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Chronic poverty in Uganda: the policy challenges
Development Research and Training, Kampala, Uganda, 2005Chronic poverty traps individuals and households in severe and multi-dimensional poverty for many years, often being transmitted across generations.DocumentSquaring the 'Q's?: methodological reflections on a study of destitution in Ethiopia
Q-Squared: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Poverty Analysis, 2005A 2001 study of destitution in the Wollo region in the Ethiopian North-Eastern Highlands found that the incidence and depth of poverty in this drought-prone farming area was worsening. This is in contrast to official statistics showing that the percentage of rural people living below the national poverty line was falling for Ethiopia as a whole.DocumentThe measurement of poverty with geographical and intertemporal price dispersion: evidence from Rwanda
Développement, Institutions & Analyses de Long terme, 2005This paper uses data from Rwanda in 1983 to show the importance of an accurate price deflation based on local and seasonal prices.DocumentMeasuring the impact of prices on inequality: with applications to Thailand and Korea
International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2006The cost of living index has been developed to give a precise meaning to price indices that are widely computed to make cost of living comparisons. To take into account the effect of price changes on income inequality, social cost of living indices are needed which are relevant for many individuals in the society.DocumentOf calories and things: reflections on nutritional norms, poverty lines and consumption behaviour in India
Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2005This article, written from an economist's perspective, aims to address two main criticisms of the poverty line in India.DocumentUnderstanding rural poverty and investment in agriculture: an assessment of integrated quantitative and qualitative research in Western Kenya
Q-Squared: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Poverty Analysis, 2005This article attempts to analyse how and when to combine quantitative and qualitative research methods to improve understanding of how to identify the poor, the nature of poverty, its causes, and its consequences for agricultural practices.DocumentCombining quantitative and qualitative methods in assessing chronic poverty: the case of Rwanda
Q-Squared: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Poverty Analysis, 2005The aim of this working paper is to demonstrate the value of and need for employing a multidisciplinary approach to the analysis of chronic poverty in Rwanda.Document"Hearing the voices of the poor": assigning poverty lines on the basis of local perceptions of poverty; a quantitative analysis of qualitative data from participatory wealth ranking in rural South Africa
Q-Squared: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Poverty Analysis, 2005The authors of this paper argue that participatory wealth ranking (PWR) may be a useful tool to generate a thorough appraisal of poverty on a scale suitable for the generation of statistics that can be used to inform policy.DocumentMeasuring poverty in a multidimensional perspective: a review of literature
Poverty and Economic Policy Network, 2005This report synthesises the contribution of the main approaches to measuring poverty in its various dimensions to better understand the theoretical framework and the limitations of each.DocumentTrends in poverty and inequality since the political transition
Bureau for Economic Research, South Africa, 2005One of the largest policy debates in South Africa focuses on whether or not poverty and inequality have been reduced since political transition in 1994. Much of the research conducted on household survey data has shown increasing levels of poverty and inequality in the second half of the 1990s.Pages