Journal of Development Studies articles from August 2000

Journal of Development Studies archives from August 2000

Economic Mobility and Poverty Dynamics in Developing Countries.
August 1, 2000... This study provides an introduction to this special issue of The Journal of Development Studies on economic mobility and poverty dynamics in developing countries. In addition to providing a conceptual framework, it outlines how the...

Vulnerability, Seasonality and Poverty in Ethiopia.
August 1, 2000... Most studies examining the dynamics of welfare have found large fluctuations in consumption over relatively short periods, suggesting substantial short-run movements in and out of poverty. The consequence is that cross-section poverty research...

Social Capital and Household Welfare in South Africa, 1993-98.
August 1, 2000... The aim in this study is to determine the nature of the causal relationship, if any, between 'social capital', as measured by household membership in formal and informal groups and household welfare in South Africa. Using a recently collected...

Is Transient Poverty Different? Evidence for Rural China.
August 1, 2000... We define 'transient poverty' as the component of time-mean consumption poverty at household level that is directly attributable to variability in consumption; this can be thought of as a measure of vulnerability to falling consumption. The...

Simulating the Impact of Policy Upon Chronic and Transitory Poverty in Rural Pakistan.
August 1, 2000... Anti-poverty programmes often seek to improve their impact by targeting households for assistance according to welfare measures in a single time period. However, a growing literature shows the importance to poor households of fluctuations in...

Revisiting Forever Gained: Income Dynamics in the Resettlement Areas of Zimbabwe, 1983-96.
August 1, 2000... This study examines income dynamics for a panel of households resettled on former white-owned farms in the aftermath of Zimbabwe's independence. There are four core findings: (i) over a 13-year period (1983-96) there has been an impressive...

Mixed Fortunes: A Study of Poverty Mobility among Small Farm Households in Chile, 1968-86.
August 1, 2000... This study is based on a panel sample of small farm households drawn from eight rural communities in Chile interviewed in 1968 and 1986. The incidence and intensity of poverty based on primary income increased over this period. However, after...