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`Misunderestimating' Chronic Poverty?
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Abstract This article examines the issue of chronic (i.e. long-term) poverty in developing countries. It presents a method for estimating chronic poverty using cross-sectional data and suggests that researchers need not rely solely on longitudinal or panel data. As such data are unavailable for most developi... view more
This article examines the issue of chronic (i.e. long-term) poverty in developing countries. It presents a method for estimating chronic poverty using cross-sectional data and suggests that researchers need not rely solely on longitudinal or panel data. As such data are unavailable for most developing countries, the method outlined here provides an opportunity to expand our understanding of the distribution and pattern of chronic poverty in many more countries. The article also shows how the methods used to estimate the number of chronically poor in developing countries in the 2005 Chronic Poverty Report contain errors that render them serious underestimates. The problem of chronic poverty is therefore considerably more pressing and more widespread than is currently thought.... view less
Keywords
Uganda
Free Keywords
chronic poverty; developing countries; methods; poverty statistics;
Document language
English
Publication Year
2008
Page/Pages
p. 45-79
Journal
Global Social Policy, 8 (2008) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1468018107086087
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)