Experiences of combining qualitative and quantitative approaches in poverty analysis
In: World development / Special issue, Vol. 35, No. 2
In: World development / Special issue, Vol. 35, No. 2
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In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 8, S. 639-646
ISSN: 0305-750X
This work is about poverty in the Global South. It presents results from a wide range of mixed method, or Q-Squared (Q ) - combined qualitative and quantitative approaches - studies conducted in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin America about who are poor and why.
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 8, Heft 9, S. 639-646
ISSN: 0305-750X
In: Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Oeconomica, Band 63, Heft 1, S. 3-19
ISSN: 2065-9644
Abstract
The study profiled and compared household multidimensional poverty status and its determinants among urban and rural households in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, using information from a sample population of 3033 households interviewed from the Province during the General Household Survey conducted by the Statistics South Africa in 2014. Analytical techniques utilized include the recent multidimensional poverty index (MPI), descriptive statistics and Tobit regression. Findings reveal that multiple deprivations are found mostly in the rural area of the province; the multidimensional headcount is highest in the rural area, though the intensity of multidimensional poverty is almost similar in both geographical locations. The standard of living dimension is also the largest contribution to MPI in both locations. MPI has significant links with education attainment of household head, access to electricity and asset stock in both geographical locations, but is influenced by the gender of head, agriculture engagement and household monthly income in rural areas only. In order to improve households' multidimensional poverty status in both urban and rural locations, there is the need to take into account some significant variables such as education of head, increase electricity subsidy coverage during winter period, asset accumulation and increase in households' participation in agricultural activities, especially those residing in rural areas.
In: The journal of development studies, Band 50, Heft 12, S. 1735-1736
ISSN: 1743-9140
In: Study series no. 2008-3
In: Policy research working paper 4285
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 8, Heft 9, S. 639-646
In: Working paper series no. 17-2009
In: http://hdl.handle.net/11540/4806
To be read in conjunction with the Asian Development Bank report Poverty: Is it an Issue in the Pacific? The intent of the papers is to foster broadly based consultation among the Asian Development Bank, governments, and civil society for the purpose of developing a supportive and appropriate approach to ensuring equitable growth and poverty reduction. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Asian Development Bank or the governments of Pacific developing member countries.
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In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 35, Heft 2, S. 183-196
In: New perspectives on Turkey: NPT, Band 38, S. 61-81
ISSN: 1305-3299
AbstractThe main objective of this essay is to point out the missing links between neoliberalism on the one hand, and a comprehensive analysis of poverty and effective policies to tackle it, on the other. After identifying the main channels through which neoliberalism affects poverty, I will draw attention to the inadequacy of the neoliberal approach in coming to terms with the main reasons behind poverty, as well as in developing a comprehensive and effective mechanism for its alleviation. I emphasize the role of international institutions in determining the dominant development discourse and changes in the importance given to the issue of poverty over time. The essay links the ineffectiveness of existing poverty alleviation policies to distributional imbalances at both the global and domestic levels. Against the background of the main constraints and opportunities for effective poverty alleviation policies in individual countries, it emphasizes the need for a poverty alleviation strategy as an integral part of a broader development strategy and identifies its main premises. It calls for action on the academic, domestic and international fronts and stresses the central role of the state, a more balanced reliance on domestic and international markets, emphasis on productive employment creation, the development of effective redistribution mechanisms, and the creation of effective domestic and international constituencies as the main components of such a strategy.
In: Working Paper Series, No. 16/2007
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