Participatory wealth ranking
Community wealth-ranking and household surveys: an integrative approach
How resources are allocated in wealth ranking exercises
Authors:
B. Kebede
Publisher:
Q-Squared: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Poverty Analysis, 2007
This paper focuses on the use of information from wealth ranking exercises in conjunction with data collected from household surveys. An analytical framework was examined by using data collected from rural areas of four eastern Africa countries. It is argued that the relative visibility of resources helps explain the weights given to different types of resources in wealth ranking exercises.
While the empirical estimation supports this argument, an analysis of more specific information on farming systems and cultures of the communities is required to see if the predictions from the analytical framework really hold. A systematic analytical framework for analysing and interpreting information from wealth ranking exercises will also contribute to a better understanding of the economic and ‘cultural’ values people attach to different resources.
