Why poverty persists : poverty dynamics in Asia and Africa / edited by Bob Baulch.

"Chronic Poverty Research Centre; UKAID."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview : poverty dynamics and persistence in Asia and Africa / Bob Baulch -- Poverty transitions, shocks and consumption in rural Bangladesh, 1996-97 to 2006-07 / Agnes R. Quisumbing -- A poor life? : chronic poverty and downward mobility in rural Ethiopia, 1994 to 2004 / Stefan Dercon and Catherine Porter -- The determinants and consequences of chronic and transient poverty in Nepal, 1995-96 to 2003-04 / Saurav Dev Bhatta and Suman K. Sharma -- Poverty dynamics in rural Sindh, Pakistan, 1987-88 to 2004-05 / Hari Ram Lohano -- Poverty traps and structural poverty in South Africa : reassessing the evidence from KwaZulu-Natal, 1993 to 2004 / Julian May, Ingrid Woolard and Bob Baulch -- Poverty dynamics in Vietnam, 2002 to 2006 / Bob Baulch and Vu Hoang Dat -- Chronic poverty : what is to be done? / Bob Baulch.