Poverty in the third world: Ugly facts and fancy models

It is argued that the evidence from Asia indicates that despite the rise in average incomes the incidence of rural poverty has shown little tendency to diminish and in many cases the standard of living of some groups and classes, notably the landless, actually has declined. It then is suggested that...

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Published inWorld development Vol. 6; no. 3; pp. 295 - 304
Main Authors Griffin, Keith, Khan, Azizur Rahman
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, Eng Elsevier Ltd 01.03.1978
Elsevier
Pergamon Press
SeriesWorld Development
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Summary:It is argued that the evidence from Asia indicates that despite the rise in average incomes the incidence of rural poverty has shown little tendency to diminish and in many cases the standard of living of some groups and classes, notably the landless, actually has declined. It then is suggested that the reasons for this have less to do with aggregate or sectoral rates of growth than with the interaction between the structure of the economy and four dynamic processes. Finally, the limitations of conventional theories and models are indicated and an alternative framework of analysis is proposed.
ISSN:0305-750X
1873-5991
DOI:10.1016/0305-750X(78)90109-2