Vulnerability, shocks and persistence of poverty: estimates for semi-arid rural South India
This paper focuses on vulnerability of rural households to poverty when a negative crop shock occurs. Of particular concern is the possibilty of some sections experiencing long spells of poverty as a consequence of such shocks. The analysis is based on the ICRISAT panel survey of households in a sem...
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University of Oxford
2002
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