 24/03/2020
Even though there is a large consensus that it is an individual condition, poverty is usually measured using household aggregated data.
22/1
2020
Children of a lesser god? Challenges in integrating sectoral concerns in national household surveys
Virtual Event, 22/01/2020
Rural areas are characterized by multiple economic activities including crop agriculture, livestock, forestry, and fisheries.
22/1
2020
Children of a lesser god? Challenges in integrating sectoral concerns in national household surveys
Virtual Event, 22/01/2020
In this seminar, Alberto Zezza will provide an overview of recent developments, emerging opportunities and outstanding challenges for the integration of specific modules on different rural sub-sectors (forestry, fisheries, and livestock) into Living Standard Measurement Study (LSMS) and similar multitopic household surveys.
18/12
2019
The relationship between food security and poverty measurement
Virtual Event, 18/12/2019
In this meeting, Carlo Cafiero, manager of the 'Voices of the Hungry' project, will address the relationship between food security and poverty measurement, discussing conceptual and practical issues that analysts need to consider when assessing the two phenomena.
29/11
2019
Advancing the spatial analysis of poverty in developing countries combining different data source
Virtual Event, 29/11/2019
In this seminar, Jessica Steele, University of Southampton, will provide an overview of geospatial methods that can help overcome these challenges, drawing on ‘big data’ and other non-traditional data sources.
12/11
2019
The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index: how can it inform rural poverty reduction policies?
Virtual Event, 12/11/2019
In this webinar Adriana Conconi will present the main advantages of the Global MPI compared to traditional measures of monetary poverty such as the World Bank’s dollar-a-day approach.
17/10
2019
3/9
2019
Integrating rural poverty analysis in programmes and projects
Virtual Event, 03/09/2019
Launch of the Technical Network on Poverty Analysis (THINK-PA). The initiative is part of the efforts that ESA and SP3 are making to strengthen FAO’s capacities to use poverty analysis in all its operations with the objective of increasing FAO’s global understanding of the characteristics and manifestations of rural poverty.