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| Title | Asset versus consumption poverty and poverty dynamics in the presence of multiple equilibria in rural Ethiopia |
| Author |
Liverpool, Lenis Saweda O. Winter-Nelson, Alex |
| Year | 2010 |
| Abstract | Effective poverty reduction programs require careful measurement of poverty status. Several studies have shown conceptually that assets reflecting productive capacity form a more robust basis for identifying the poor than do flow variables such as expenditures or income. Nonetheless, little work has empirically compared poverty measurements based on assets and expenditures. This paper uses panel data from Ethiopia to generate an asset-based poverty classification scheme. Regression results are used to estimate an asset index and classify households into categories of structural poverty. Asset index dynamics are also explored to test for the existence of multiple asset index equilibria; evidence of potential poverty traps. Results provide evidence of multiple equilibria in the study sample as a whole as well as convergence at different levels over space, depending on commercialization opportunities and agroecological factors. The asset-based poverty classifications consistently predict future poverty status more accurately than do income-based measures, confirming that the asset-based measure could be used to more carefully target poverty interventions in rural areas and to more accurately assess the impact of those interventions. |
| Series Name | IFPRI Discussion Paper |
| Series Number | 971 |
| Publisher | International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) |
| Place of publication | Washington, D.C. |
| Language | English |
| Record Type | Discussion paper |
| Peer Reviewed - PR or Non-PR | Non-PR |
| Subject - country location |
ETHIOPIA EAST AFRICA AFRICA |
| Subject - keywords |
asset poverty Poverty dynamics expenditures Poverty reduction asset index index equilibria Commercialization income-based measures regression |
| IFPRI Descriptors |
IFPRI1 GRP32 |
| IFPRI Division | DSGD |
| Access Rights | Open Access |
| Display Notes | Effective January 2007, the Discussion Paper series within each division and the Director General's Office of IFPRI were merged into one IFPRI-wide Discussion Paper series. The new series begins with number 00689, reflecting the prior publication of 688 discussion papers within the dispersed series. The earlier series are available on IFPRI's website at http://www.ifpri.org/publications/results/taxonomy%3A468. IFPRI Discussion Papers contain preliminary material and research results. They have not been subject to formal external reviews managed by IFPRI's Publications Review Committee but have been reviewed by at least one internal and/or external reviewer. They are circulated in order to stimulate discussion and critical comment. |
| LOC call number | IFPRIDP00971 |
| Physical description | 30 pages |
| IFPRI Web link | http://www.ifpri.org/publication/asset-versus-consumption-poverty-and-poverty-dynamics-presence-multiple-equilibria-rural |
| Times cited-- Google Scholar | http://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=10444749838536586095&as_sdt=20005&sciodt=0,9&hl=en |
| RePEc Downloads | https://ideas.repec.org/p/fpr/ifprid/971.html |
| Requests | mailto:ifpri-library@cgiar.org |
| CONTENTdm file name | 1285.cpd |
| Date cataloged | 2017-08-08 |
| Date modified | 2017-08-08 |
| OCLC number | 778453200 |
| CONTENTdm number | 1284 |
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| Title | ifpridp00971 24 |
| Access Rights | Open Access |
| CONTENTdm file name | 1268.pdfpage |
| Date cataloged | 2017-08-08 |
| Date modified | 2017-08-08 |
| CONTENTdm number | 1267 |
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