Frank Vollmer

Biographic Data

ID270331
NAMEFrank Vollmer
GIVEN NAMESFrank
FAMILY NAMEVollmer
SIGNATUREVOLLMER F
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Oxford
ORCID0000-0002-7135-5525
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS40
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX4

  • Distributional impacts of cash transfers on the multidimensional poverty of refugees

    Open AccessMatthew Robson, Frank Vollmer et al.ARTICLEWorld Development2024References: 9

    Most impact evaluations of humanitarian cash transfer programmes use traditional metrics of poverty and study average effects of outcomes separately. We analyse the impact of the Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) cash programme on the multidimensional poverty of refugees in Turkey, using a purpose-built Refugee Multidimensional Poverty Index. We conduct a causal analysis of both average and distributional impacts of the ESSN on the incidence and…

  • Moderate Multidimensional Poverty Index

    Open AccessSabina Alkire, Fanni Kövesdi et al.ARTICLESocial Indicators Research2023Cited by: 4References: 1

    Eradicating poverty in all its forms, everywhere, requires indicators that measure sustainable pathways out of poverty, and not only the absence of acute poverty. This paper introduces a trial Moderate Multidimensional Poverty Index (MMPI) that reflects moderate rather than acute levels of multidimensional poverty. The MMPI adjusts nine of the 10 indicators of the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (global MPI) to reflect moderate poverty and …

  • Consolidating and improving the assets indicator in the global Multidimensional Poverty Index

    Open AccessFrank Vollmer, Sabina AlkireARTICLEWorld Development2022Cited by: 10References: 6

    This article traces a methodological path for constructing a statistically and normatively validated assets indicator, that in turn can be used within an internationally comparable measure of multidimensional poverty. The article validates a revision to the assets indicator of the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (global MPI) that makes the best possible use of existing data. Our normative focus is shaped by Amartya Sen’s capability approach…

  • Forgone opportunities of large-scale agricultural investment

    Open AccessSophia Baumert, Janet Fisher et al.ARTICLEWorld Development Perspectives2019Cited by: 2References: 19

  • Impacts of land use intensification on human wellbeing

    Open AccessHarriet Elizabeth Smith, Casey M Ryan et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2019Cited by: 7References: 29

  • Urban energy transitions and rural income generation

    Open AccessHarriet Elizabeth Smith, D H Jones et al.ARTICLEWorld Development2018Cited by: 7References: 6

    Sub-Saharan Africa’s charcoal sector is rarely considered a mechanism for rural development or poverty alleviation; instead, current regulations often marginalise rural producers. The development of a sustainable sector, that does not further marginalise rural populations, is restricted by limited understanding of these stakeholders. We assess the heterogeneity of rural producers supplying two differentially sized urban charcoal markets in Mozamb…

  • Charcoal income as a means to a valuable end

    Open AccessFrank Vollmer, Pedro Zorrilla‐Miras et al.ARTICLEWorld Development Perspectives2017Cited by: 4References: 16

    The charcoal industry is among the most important semiformal economic sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa and a key cash income source for local households who produce it. This has intensified the debate as to the role of income from charcoal production in the alleviation of rural poverty. While in a number of cases charcoal production has been identified as a potential alleviator of monetary poverty, this paper takes as its departure point a lack of a…

  • Environmental Conservation and Social Benefits of Charcoal Production in Mozambique

    Open AccessPedro Zorrilla‐Miras, Mansour Mahamane et al.ARTICLEEcological Economics2017Cited by: 6References: 4

    Charcoal is an important source of energy and income for millions of people in Africa. Its production often drives forest degradation and deforestation which have impacts on the local people that remain poorly understood. We present a novel methodology for analysing the contribution of woodland ecosystem services (ES) to rural well-being and poverty alleviation, which takes into account access mechanisms to ES, trade-offs between ES, and human re…

  • Poverty Revisited

    Frank VollmerBOOKPoverty Revisited2013

    Was ist Armut? Dieser Frage widmet sich dieses Buch und diskutiert eingehend Amartya Sen’s Theorie. Seinem „Befähigungsansatz“ (Capability Approach) folgend, wird Armut in Mosambik empirisch re-evaluiert und multidimensional berechnet. Die Studie kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass Mosambikaner/innen „Befähigungen“ in den vier Kerndimensionen von Armut fehlen (in den politischen, humanen, sozialen und ökonomischen Domänen). Folglich leben weit mehr Mensc…

  • Do Bicycles Equal Development in Mozambique? By Joseph Hanlon and Teresa Smart

    Frank VollmerARTICLEAfrican Affairs2010

    In this book Hanlon and Smart offer a critical assessment of Mozambique’s development path in the 16 years following the country’s civil war (1976–1992). By taking a material means of transportation often cited as proxy for observable development (the bicycle), the authors’ primary objective is to judge governmental and international community efforts in relation to poverty reduction strategies and policies against results and public perceptions …