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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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A Social Protection agenda for Uganda's Poorest of the Poor

Charles Lwanga-Ntale (2006)

Policy Brief
CPRC-Uganda Policy Brief...

Does Chronic Poverty Matter in Uganda?

Charles Lwanga-Ntale (2006)

Policy Brief
CPRC-Uganda Policy Brief...

Poverty in time: Exploring poverty dynamics from life history interviews in Bangladesh

Peter Davis (2006)

Working Paper No. 69
This paper draws from life history interviews to investigate poverty dynamics in Bangladesh and considers life histories as a supplement to more quantitative approaches in poverty research. Qualitative life history methods allow the examination of the temporal and spatial context of people's lives...

Methodological Note: Using Micro Data to Understand Better the Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty in Low Income Developing Countries

Jere R. Behrman (2006)

Working Paper No. 68
Good empirical analysis of the intergenerational transmission (IGT) of poverty is challenging. This note clarifies this challenge and possible contributions by considering: (1) what estimated relations would be informative for improving understanding within an intergenerational life-cycle...

Extending Social Assistance in China: Lessons from the Minimum Living Standard Scheme

Jiandong Chen and Armando Barrientos (2006)

Working Paper No. 67
Facing rapid demographic, social and economic transformation, China has taken steps to extend and strengthen the urban Minimum Living Standard Scheme (MLSS). The MLSS is a social assistance programme initially focused on the chronically poor, but later extended to the long-term unemployed. The...

The determinants and consequences of chronic and transient poverty in Nepal

Saurav Dev Bhatta and Suman Kumari Sharma (2006)

Working Paper No. 66
Although there is now a substantial international literature on poverty dynamics, both academic and policy discussions on poverty in Nepal continue to focus on static notions of poverty. This paper, for the first time, studies poverty dynamics in Nepal by analysing the determinants of chronic and...

Social movements and chronic poverty across the urban-rural divide: concepts and experiences

Diana Mitlin and Anthony Bebbington (2006)

Working Paper No. 65
This paper develops a series of arguments regarding the contribution of social movements to the reduction of chronic poverty in both urban and rural social contexts, building on the more specific arguments developed in CPRC Working Papers Nos. 63 and 64). This short, more analytically oriented...

The role of collective action and urban social movements in reducing chronic urban poverty

Diana Mitlin (2006)

Working Paper No. 64
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Social Movements and the Politicization of Chronic Poverty Policy

Anthony Bebbington (2006)

Working Paper No. 63
Discussions of chronic poverty have emphasised the extent to which poverty is chronic because of the social relationships and structures within which particular groups of the poor are embedded. In this sense chronic poverty should be understood as a socio-political relationship rather than a lack...

Chronic Poverty and the Environment: a Vulnerability Perspective

Lucy Scott (2006)

Working Paper No. 62
The relationships between poverty and the environment are highly contested, debated and researched. The sustainable development agenda, advocated at the 1987 World Commission on Environment and Development, brings these relationships to the fore. Environmental sustainability, alongside social and...

Latest Publications

Remoteness and chronic poverty in a forest region of Southern Orissa

The recent round of poverty estimates, placing Orissa as the poorest state in India, has pressed an...

Aid approaches and strategies for reaching the poorest

An analysis of the patterns of development known to assist and reach the poorest people is used to...