Understanding and Reducing Persistent Poverty in Africa

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UNDERSTANDING AND REDUCING PERSISTENT POVERTY IN AFRICA

Christopher B. Barrett, Michael R. Carter, and Peter D. Little, Editors
Routledge, 2007

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Understanding and Reducing Persistent Poverty in Africa: Introduction to a Special Issue
Christopher B. Barrett, Michael R. Carter, and Peter D. Little
The Economics of Poverty Traps and Persistent Poverty: An Asset-Based Approach
Michael R. Carter and Christopher B. Barrett
‘Moving in Place’: Drought and Poverty Dynamics in South Wollo, Ethiopia
Peter D. Little, M. Priscilla Stone, Tewodaj Mogues, A. Peter Castro, and Workneh Negatu
Exploring Poverty Traps and Social Exclusion in South Africa Using Qualitative and Quantitative Data
Michelle Adato, Michael R. Carter, and Julian May
Welfare Dynamics in Rural Kenya and Madagascar
Christopher B. Barrett, Paswel Phiri Marenya, John McPeak, Bart Minten, Festus Murithi, Willis Oluoch-Kosura, Frank Place, Jean Claude Randrianarisoa, Jhon Rasambainarivo, and Justine Wangila
Persistent Poverty in North East Ghana
Ann Whitehead
Shocks and their Consequences Across and Within Households in Rural Zimbabwe
John Hoddinott
Rural Income and Poverty in a Time of Radical Change in Malawi
Pauline E. Peters
Escaping Poverty and Becoming Poor in 36 Villages of Central and Western Uganda
Anirudh Krishna, Daniel Lumonya, Milissa Markiewicz, Firminus Mugumya, Agatha Kafuko, and Jonah Weonve