2/12
2021
Measuring poverty at project level: An assessment of the performance of the Simple Poverty Scorecard
Virtual Event, 02/12/2021
Improving the effectiveness, efficiency and monitoring of rural poverty reduction interventions requires measuring poverty for rural areas at subnational level and for specific populations subgroups such as those engaged in primary activities.
17/6
2021
Behind the scenes of a global poverty number and the challenges of rural estimates
Virtual Event, 17/06/2021
In this webinar, R. Andrés Castañeda Aguilar explains how the World Bank estimates global poverty, highlighting the main methodological challenges of using the current approach for rural areas. Finally, he will discuss potential ways to improve global rural poverty estimates, using an example from Latin America to illustrate their implications.
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.
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.
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.
14/2
2023
Do standard poverty metrics poorly reflect nutritional needs? A new method for utility-consistent and nutritionally adequate food poverty lines
Virtual Event, 14/02/2023
The speakers will present an approach to estimate food poverty lines that satisfies the food group proportionality associated with healthy diet recommendations, its results using data from Myanmar and implications for inclusive economic growth strategies and nutrition-sensitive food policies and social protection.
4/5
2023
Does hotter temperature increase poverty and inequality? Global evidence from subnational data analysis
Virtual Event, 04/05/2023
Climate change and its increasing threads have inspired a significant research on its impacts on a variety of outcomes, such as agriculture, labor productivity, among others.
6/6
2023
Understanding the linkages between the concept of living income and approaches to measuring poverty and well-being of smallholder farmers
Virtual Event, 06/06/2023
The presentation will delve into the similarities and distinctions between various poverty measures and the living income approach, including the Multidimensional Poverty Index, Demographic Health Survey Wealth Index, and Poverty Probability Index.
10/10
2023
A modelling framework for computing changes in Healthy Diet Unaffordability.
Virtual Event, 10/10/2023
The affordability of a healthy diet is a pressing concern, exacerbated by recent crises like COVID-19, conflicts, and rising living costs, pushing the number of people unable to afford it to 3.1 billion in 2021.
21/9
2023
Are there too many farms in the world? Labor market transaction costs, machine capacities, and optimal farm size
Virtual Event, 21/09/2023
Globally, particularly in developing nations, small farms outperform slightly larger ones. This study delves into the reasons behind this trend—why the connection between farm size and productivity forms a U-shape.
16/11
2023
Leaving no one behind: Urban poverty traps in sub-Saharan Africa
Virtual Event, 16/11/2023
While urban population growth is seen as a major factor in reducing overall poverty in sub-Saharan Africa, new challenges have emerged like the urbanization of poverty.
19/3
2024
Well-being dynamics in sub-Saharan Africa: a spatial perspective across territorial typologies
Virtual Event, 19/03/2024
In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), efforts to track poverty trends and target interventions spatially are hindered by a shortage of recurrent and sufficiently detailed data.
29/2
2024
A new distribution sensitive index for measuring welfare, poverty and inequality
Virtual Event, 29/02/2024
Simple welfare indices, such as mean income and poverty headcount, which are commonly used to assess progress towards development goals, lack sensitivity to inequality