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Fixing the hole in the bucket: Household poverty dynamics in the Peruvian Andes

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Krishna, A; Kristjanson, P; Kuan, J; Quilca, G; Radeny, M; Sanchez-Urrelo, A
Published in: Development and Change
September 1, 2006

Achieving the Millennium Development Goal of halving poverty will require simultaneous action on two separate fronts: helping poor people escape from poverty, and stemming the flow of people into poverty. This article examines forty Peruvian communities, and finds that descents into poverty have occurred alongside escapes in every one of them. Escape and descent are asymmetric in terms of reasons: while one set of reasons is responsible for escapes from poverty, another and different set of reasons is associated with descent. Making progress in poverty reduction will require measures to accelerate escapes whilst at the same time slowing down descents. The article looks at the different policies which will be required to serve these two separate purposes. © Institute of Social Studies 2006.

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Development and Change

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1467-7660

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0012-155X

Publication Date

September 1, 2006

Volume

37

Issue

5

Start / End Page

997 / 1021

Related Subject Headings

  • Development Studies
  • 44 Human society
  • 38 Economics
  • 16 Studies in Human Society
  • 14 Economics
 

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Krishna, A., Kristjanson, P., Kuan, J., Quilca, G., Radeny, M., & Sanchez-Urrelo, A. (2006). Fixing the hole in the bucket: Household poverty dynamics in the Peruvian Andes. Development and Change, 37(5), 997–1021. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7660.2006.00510.x
Krishna, A., P. Kristjanson, J. Kuan, G. Quilca, M. Radeny, and A. Sanchez-Urrelo. “Fixing the hole in the bucket: Household poverty dynamics in the Peruvian Andes.” Development and Change 37, no. 5 (September 1, 2006): 997–1021. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7660.2006.00510.x.
Krishna A, Kristjanson P, Kuan J, Quilca G, Radeny M, Sanchez-Urrelo A. Fixing the hole in the bucket: Household poverty dynamics in the Peruvian Andes. Development and Change. 2006 Sep 1;37(5):997–1021.
Krishna, A., et al. “Fixing the hole in the bucket: Household poverty dynamics in the Peruvian Andes.” Development and Change, vol. 37, no. 5, Sept. 2006, pp. 997–1021. Scopus, doi:10.1111/j.1467-7660.2006.00510.x.
Krishna A, Kristjanson P, Kuan J, Quilca G, Radeny M, Sanchez-Urrelo A. Fixing the hole in the bucket: Household poverty dynamics in the Peruvian Andes. Development and Change. 2006 Sep 1;37(5):997–1021.
Journal cover image

Published In

Development and Change

DOI

EISSN

1467-7660

ISSN

0012-155X

Publication Date

September 1, 2006

Volume

37

Issue

5

Start / End Page

997 / 1021

Related Subject Headings

  • Development Studies
  • 44 Human society
  • 38 Economics
  • 16 Studies in Human Society
  • 14 Economics