'At the beginning of the 2000-2010 decade, Bob Baulch (with John
Hoddinott) was setting the micro-econometric agenda on poverty
dynamics and chronic poverty and producing work that
'non-economists' had to read if they wanted to conduct serious
research on these issues. In this volume - through his analytical
excellence, the pursuit and methodological rigour, extraordinary
energy, and his ability to lead such a distinguished network of
colleagues - Bob Baulch has set the research agenda on poverty
dynamics and chronic poverty for the next ten years.'- From the
foreword by David Hulme, University of Manchester, UK 'This volume
on poverty dynamics in developing countries, whose authors include
the leaders in this field, is a must for analysts and research
students. It advances the literature by addressing three important
issues - measurement error, attrition, and tracking. For each of
these questions, the volume leads by example, showing how they can
be handled in specific cases. The results show that escape from
poverty is a diverse phenomenon, and establish the importance of
country and context specificity. The volume provide an analytical
platform for careful policy assessment of policy alternatives.' -
Ravi Kanbur, Cornell University, US This edited book analyzes what
traps people in chronic poverty, and what allows them to escape
from it, using long-term panel surveys from six Asian and African
countries. The distinguishing feature of these studies, which were
commissioned by the Chronic Poverty Research Center, is they span
longer periods or have more survey waves than most developing
country panels. This allows a detailed account of the maintainers
of chronic poverty and drivers of poverty dynamics. Many of the
studies (from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Nepal, Pakistan, South Africa
and Vietnam) are written by leading development economists, and all
pay careful attention to the difficult issues of attrition,
measurement error and tracking. The book's comparative perspective
highlights the common factors which cause people to fall into
chronic poverty and allow them to break-free from it. A number of
promising policies and interventions for reducing chronic poverty
are identified. This up-to-date book will be an excellent resource
for international development agencies, academics specializing in
development economics and development studies, and researchers in
international NGOs. Graduate students of development economics and
development studies will also find much to interest them.
Contributors include: B. Baulch, S.D. Bhatta, V.H. Dat, S. Dercon,
D. Hulme, H.R. Lohano, J. May, C. Porter, A. Quisumbing, S. Sharma,
I. Woolard
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