Assessing the Extent and Nature of Chronic Poverty in Low Income Countries: Issues and Evidence

McKay, Andy; Lawson, David

doi:10.1016/s0305-750x(02)00221-8

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“…This general observation is in line with results from other developing countries e.g., Bigsten & Shimeles (2008) for Ethiopia; McKay & Lawson (2003) and Baulch & Masset (2003) for Vietnam. As will be shown in this section, our data underline this observation, but, at the same time, reveal great discrepancies between provinces and type of poverty line used.…”

Section: Table 5 Around Heresupporting

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Persistent Poverty in Rural China: Where, Why, and How to Escape?

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Using rural household panel data from three Chinese provinces, this paper identifies determinants of long-term poverty and tests the duration dependence on the probability to leave poverty. Special emphasis is given to the selection of the poverty line and inter-regional differences across provinces. Results suggest that the majority of population seems to be only temporary poor. However, the probability to leave poverty for those who were poor is differently affected by poverty duration across provinces ranging from no duration dependence in Zhejiang to highly significant duration dependence in Yunnan. The number of non-working family members, education, and several village characteristics seem to be the most important covariates. Terms of use: Documents in

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Section: Table 5 Around Heresupporting

confidence: 91%

“…1 For a survey of the literature on chronic poverty see McKay & Lawson (2003). 2 The exact definition of the national poverty line is described in detail in Yao (2005) and NBS (2004) 3 Due to lack of generally accepted equivalence scales for Chinese rural households, all household members are weighted equally.…”

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Persistent Poverty in Rural China: Where, Why, and How to Escape?

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“…While for the assessment of poverty, monetary indicators (incomes, expenditures) are most widely used, their limitations, in particular in developing countries, are well known and have been extensively discussed (Ravallion, 1995;McKay & Lawson, 2003). Thus, over the past decades there have been continuing efforts to develop methods for the assessment of poverty, which are less dependant on incomes or expenditures (Baulch & Masset, 2003).…”

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Relationships between undernutrition prevalence among children and adult women at national and subnational level

Nube

2005

Eur J Clin Nutr

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Objectives: The objective of this study is to analyze the relationships between undernutrition prevalence rates among children and adults, both at the level of countries and at the level of smaller geographical subunits within countries (districts, provinces). Results are considered of relevance for evaluation and proper usage of anthropometric information in poverty and food security assessment. Design: Anthropometric information on both children and adults, as reported in the Demographic and Health Surveys, has been the primary source of data. In addition, data published by WHO, FAO, and data from some country specific reports have been used. The final analysis is based on data from 289 subnational geographical units divided over 56 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Ordinary least squares has been used for regression analysis and F-tests for testing differences of variances. Results: At the level of countries, results reveal a strong positive relationship between undernutrition prevalence rates among children and adults. At the level of smaller geographical units, high levels of undernutrition in adult women are almost invariably associated with high levels of undernutrition in children. At the same time, however, low or intermediate levels of undernutrition among adult women are no guarantee that undernutrition levels among children are also low or moderate. Conclusion: At the level of countries, information on undernutrition prevalence in children can be considered a proximate of the overall nutritional and food security conditions in a country. At the level of smaller geographical units, relationships are less straightforward, and are hypothesized to depend, at least partially, on the relative importance of food and nonfood factors in the causation of undernutrition.

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“…There is a large body of evidence that shows that the phenomenon of seasonal poverty is widespread in agrarian economies, driven by weather and crop failure and by knock-on effects on seasonal demand for labour. The phenomenon of seasonal poverty is masked by annual average measures of consumption (Dercon and Krishnan 2000) and implies large numbers of households are vulnerable to seasonal poverty and drops in consumption across agricultural-based economies (McKay and Lawson 2003). In Ethiopia, for example, Dercon and Krishnan (2000) showed high variability in poverty from surveying 1,400 households over two years, both reflected in income and consumption, through direct effects of seasons and weather and in indirect effect in prices and labour demand.…”

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confidence: 99%