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  Poverty persistence and transitions in Uganda: a combined qualitative and quantitative analysis

  Q-Squared: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Poverty Analysis, 2006

  Uganda's impressive record in reducing the national incidence of monetary poverty over the 1990s is widely recognised. Less acknowledged, however, is that this net aggregate reduction was accompanied by substantial mobility into as well as out of poverty.
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  Poverty dynamics and the role of livestock in the Peruvian Andes

  Q-Squared: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Poverty Analysis, 2006

  Almost half of the 1.7 million extreme poor in Peru live in highland rural areas, where poverty remains an intractable issue.
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  The determinants of subjective poverty: a comparative analysis in Madagascar and Peru

  Développement, Institutions & Analyses de Long terme, 2006

  The multidimensionality of poverty has slowly become widely acknowledged. A number of studies show a weak relationship between the monetary approach to poverty and household's subjective perception of wellbeing. Studies in the developing world show that well-being is not only based on monetary income or consumption, but also on other factors such as employment and health.
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  Governance, democracy and poverty reduction: lessons drawn from household surveys in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America

  Développement, Institutions & Analyses de Long terme, 2005

  In light of the flaws in the structural adjustment agenda, both domestic and international economic policies are now subject to increasing scrutiny.
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  Squaring the 'Q's?: methodological reflections on a study of destitution in Ethiopia

  Q-Squared: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Poverty Analysis, 2005

  A 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.
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  The measurement of poverty with geographical and intertemporal price dispersion: evidence from Rwanda

  Développement, Institutions & Analyses de Long terme, 2005

  This paper uses data from Rwanda in 1983 to show the importance of an accurate price deflation based on local and seasonal prices.
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  Combining quantitative and qualitative methods in assessing chronic poverty: the case of Rwanda

  Q-Squared: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Poverty Analysis, 2005

  The 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.
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  Locating the poor: spatially disaggregated poverty maps for Sri Lanka

  International Water Management Institute, 2005

  Sri 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.
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  Core poverty, basic capabilities and vagueness: an application to the South African context

  ESRC Global Poverty Research Group, 2005

  This 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.
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  Institutional 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, 2005

  The 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.

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