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Title:Understanding and reducing persistent poverty in Africa
Editors:Barrett, Christopher B.ISNI
Carter, Michael R.ISNI
Little, Peter D.ISNI
Year:2008
Pages:210
Language:English
City of publisher:London
Publisher:Routledge
ISBN:0415411386; 9780415411387; 0415463890; 9780415463898
Geographic terms:Africa
Ethiopia
Ghana
Kenya
Madagascar
Malawi
South Africa
Uganda
Zimbabwe
Subjects:poverty
households
Abstract:This collective volume - which was previously published as a special issue of the Journal of Development Studies - aims at shedding light on how and why some African households have managed to escape or avoid persistent poverty, while others have not. Contributions: Understanding and reducing persistent poverty in Africa: introduction to a special issue, by Christopher B. Barrett, Michael R. Carter & Peter D. Little; The economics of poverty traps and persistent poverty: an asset-based approach, by Michael R. Carter & Christopher B. Barrett; 'Moving in place': drought and poverty dynamics in South Wollo, Ethiopia, by Peter D. Little, M. Priscilla Stone, Tewodaj Mogues, A. Peter Castro & Workneh Negatu; Exploring poverty traps and social exclusion in South Africa using qualitative and quantitative data, by Michelle Adato, Michael R. Carter & Julian May; Welfare dynamics in rural Kenya and Madagascar, by Christopher B. Barrett, Paswel Phiri Marenya, John McPeak, Bart Minten, Festus Murithi, Willis Oluoch-Kosura, Frank Place, Jean Claude Randrianarisoa, Jhon Rasambainarivo & Justine Wangila; Persistent poverty in north east Ghana, by Ann Whitehead; Shocks and their consequences across and within households in rural Zimbabwe, by John Hoddinott; Rural income and poverty in a time of radical change in Malawi, by Pauline E. Peters; Escaping poverty and becoming poor in 36 villages of central and western Uganda, by Anirudh Krishna, Daniel Lumonya, Milissa Markiewicz, Firminus Mugumya, Agatha Kafuko & Jonah Wegoye. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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