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Social capital and economic well-being
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, 2006Is economic well-being related to one's social networks? These two papers explore the links between social capital and well being among households in rural Bangladesh.The first paper, entitled "Does it pay to be social?" investigates the effect of informal and formal social capital on economic well-being.DocumentThe why and how of understanding 'subjective' wellbeing: exploratory work by the WeD group in four developing countries
ESRC Research Group on Wellbeing in Developing Countries . University of Bath, 2006Wellbeing is a dynamic concept that incorporates the material, relational, and cognitive dimensions of people's lives.DocumentRural poor in rich rural areas: poverty in rural Argentina
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2006Extreme income poverty in rural Argentina has reached exorbitant levels.Document"Opitanha": social relations of rural poverty in northern Mozambique
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2006The term "opitanha", used in the title of this study, denotes the very poorest and most marginalised in the Mozambican communities referred to in this paper.DocumentChildhood poverty, basic services and cumulative disadvantage: an international comparative analysis
Young Lives, 2007This paper explores the ability of children living in poverty to access multiple basic services. The study draws on a sample of over 8,000 children in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam.The authors argue that children denied access to education or health services are more likely to reside in households deprived of other basic infrastructure and therefore prone to cumulative disadvantages.DocumentPoverty, undernutrition, and child mortality: some inter-regional puzzles and their implications for research and policy
European Development Research Network, 2006This paper examines the relationship between measures of income poverty, undernourishment, childhood undernutrition, and child mortality in developing countries.The research finds that while there is a close relationship between these measures of deprivation, the measures generate some inter-regional paradoxes.DocumentAfrican poverty through the lens of labor economics: earnings and mobility in three countries
ESRC Global Poverty Research Group, 2006To understand poverty in Africa it is crucial to understand the performance of the small scale sector, from which the vast majority of the poor earn their living.DocumentUnderstanding and reducing persistent poverty in Africa: introduction to a special issue
Journal of Development Studies, 2006This paper introduces a special issue of the Journal of Development Studies that explores persistent poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. As a set, these papers aim to break new ground in exploring the dynamics of structural poverty. The articles integrate qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis using longitudinal data and country case studies.DocumentProlonged crisis in the occupied Palestinian territory: recent socio-economic impacts on refugees and non-refugees
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, 2006The economic deterioration, rising unemployment and soaring poverty rates resulting from political instability in Palestine since 2000 have been foremost in the concerns of international humanitarian groups. The 2006 election of the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority, ensuing conflict with Israel and de-facto economic sanctions have prompted this impact evaluation report.DocumentMethodological Note: using micro data to understand better the intergenerational transmission of poverty in low income developing countries
Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2006The broad objective of this paper is to examine the extent to which intergenerational transmission of poverty (IGT) takes place in developing countries and through what processes.Pages