Chronic Poverty Report 2008-09

Background Papers

The CPRC commissioned fifty background papers as part of the process of developing the second Chronic Poverty Report. They provide a wealth of data, ideas and material related to the Report. (However, they do not necessarily represent the views of the CPRC or the authors of the Report.)

Poverty Reduction Strategies and Chronic Poverty 

• An analysis of chronic poverty and Poverty Reduction Strategies in the Philippines
  Baliscan, Arsenio M.
• Implementing policies for chronic poverty in Ethiopia
  Brown, Taylor and Teshome, Amdissa
• Chronic poverty in Papua New Guinea
  Cammack, Diana
• A qualitative analysis of chronic poverty and poverty reduction strategies in Solomon Islands
  Clarke, Matthew
• Benin Poverty Reduction Strategy and chronic poverty: A desk review
  Floquet, Anne (Available soon)
• Chronic poverty and PRSPs – A desk study
  Grant, Ursula and Marcus, Rachel
• PRS review: Uganda case study
  Shinyekwa, Issac and Hickey, Sam
• Vietnam country case study
  Tuan, Pham Anh
• Chronic poverty in Indonesia: National overview paper
  Wells, Adrian (Available soon)
• Poverty Reduction Strategy Review Country case: Nicaragua
  Wiggins, Steve
• PRS assessment on chronic poverty in Tanzania – focusing on health and HIV/AIDS sectors
  Yamauchi, Tamahi
• Implementation of policies for reducing chronic poverty – PRS country study: Bangladesh
  Zohir, Sajjad; Harun, Abantee; Farid, Naser; and Huq, Iftekharul 

The Politics of What Works

• The politics of what works in reducing chronic poverty: A synthesis report (CPRC Working Paper 91)⁷
  Hickey, Sam
• The politics of what works: The case of the Vulnerable Group  Development Programme in Bangladesh (CPRC Working Paper 92)⁷
  Hossein, Naomi
• Poverty target programs for the elderly In India with special reference to National Old Age Pension Scheme, 1995⁷
  Kumar, Anand and Anand, Navneet
• The politics of what works: A case study of food subsidies and the Bolsa-Escola in Mozambique⁷
  Massingarela, Claudio and Nhate, Virgulino
• A review of the old age social pensions in Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa⁷
  Pelham, Lissa (Available soon)

Economic Growth and Chronic Poverty

• Growth incidence analysis for non-income welfare indicators: evidence from Ghana and Uganda²
  Anderson, Edward
• Economic growth and poverty dynamics in India³
  Bhide, Shashanka and Mehta, Aasha Kapur
• Growth policies and chronic poverty in Vietnam since Doi Moi – Literature review³
  Cabral, Lidia (Available soon)
• Growth policies and chronic poverty in Ethiopia during the 1990s³
  Cabral, Lidia (Available soon)
• Growth and poverty in rural Ethiopia: Evidence from 15 communities 1994-2004³
  Dercon, Stefan; Hoddinott, John; and Woldehanna, Tassew
• Pro-poor growth and the poorest¹
  Grant, Ursula
• Urban economic growth and chronic poverty³
  Grant, Ursula
• Growth and the poorest: A panel data analysis for Uganda²
  McKay, Andy
• Scope for increasing the participation of the chronic poor in economic growth³
  McKay, Andy; Shepherd, Andrew; and Prowse, Martin
• Agricultural policies against severe and chronic poverty: Cross-section analysis and country case studies for sub-Saharan Africa⁴
  Mosley, Paul and Suleiman, Abrar (Available soon)
• Escape routes from the rural poverty trap: evidence from three African countries^3,4
  Mosley, Paul; Suleiman, Abrar; and Chiripanhura, Blessing (Available soon)
• Agricultural growth and chronic poverty reduction in Malawi: the organisation and operation of key markets³
  Prowse, Martin (Available soon)
• Economic contraction, markets and the chronically poor in Zimbabwe³
  Prowse, Martin and Bird, Kate (Available soon)
• Agricultural growth, poverty dynamics and markets³
  Shepherd, Andrew and Prowse, Martin
• Chronic poverty and economic growth in Uganda: the role of markets³
  Ssewanyana, Sarah N. and Bategeka, Lawrence
• The poverty-reducing effect of increased food crop productivity in Ethiopia: A multi-market analysis⁴
  Suleiman, Abrar and Mosley, Paul (Available soon)
• Poverty, poverty reduction and poverty dynamics in Vietnam³
  Thang, Nguyen; Trung, Le Dang; Dat, Vu Hoang; and Phuong, Nguyen Thu
• Growth and chronic poverty in Nicaragua³
  Wiggins, Steve (Available soon)

Social Movements and Chronic Poverty

• Social Movements and the politicization of chronic poverty policy (CPRC WP63)¹
  Bebbington, Anthony
• The role of collective action and urban social movements in reducing chronic urban poverty (CPRC WP64)¹
  Mitlin, Diana
• Social movements and chronic poverty across the urban-rural divide: concepts and experiences (CPRC WP65)¹
  Mitlin, Diana and Bebbington, Anthony

Other Papers

• Identifying chronically deprived countries: results from cluster analysis (CPRC WP70)⁶
  Anderson, Edward
• Policy responses to discrimination and their contribution to tackling chronic poverty¹
  Braunholtz, Tim
• Tinkering on the fringes? Redistributive land reforms and chronic poverty in Southern Africa
  Chimhowu, Admos (Available soon)
• Health, health systems and chronic poverty¹
  Chopra, Mickey; Neves, David; Tsai, Alexander; and  Sanders, David (Available soon)
• Health and poverty linkages: Perspectives of the chronically poor²
  Grant, Ursula
• Research into policy processes: Bringing global evidence on social protection into local policy contexts⁸
  Grant, Ursula with Lwanga-Ntale, Charles and Barrientos, Armando
• Chronic poverty and education: A review of the literature¹
  Rose, Pauline and Dyer, Caroline (Available soon)
• Review of integrated programmes tackling extreme and persistent poverty in Latin America¹
  Santibanez, Claudio (Available soon)

Data Work Funders

1. CPRC core funding from the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID)
2. United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID)
3. United States Agency for International Development (USAID) (via BASIS Collaborative Research Support Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison).
4. Vienna Institute for Development and Cooperation (VIDC) and the Austrian Development Agency (ADA)
5. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
6. Australian Government’s AusAID
7. Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
8. Overseas Development Institute (ODI)