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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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When capabilities and opportunities don't match: understanding chronic poverty

Osmani, Siddiqur (University of Ulster) (2006)

Conference Paper
This paper has now been finalised and is available to download below as CPRC Working Paper...

Investments, bequeaths, and public policy: inter-generational asset transfers and the escape from poverty

Quisumbing, Agnes (International Food Policy Research Institute) (2006)

Conference Paper
This paper develops a conceptual framework for understanding the role of intergenerational transfers in the intergenerational transmission of poverty, provides empirical evidence on key aspects of intergenerational transfers, and discusses the role of public policy in helping the poor accumulate...

Estimation and determination of chronic poverty in India: an alternative approach

Radakrishna, R.; Rao, K. Hanumantha; Ravi, C.; Reddy, B. Sambi (National Institute of Rural Developm (2006)

Conference Paper
This paper has now been finalised and is available to download below as CPRC Working Paper 90. The conference presentation is also available below.

Vulnerability as a measure of chronic poverty

Schechter, Laura (University of Wisconsin-Madison) (2006)

Conference Paper
Economists have traditionally used static poverty measures to estimate well-being, target aid, and determine progress towards development goals. This is useful as a starting point, and gives a good snapshot of the household's situation at one point in time, but in the end, what we care about is the...

A conceptual framework for understanding and explaining chronic poverty

Shepherd, Andrew (Overseas Development Institute/CPRC) (2006)

Conference Paper
This paper has been finalised and is available to download below as CPRC Working Paper...

The process of social exclusion: the dynamics of an evolving concept

Silver, Hilary (Brown University) (2006)

Conference Paper
This paper has now been finalised as CPRC Working Paper...

Poverty as social relations: meanings, rules and relationality

Woolcock, Michael (World Bank) (2006)

Conference Paper
In recognizing that poverty is 'multidimensional', contemporary policy discourses - drawing on scholarship on 'networks', 'exclusion', and 'culture' -have made important (if often under-appreciated) steps to incorporate insights from social and political theory, but these (hard-won) gains now need...

Chronic Poverty and Development Policy in India

Aasha Kapur Mehta and Andrew Shepherd (eds.) (2006)

Book
This book provides an analysis of poverty reduction policies from a chronic poverty perspective. Using quantitative and qualitative data, the volume offers an account of the major causes and consequences of chronic poverty. Also explored are: the phenomenon of chronic poverty among rural casual...

UNDP-IPC Publication on Social Protection

various (2006)

Journal Article
The UNDP's International Poverty Centre has published the first issue of its revamped Poverty In Focus on 'Social Protection - The Role of Cash Transfers', with contributions from CPRC researchers, and participants in CPRC's 2005 Social Protection Conference.

The purpose of Poverty...

Social Assistance in Developing Countries Database (Version 2.0)

Armando Barrientos and Rebecca Holmes (2006)

Database
The database aims to: provide a summary of the evidence available on the effectiveness of social assistance interventions in developing countries; focus on programmes seeking to combine the reduction and mitigation of poverty, with strengthening and facilitating household investments capable of...

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...