“...A new data set on national poverty lines is combined with new price data and almost 700 household surveys to estimate absolute poverty measures for the...”

“...Western notions of the ‘middle class’ are of little obvious relevance to developing countries. Instead, the middle class is identified here as those living...”

“...This paper contributes to explain the cross-country heterogeneity of the poverty response to changes in economic growth. It does so by focusing on the...”

“...Recent evidence suggests that conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs for schooling are effective in raising school enrolment and attendance. However, there...”

“...We designed and tested a voluntary commitment product to help smokers quit smoking. The product (CARES) offered smokers a savings account in which they deposit...”

“...Health and income are strongly correlated both within and across countries, yet the extent to which improvements in income have a causal effect on health...”

“...Energy poverty is a well-established concept among energy and development specialists. International development organizations frequently cite energy-poverty...”

“...Using cross-country and panel regressions, we investigate to what extent gender gaps in education and employment (proxied using gender gaps in labor force...”

“...In this paper we argue that innovations in governance of social services are an effective way to improve outcomes such as attainment of universal primary...”

“...International migrant remittances can increase household budget and reduce liquidity constraint problems, generating consumption and investment opportunities...”