Understanding and reducing persistent poverty in Africa / edited by Christopher B. Barrett, Michael R. Carter and Peter D. Little.

Previously published as a special issue of: Journal of development studies.

Understanding and reducing persistent poverty in Africa : introduction to a special issue / Christopher B. Barrett, Michael R. Carter & Peter D. Little -- The economics of poverty traps and persistent poverty : an asset-based approach / Michael R. Carter & Christopher B. Barrett -- "Moving in place" : drought and poverty dynamics in South Wollo, Ethiopia / Peter D. Little ... [et al.] -- Exploring poverty traps and social exclusion in South Africa using qualitative and quantitative data / Michelle Adato, Michael R. Carter & Julian May -- Welfare dynamics in rural Kenya and Madagascar / Christopher B. Barrett ... [et al.] -- Persistent poverty in North East Ghana / Ann Whitehead -- Shocks and their consequences across and within households in rural Zimbabwe / John Hoddinott -- Rural income and poverty in a time of radical change in Malawi / Pauline E. Peters -- Escaping poverty and becoming poor in 36 villages of central and western Uganda / Anirudh Krishna ... [et al.].