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  Understanding urban chronic poverty: crossing the qualitative

  Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2005

  This paper summarises the recent quantitative and qualitative evidence on urban poverty in Ethiopia. The author contends that the analysis of poverty dynamics is difficult and has been neglected, hence most of the studies reviewed here focus on urban poverty at a particular point in time.
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  Shocks, sensitivity and resilience: tracking the economic impacts of environmental disaster on assets in Ethiopia and Honduras

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2006

  This paper analyses the asset dynamics of Ethiopian and Honduran households in the wake of severe environmental shocks. It also investigates the circumstances under which poor households are pushed into poverty traps from which recovery is not possible.
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  Accounting for wage inequality in India

  Poverty Research Unit, Sussex, 2005

  This paper investigates the evolution and structure of wage inequality among adult male workers engaged in regular and casual wage employment in India during a period of radical economic change. The analysis exploits data from nationally representative employment surveys and uses decomposition techniques to examine the role played by educational achievement and industry affiliation.
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  Unravelling a conceptual muddle: India’s poverty statistics in the light of basic demand theory

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2005

  This article explores the ‘identification’ problem of India's poverty measurement and ways in which this methodology (or variants of it) may continue to mislead assessments of income poverty.The author argues that claims of a declining trend in poverty remain to be substantiated.
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  Identification of the poor: flaws in government surveys

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2004

  This article challenges the basis of poverty indicators being used to determine the levels "Below the Poverty Line" (BPL) in Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  Poverty in Malawi

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 1998

  This paper presents the poverty analysis of the 1997-98 Malawi Integrated Household Survey. The analysis develops basic needs poverty lines, using consumption-based measures of welfare to classify households and individuals as poor and non-poor. The analysis provides poverty and inequality estimates for Malawi’s population.
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  Globalization, poverty, inequality, and insecurity: some insights from the economics of happiness

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2004

  This paper looks at the relationship between globalisation, poverty and inequality by subjective well being or happiness studies, as well as the literature on the economics of happiness.The studies in Latin America and Russia examine how the dynamics of poverty and inequality affect well-being.
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  The rise or fall of world inequality: a spurious controversy?

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2004

  This paper explores the divergence of opinion on whether inequality in the world is rising or falling. The authors here attempt to pinpoint what drives the two extreme positions apart.
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  Pulling apart: facts and figures on inequality in Kenya

  Society for International Development, 2004

  This paper examines various types of inequality in Kenya. The authors suggest that while inequality is staggering across Kenya, it is also very little discussed. They intend this paper to lay a foundation for a national debate on inequality.The authors examine several dimensions of inequality in Kenya, including:how inequalities in Kenya are manifested in different forms.
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  Fractal poverty traps

  Strategies and Analyses for Growth and Access, 2003

  This paper aims to provide a better understanding of the nature and causality of poverty, in order to facilitate sustained growth and poverty reduction among the poor. This paper examines two key aspects of the nature of poverty: how human well-being evolves over time, and the multi-scalar nature of poverty.

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