Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) under current conditions poses a major risk to human and animal health. Efforts to contain the disease are therefore in national and global interest.

Quisumbing and Yohannes use the Ethiopian Rural Household Survey to examine the gender dimensions of public works.

"Conservation of high-biodiversity tropical forests is sometimes justified on the basis of assumed hydrological benefits – in particular, reduction of flooding hazards for downstream floodplain populations.

Targeting of Transfers in Developing Countries: Review of Lessons and Experience reviews the lessons learned from 122 antipoverty interventions in 47 transition and developing countries to quantify outcomes and their determinants and to i

This "toolkit" provides quantitative tools to practitioners who want to undertake risk and vulnerability assessments using household data.