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Chronic Poverty

Chronic Poverty. ABARDIA Martinez Adriana NGUYEN Thi Nhu Trang SHAMSAIFAR Leila. We are going to address chronic poverty…. Definition Relation with MDGs Strategies to alleviate it. Description. The distinguishing feature of chronic poverty is extended duration in absolute poverty.

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Chronic Poverty

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  1. Chronic Poverty ABARDIA Martinez Adriana NGUYEN Thi Nhu Trang SHAMSAIFAR Leila

  2. We are going to address chronic poverty…. • Definition • Relation with MDGs • Strategies to alleviate it

  3. Description • The distinguishing feature of chronic poverty is extended duration in absolute poverty. • Poverty is not simply about having a very low income. • Poor people are often classified into 2 groups: • God’s poor • Adverse incorporation

  4. Measurement • An often chosen approach is to assess poverty on the base of consumption levels. • Depth, Breadth & Duration • Key criterion is DURATION • A long poverty spell (more than 5 years) • A stage of the life course • An entire lifetime • A poverty spell transmitted to the next generation • Different ways to assess DURATION • Simple Duration • Compensation over time • Discount Rate • Persistence

  5. Five main traps that underpin chronic poverty:

  6. Long-lasting Poverty – What makes poverty become an inescapable trap? • Structural factors (unequal economic relationships, social exclusion...) • Multiple vulnerabilities (health, lack of social protection...) • Shocks (environmental crises, wars, violent social conflicts...) • Combination of factors • ...

  7. Chronic poor in the world

  8. Chronic Poverty and the MDGs

  9. Chronic poverty and the MDGs Goal 1

  10. Goal 1: Eradicate poverty and hunger

  11. Chronic Poverty and the MDGs Goal 1 All goals

  12. The MDGs • Goal 1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger • Goal 2: Achieve Universal Primary Education • Goal 3: Promote Gender Equality • Goal 4: Reduce Child Mortality • Goal 5: Improve Maternal Health • Goal 6: Combat HIV / AIDS, Malaria and other Diseases • Goal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainibility • Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development

  13. Chronic Poverty and the MDGs Goal 1 Dynamic effects All goals

  14. The MDGs are the necessary condition, but not sufficient. more specification is needed

  15. Strategies to alleviate chronic poverty • Preventing entries • Promoting exits Chronic poverty is more likely to be addressed where there is an “elite project” focused on nation building and recognising the value of a social compact between citizens and the state

  16. How to address chronic poverty?Policy recomendation and policy tools -1

  17. How to address chronic poverty?Policy recomendation and policy tools -2

  18. How to address chronic poverty?BRAC strategy from project cycle perspective M o n i t o r i n g

  19. How to address chronic poverty? BRAC strategy RELOADED M o n i t o r i n g

  20. References • Facture points in social policies for chronic poverty reduction, Kate Bird and Nicola Pratt. Overseas Development Institute, 2004. ODI working paper 47 • Chronic poverty: meanings and analytical frameworks. David Hulme, Andrew Shepherd and Karen Moore. DRAFT • Determinants of Transient and Chronic Poverty, evidence from rural China. Jyotsna Jalan and Martin Ravallion. Policy Research Working paper, 1998. The World Bank. • The Chronic Poverty Report 2008 - 09 "Escaping Poverty Traps“. Chronic Poverty Research Centre • Crafting a Graduation Pathway for the Ultra Poor Lessons and Evidence from a BRAC programme. Imran Matin, Munshi Sulaiman and Mehnaz Rabbani. BRAC Research and Evaluation Division. Chronic Poverty Research Centre, 2008 • What is chronic poverty and who are the chronic poor? David Hulme, University of Manchester - Chronic Poverty Research Centre • Chronic poverty and all that: the measurement of poverty over time. Cesar Calvo and Stefan Decron. Chronic Poverty Research Centre, 2007 • Chronic Poverty, 5 Keypoints for the 2005 Summit, Chronic Poverty Research Centre • Chronic Poverty and the MDGs, Policy Brief No. 6, October 2007, Chronic Poverty Research Centre • Official List of MDG indicators, effective January 2008 • The Millenium Development Report 2008, UN • Development targets and costs, Luc Christiaenseu, Christopher Scott and Quentin Wodon

  21. Organizations and Institutions • Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) – Programme of Research on Chronic Poverty in Bangladesh (PRCPB), Dhaka, Bangladesh • Brooks World Poverty Institute (BWPI), University of Manchester, Manchester, UK • Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK • Department of Economics, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UK • Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UK • Development Initiatives (DI), Somerset, UK • Overseas Development Institute (ODI) London, UK • Development Research and Training (DRT), Kampala, Uganda • Economic Policy Research Center (EPRC), Kampala, Uganda • HelpAge International, London, UK • Idian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi, India • Innovation, Environnment et Développement en Afrique (IED Afrique), Dakar, Senegal • Programme for Land and Agarian Studies (PLAAS), University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa

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