Assessing the Extent and Nature of Chronic Poverty in Low Income Countries: Issues and Evidence |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, 3009 Old Clinic Building, Campus Box 7577, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599-7577;2. Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, PO Box 34681, 5032 Great North Road, Lusaka, Zambia;3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Teaching Hospital, PO Box 50110, Lusaka, Zambia;4. Lusaka District Community Health Office, Ministry of Community Development, Mother and Child Health, PO Box 50827, Lusaka, Zambia;1. Institute of Psychology, Health Society, University of Liverpool, L69 3GL, UK;2. Neurologische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Schwabachanlage 6, 91054 Erlangen, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Discussions of chronic poverty have mostly considered its monetary dimensions, with current evidence suggesting that such poverty is much more transient than chronic. But chronic poverty is a real and important phenomenon, potentially more important quantitatively than it first appears once account is taken of different methodological approaches and inevitable measurement difficulties. The chronic poor have distinctive characteristics, such as lack of assets or high dependency rates, which may account for their persistent poverty. The paper argues that it is also necessary to develop concepts of chronic poverty further, covering relevant nonmonetary dimensions and not just relying on panel data. |
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