Overview

Prior work has shown that there is a significant amount of turnover amongst the African poor as households exit and enter poverty. Some of this mobility can be attributed to regular movement back and forth in response to exogenous variability in climate, prices, health, etc. ('churning'). Other crossings of the poverty line reflect permanent shifts in long-term well-being associated with gains or losses of productive assets or permanent changes in asset productivity due, for example, to adoption of improved technologies or access to new, higher-value markets. Distinguishing true structural mobility from simple churning is important because it clarifies the factors that facilitate such important structural change. Conversely, it also helps identify the constraints that may leave other households caught in a trap of persistent, structural poverty. The papers in this book help to distinguish the types of poverty and to deepen understanding of the structural features and constraints that create poverty traps. Such an understanding allows communities, local governments and donors to take proactive, effective steps to combat persistent poverty in Africa. This book was previously published as a special issue of the Journal of Development Studies.

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Author:   Christopher B. Barrett ,  Peter Little ,  Michael Carter
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.560kg
ISBN:  

9780415411387

ISBN 10:   0415411386
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   06 September 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Understanding and Reducing Persistent Poverty in Africa: Introduction to the Special Issue. The Economics of Poverty Traps and Persistent Poverty: An Asset Based Approach. ‘Moving in Place’: Drought and Poverty Dynamics in South Wollo, Ethiopia. Exploring Poverty Traps and Social Exclusion in South Africa Using Qualitative and Quantitative Data. Welfare Dynamics in Rural Kenya and Madagascar. Persistent Poverty in North East Ghana. Shocks and their Consequences Across and Within Households in Rural Zimbabwe. Rural Income and Poverty in a Time of Radical Change in Malawi. Escaping Poverty and Becoming Poor in Thirty-Six Villages in Central and Western Uganda.

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