Economic mobility and poverty dynamics in developing countries

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Economic mobility and poverty dynamics in developing countries

edited by Bob Baulch and John Hoddinott

Frank Cass, 2000

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"This group of studies first appeared in a special issue .. of the Journal of development studies (ISSN 0022-038) 36/6 (August 2000)"--T.p. verso

A collection of 7 studies by the editors and other researchers

Includes bibliographical references and index

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A collection of studies assembled from six countries - South Africa, China, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Zimbabwe and Chile - using household panel data to examine the issue of poverty. The studies suggest that populations often swing in and out of poverty due to changes in business and agriculture.

Table of Contents

  • Economic mobility and poverty dynamics in developing countries, Bob Baulch and John Hoddinott
  • vulnerability, seasonality and poverty in Ethiopia, Stefan Dercon and Pramila Krishnan
  • social capital and household welfare in South Africa, 1993-98, John Maluccio, Lawrence Haddad and Julien May
  • is transient poverty different? Evidence for rural China, Jyotsna Jalan and Martin Ravallion
  • simulating the impact of policy upon chronic and transitory poverty in rural Pakistan, Neil McCulloch and Bob Baulch
  • revisiting forever gained: income dynamics in the resettlement areas of Zimbabwe, 1983-96, Jan Willem Gunning, John Hoddinott, Bill Kinsey and Trudy Owens
  • mixed fortunes: a study of poverty mobility among small farms households in Chile 1968-86, Christopher D. Scott.

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