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Constructing and adopting an official poverty line for South Africa: some issues for consideration
National Labour and Economic Development Institute, South Africa, 2005Whilst there is wide consensus that poverty is one of the most urgent social and economic factors that has to be addressed in South Africa, there is little consensus about how to define poverty, let alone measure it.This paper considers alternative approaches to defining and measuring poverty, as well as looking at the historical link in South Africa between the national Poverty Datum Line andDocumentRural non-farm economy in Bangladesh: a view from household surveys
Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, 2004In Bangladesh, the Rural Non-Farm Economy (RNFE) accounts for a large proportion of rural employment and incomes and grows faster than agriculture with the development of the overall economy.DocumentOpen on impact?: slow progress in World Bank and IMF poverty analysis
European Network on Debt and Development, 2005Following the disastrous impact of the structural adjustment years, the World Bank and IMF have acknowledged that policy should be based on evidence rather than ideology, and have stated that they are developing tools and methods to analyse which policies are needed to reduce poverty.Poverty and social impact analysis (PSIA), introduced in the last four years, is one such approach.DocumentLocating the poor: spatially disaggregated poverty maps for Sri Lanka
International Water Management Institute, 2005Sri Lanka has, historically, placed a high value on basic human needs. This has involved directing assistance to the rural areas to promote food security and employment, and assuring that the poor have access to primary health care and basic education. This policy has resulted in a high level of achievements in some areas of human well-being such as education and health.DocumentPoverty lines versus the poor: method versus meaning
Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2005Is there any redemption for the poverty line approach? This paper argues that the use of poverty lines provides a one-dimensional picture and overlooks the multifaceted nature of human deprivation.DocumentCore poverty, basic capabilities and vagueness: an application to the South African context
ESRC Global Poverty Research Group, 2005This paper applies a framework which addresses the vagueness of poverty. It is based upon the results of a survey undertaken in three locations in South Africa. A central aim of the survey was to select dimensions and critical levels which are relevant to judging deprivation in terms of basic capabilities.DocumentKnowledge generation for poverty reduction within donor organizations
ESRC Global Poverty Research Group, 2005Effective poverty reduction relies on knowledge of poverty and poverty reduction. It also depends on the kinds of knowledge that emerge from, and inform, the activities of donor organisations. This paper draws upon evidence from the World Bank's programme in Indonesia to illustrate this point.DocumentReckoning inter-group poverty differentials in the measurement of aggregate poverty
World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2005This paper assesses the intrinsic case for inter-group equality, with an emphasis on the graphical device called the group poverty profile.DocumentInstitutional issues in chronic poverty reduction, rural livelihoods and people's participation: a study of Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India
Eldis Document Store, 2005The paper reports on a field study into the effectiveness of institutional processes to address anti-chronic poverty interventions in Paschim Medinipur district in the State of West Bengal in India.