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
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.
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.
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.