Seasonal Poverty and Seasonal Migration in Asia
Four in five poor people in the Asia and Pacific region live in rural areas. Crop cycles in agrarian areas create periods of seasonal deprivation, or preharvest “lean seasons,” when work is scarce and skipped meals become frequent. In this paper, we document this phenomenon of seasonal poverty and d...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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World Scientific Publishing
2020-03-01
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| Series: | Asian Development Review |
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| Online Access: | https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1162/adev_a_00139 |