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UNIVERSAL TRUTHS OR HIDDEN REALITIES—CHRONIC POVERTY IN RURAL ETHIOPIA
Author(s) -
Roelen Keetie,
Camfield Laura
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/jid.2931
Subject(s) - poverty , chronic poverty , welfare , qualitative property , development economics , intersection (aeronautics) , qualitative research , economic growth , longitudinal study , economics , socioeconomics , political science , demographic economics , sociology , geography , poverty reduction , social science , medicine , cartography , machine learning , computer science , pathology , market economy
Combining qualitative and quantitative longitudinal data to study chronic poverty is now recognised to provide deep and reliable insights. This paper uses quantitative and qualitative data collected by Young Lives, a longitudinal study of childhood poverty, to identify factors that contribute to households becoming or remaining poor in rural Ethiopia and the effects of movements in and out of poverty on children within those households. Findings highlight the cumulative nature of shocks and their intersection with pre‐existing vulnerabilities and suggest that improvements in household welfare may go at the expense of child well‐being. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.