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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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Toward an Economic Sociology of Chronic Poverty: Enhancing the Rigor and Relevance of Social Theory
Michael Woolcock (2007)
Working Paper No. 104
In recognizing that poverty is “multi-dimensional”, contemporary policy discourses – drawing on scholarship on ‘networks’, ‘exclusion’, and ‘culture’ – have made important (if often underappreciated) steps to incorporate insights from...
Using Family Histories to Understand the Intergenerational Transmission of Chronic Poverty
Robert Miller (2007)
Working Paper No. 103
The Chronic Poverty Research Centre over the period 2007-2011 is undertaking a research programme on the theme of the Intergenerational Transmission (IGT) of Poverty that will centre upon the use of quantitative panel studies triangulated with qualitative life history interviews. This paper...
In Search of South Africa's Second Economy: Chronic poverty, economic marginalisation and adverse incorporation in Mt Frere and Khayelitsha
Andries du Toit and David Neves (2007)
Working Paper No. 102
Since 2003, South African policy discourse about persistent poverty has been dominated by the notion that poor people stay poor because they are trapped in a ‘second economy’, disconnected from the mainstream ‘first world economy’. This paper considers the adequacy of this...
Presenting Life Histories: a literature review and annotated bibliography (CPRC Annotated Bibliographies 6)
Annica Ojermark (2007)
Working Paper No. 101
This select annotated bibliography reviews a range of approaches to the analysis and
presentation of life history research. The aim is to introduce readers to the life history method,
as well as similar and interrelated approaches, and to identify strategies and tools that are
presentation of life history research. The aim is to introduce readers to the life history method,
as well as similar and interrelated approaches, and to identify strategies and tools that are
The intergenerational transmission of poverty: an overview
Kate Bird (2007)
Working Paper No. 99
This paper reviews the international literature on the intergenerational transmission (IGT) of poverty and seeks to identify gaps in knowledge and to suggest a research agenda for work on the IGT poverty within the Chronic Poverty Research Centre. It aims to identify the factors and processes that,...
Investments, bequests, and public policy: intergenerational transfers and the escape from poverty
Agnes Quisumbing (2007)
Working Paper No. 98
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...
Living in the background: homebased women workers and poverty persistence
Donna Doane (2007)
Working Paper No. 97
This paper examines the relationship between home-based work and persistent poverty in certain parts of South and South East Asia (Thailand, Bangladesh, Philippines, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Lao PDR, Indonesia); the question of inter-generational poverty in the families of home-based...
Inclusive citizenship' for the chronically poor: exploring the inclusion-exclusion nexus in collective struggles
Katsuhiko Masaki (2007)
Working Paper No. 96
The promotion of ‘inclusive citizenship’, through which the disadvantaged engage in collective struggles for justice and recognition, has been attracting growing attention as a solution to chronic poverty. This paper problematises this formulation by drawing on a case of landless...
The process of social exclusion: the dynamics of an evolving concept
Hilary Silver (2007)
Working Paper No. 95
Most theorists maintain that social exclusion is a process, not only the condition reflecting the outcome of that process. Yet few, if any, people ever reach the ultimate end of the imagined trajectory. There are no formal ‘exclusion thresholds’ to cross, as exist for poverty. Rather,...
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