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Ugo Gentilini
Researcher at World Food Programme
Publications - 41
Citations - 860
Ugo Gentilini is an academic researcher from World Food Programme. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social protection & Poverty. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 35 publications receiving 715 citations. Previous affiliations of Ugo Gentilini include World Bank.
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The state of social safety nets 2015
TL;DR: The State of Social Safety Nets (SSN) as discussed by the authors is a periodic series of data collected from the World Bank's ASPIRE database and other sources to examine trends in coverage, spending, and safety nets program performance.
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Social protection 2.0: Exploring issues, evidence and debates in a globalizing world
Ugo Gentilini,Steven Were Omamo +1 more
TL;DR: A review of the literature on social protection can be found in this article, where the authors examine the evolution and definitions of social protection, and unbundle critical policy, institutional and implementation quandaries.
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Exploring Universal Basic Income : A Guide to Navigating Concepts, Evidence, and Practices
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a framework to elucidate issues and trade-offs in UBI with a view to help inform choices around its appropriateness and feasibility in different contexts.
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Banking on Food: The State of Food Banks in High-income Countries
TL;DR: In this article, a first attempt to estimate the total number of people supported by food banks in high-income countries (HICs) was made, and the analysis showed that nearly 60 million people turn annually to foodbanks in ‘rich’ nations, that is, a level similar to the entire population of France or Italy.
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How are we doing on poverty and hunger reduction? A new measure of country performance
Ugo Gentilini,Patrick Webb +1 more
TL;DR: The poverty and hunger index (PHI) as mentioned in this paper was proposed to measure countries' performance toward achieving the Millennium Development Goal No.1 (MDG1) on halving poverty by 2015.