Economic Mobility and Poverty Dynamics in Developing Countries - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0714681547 ISBN 13: 9780714681542

Publisher: Routledge, 2000

Synopsis

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.

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Synopsis

It is commonly believed that poverty in developing countries is a chronic structural phenomenon. Evidence from the small number of surveys conducted shows that many households move from poverty to wealth and back from one year to the next. This collection assembles six country studies which use household panel data to examine the issue of poverty. One set - based on panel data from China, Ethiopia, Pakistan and South Africa - looks at short-run poverty dynamics. A second set, drawing on data from Chile and Zimbabwe examines determinants of long-term economic mobility over periods of 14 years or more.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0714681547
• ISBN 13: 9780714681542
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Baulch Bob, Hoddinott John