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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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Study of the Incidence and Nature of Chronic Poverty and Development Policy in South Africa: An Overview

Michael Aliber (2001)

Working Paper No. 3
The purpose of this study is fourfold: first, to summarise the current state of knowledge about chronic poverty in South Africa; second, to describe the range of existing governmental and civil society initiatives which address chronic poverty; third, to identify challenges to addressing chronic...

Chronic Poverty in India: Overview Study

Aasha Kapur Mehta and Amita Shah (2001)

CPRC-IIPA Working Paper
This paper attempts to summarise the current state of knowledge about chronic poverty in India, and identify an agenda for further research. An overview of the trends in incidence of income poverty in India is provided to place chronic poverty in context. Chronic poverty is viewed in terms of...

Chronic Poverty: Meanings and Analytical Frameworks

David Hulme, Karen Moore and Andrew Shepherd (2001)

Working Paper No. 2
This paper provides an overview of the meaning of 'chronic poverty', and identifies frameworks for analysing it, as understood by the Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) during the initial stages of research. After an introduction to the CPRC, the second section briefly reviews the major...

Chronic Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: A select annotated bibliography with special reference to remote rural areas. CPRC Annotated Bibliographies No 1

Samuel Hickey (2001)

Working Paper No. 1
The Annotated Bibliography is divided into five main parts. First, the Introduction provides a detailed guide to the content and structure of the document. Second, as the internet is now an established resource for poverty research, a concise selection of useful websites is included: Poverty...

Chronic Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: A select annotated bibliography with special reference to remote rural areas. CPRC Annotated Bibliographies No 1

Sam Hickey with Karen Moore (2001)

Working Paper No. 1
The Annotated Bibliography is divided into five main parts.
First, the Introduction provides a detailed guide to the content and structure of the document.
Second, as the internet is now an established resource for poverty research, a concise selection of useful websites is included:...

Chronic Poverty in India: An Overview

Aasha Kapur Mehta and Amita Shah (2001)

CPRC-IIPA Working Paper
Hindi version.
This paper attempts to summarise the current state of knowledge about chronic poverty in India, and identify an agenda for further research. An overview of the trends in incidence of income poverty in India is provided to place chronic poverty in context. Chronic poverty is...

Long Term Consequences of Early Childhood Malnutrition

Harold Alderman, John Hoddinott and Bill Kinsey ()

Conference Paper
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Growth incidence analysis for non-income welfare indicators: evidence from Ghana and Uganda

Edward Anderson ()

CPR 2008-09 Background Paper
Growth incidence analysis involves calculating the amount of growth in some welfare-indicator at each quantile of the distribution of that indicator. This information, and its graphical representation in the form of a growth incidence curve, gives a much fuller picture of changes in social welfare...

Chronic Poverty Report 2004-05: Chapter 4 - Why are people chronically poor?

CPRC ()

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Agricultural growth, poverty dynamics and markets

Andrew Shepherd, Martin Prowse ()

CPR 2008-09 Background Paper
Agricultural growth is a particularly important pathway for addressing the needs of thechronically poor who, as a group, are particularly reliant on agriculture. In summarising key findings on agricultural growth and poverty reduction from country studies commissioned by the Chronic Poverty...

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