Tackling chronic poverty: The policy implications of research on chronic poverty and poverty dynamics

Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2011

The Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) was founded in 2000 to challenge, through research, the apparent omission of almost a billion people from the 2015 poverty target of the Millennium Developme...

Evolution of gender and poverty dynamics in Tanzania

L. da Corta / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2011

In Tanzania, liberalisation and de-agrarianisation have led to unequal growth; stagnating and in some cases increasing poverty; fragmented landholdings; and a rise in the cost of essentials. Local use...

Inheritance practices and gender differences in poverty and well-being in rural Ethiopia

N. Kumar / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2011

This paper examines the role of men’s and women’s asset inheritance on the poverty and well-being of women and their families in rural Ethiopia. We use data from the 1997, 2004 and 2009 rounds of the ...

Women exiting chronic poverty: empowerment through equitable control of households’ natural resources

J. Espey / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2011

This paper examines the relationship between women’s vulnerability to poverty and their management of domestic natural resources. It finds that gendered experiences of poverty often derive from discri...

Supporting civic activism among chronically poor women

R. Amosu / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2011

This study was undertaken with the support of the Chronic Poverty Research Centre, the Overseas Development Institute, and the George Washington University. Through in-country and desk research, the r...

Annotated bibliography: The efficacy of women’s social movements to include chronically poor women and give voice to their demands

R. Amosu / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2011

Social movements are known to struggle to include, or be representative of, chronically poor women (Mumtaz, 2005; Schady, 2001; Thorp et al., 2005). The objective of this annotated bibliography and th...

Addressing chronic poverty and vulnerability through social assistance in Tanzania: assessing the options

A. Shepherd / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2011

Insecurity and vulnerability are widespread in Tanzania. Many people appear trapped in poverty, lacking the resources to participate in growth. Economic growth has not reduced income poverty as expect...

Growth without poverty reduction in Tanzania: reasons for the mismatch

O. Mashindano / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2011

This paper seeks to examine why economic growth in Tanzania in recent years has not led to poverty reduction in the country. It analyses data and findings from a range of literature and national accou...

Literature review: The efficacy of women’s social movements to include chronically poor women and give voice to their demands

R. Amosu / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2011

Social movements are known to struggle to include, or be representative of, chronically poor women (Cleaver, 2005; Mumtaz, 2005; Schady, 2001; Thorp et al., 2005). The objective of this review and ann...

Stemming Girls’ Chronic Poverty: Catalysing development change by building just social institutions

N Jones / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2010

Absolutely poor women and girls are key agents in the struggle against poverty, according to Andrew Shepherd, Director of the Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC). This report finds adolescent gi...