This paper discusses the concepts and meas ures of chronic poverty and the available evidence in relation to chronic and transient poverty. Most evidence is based on panel data and monetary concepts of poverty, and this paper argues that it will be important in future work to consider a wider...

This paper develops the current understanding of the significant variation in individual experiences of poverty movements, by combining qualitative and quantitative insights at the individual, household and community level. It builds strongly on earlier work by Okidi, with different authors,...

Baulch, Chuyen, Haughton, and Haughton examine the latest quantitative evidence on disparities in living standards between and among different ethnic groups in Vietnam. Using data from the 1998 Vietnam Living Standards Survey and 1999 Census, they show that Kinh and Hoa ("majority") households...