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CPRC's publications database contains over 300 publications. These include concise policy briefs and research summaries; a series of over 100 academic working papers, and further series published by country partners; academic and professional journal articles; Chronic Poverty Reports and books; and papers presented at CPRC conferences and workshops.
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Chronic poverty in Papua New Guinea
Diana Cammack (2007)
CPR 2008-09 Background Paper
In terms of internationally accepted measures, the people of Papua New Guinea (PNG) are poor. Worse yet, many are getting poorer. The reasons for this are complex, rooted in the
geography of the country, its political economy and its social and political processes. To reduce its poverty is...
geography of the country, its political economy and its social and political processes. To reduce its poverty is...
A qualitative analysis of chronic poverty and poverty reduction strategies in the Solomon Islands
Matthew Clarke (2007)
CPR 2008-09 Background Paper
Both poverty and chronic poverty are difficult to measure in Solomon Islands. Apart from general data constraints, there is a distinct lack of data that can be utilised to assess the extent and severity of either poverty or chronic poverty both spatially or inter-temporally with any accuracy....
Chronic poverty and PRSPs: a desk study
Ursula Grant and Rachel Marcus (2007)
CPR 2008-09 Background Paper
As the main focus of poverty reduction activity in poor countries, the PRSP approach has the potential to make a major difference to chronic poverty. This paper examines the ways in which PRSPs treat chronic poverty and their potential to make significant impacts on it.
Many recent reviews...
Many recent reviews...
PRS review: Uganda case study
Isaac Shinyekwa and Sam Hickey (2007)
CPR 2008-09 Background Paper
This largely desk-based report analyses the extent to which a selection of policies within Uganda’s Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP). Uganda has been chosen as a country that fits into the category of countries that has a high proportion of chronically poor people within its population...
Poverty reduction strategy review - country case: Nicaragua
Steve Wiggins (2007)
CPR 2008-09 Background Paper
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Implementation of policies for reducing chronic poverty: PRS country study Bangladesh
Sajjad Zohir, Abantee Harun, Naser Farid and Iftekharul Huq (2007)
CPR 2008-09 Background Paper
Bangladesh’s IPRSP was finalised in June 2003 and the full PRSP was finalised in January 2006. The broad objective of the Bangladesh study is to assess progresses made in implementation of policies (in PRSP) aimed at reducing chronic poverty. All policies and programs (often not explicitly...
Scope for Increasing the Participation of the Chronically Poor in Economic Growth
Andy McKay, Andrew Shepherd, Martin Prowse (2007)
CPR 2008-09 Background Paper
This synthesis paper focuses specifically on the relationship between economic growth and the chronically poor. To what extent are the chronically poor able toparticipate in growth or from the benefits of growth? What factors enhance or restrict this ability? To what extent is growth accompanied by...
Growth and Poverty in Rural Ethiopia: Evidence from 15 Communities 1994-2004
Stefan Dercon, John Hoddinott, Tassew Woldehanna (2007)
CPR 2008-09 Background Paper
This paper studies the process of growth, poverty and poverty persistence in a panel data set covering 15 communities across rural Ethiopia 1994-2004. It describes growth and the evolution of poverty, illustrating both considerable growth and poverty reduction. It highlights the presenceof...
Chronic Poverty and Economic Growth in Uganda: The Role of Markets
Sarah N. Ssewanyana, Lawrence Bategeka (2007)
CPR 2008-09 Background Paper
To design effective strategies to combat poverty, policy makers need to know precisely who have and have not benefited from the impressive macroeconomic performance Uganda enjoyed between 1992 and 2000. And this is what the paper endeavours to provide insights into, with a bias in favour of, and...
Targeting and protecting the chronically poor in Uganda: A case for the elderley
Beatrice Mugambe (2006)
Policy Brief
CPRC-Uganda Policy Brief...
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