Understanding Poverty Rates and Gaps: Concepts, Trends, and Challenges

Social Policy Report, V26 #3: Children, Families and Poverty: Definitions, Trends, Emerging Science and Implications for Policy

N ow, more than ever, it is crucial to address the topic of children and poverty in the U.S., given current scientific knowledge about poverty’s influence on children and ef fective strategies to mitigate its negative impact. In this report, we summarize the best available information on definitions and trends in child poverty, policy responses to child poverty and the impact of poverty on chil...

Gender dimensions of agricultural and rural employment: Differentiated pathways out of poverty Status, trends and gaps Gender dimensions of agricultural and rural employment: Differentiated pathways out of poverty Status, trends and gaps

Gender dimensions of agricultural and rural employment: Differentiated pathways out of poverty Status, trends and gaps Gender dimensions of agricultural and rural employment: Differentiated pathways out of poverty Status, trends and gaps

Health Insecurity and Social Protection: Pathways, Gaps, and Their Implications on Health Outcomes and Poverty

Health insecurity has emerged as a major concern among health policy-makers particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). It includes the inability to secure adequate healthcare today and the risk of being unable to do so in the future as well as impoverishing healthcare expenditure. The increasing health insecurity among 150 million of the world’s poor has moved social protection i...

Enduring Influences of Childhood Poverty

Poverty is a common experience for children growing up in the United States. Although only about one in five children are in poverty each year, roughly one in three will spend at least one year living in a poor household. Child poverty is a significant concern to researchers and policymakers because early childhood poverty is linked to a multitude of worse outcomes, including reduced academic a...