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022 _a1945-2837 (Online)
022 _a1945-2829
024 8 _ahttps://doi.org/10.1080/19452829.2011.571094
040 _aMX-TxCIM
041 _aeng
090 _aCIS-6323
100 1 _aErenstein, O.
_gFormerly Socioeconomics Program
_8INT2677
_9848
245 1 0 _aLivelihood assets as a multidimensional inverse proxy for poverty :
_ba district-level analysis of the Indian indo-gangetic plains
260 _aUSA :
_bTaylor and Francis,
_c2011.
500 _aPeer review
500 _aPeer-review: Yes - Open Access: Yes|http://science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlresults.cgi?PC=MASTER&ISSN=1945-2829
520 _aThe measurement of poverty is important yet problematic and controversial. This study assesses livelihood asset indicators from the sustainable livelihood approach as a multidimensional inverse proxy for poverty. The study develops and contrasts different asset-based proxies building on the five livelihood capitals: natural, physical, human, social and financial. The Indian Indo-Gangetic Plains with 280 million rural inhabitants and covering 0.47 million km2 are used as an empirical case to illustrate and contrast the multidimensional proxies, drawing on secondary data for 18 quantitative district-level indicators. Principal components derived directly from the district-level indicators proved to be a good proxy for the district-level poverty head count ratio (adjusted R2 = 0.51). A composite livelihood asset index aided interpretation but at a significant cost of overall explanatory power (adjusted R2 = 0.42). Alternative models derived from the five livelihood assets provide more acceptable trade-offs between explanatory and interpretational power. Livelihood asset-based approaches can thus provide an inverse proxy for absolute poverty.
526 _aWC
_cFP1
536 _aSocioeconomics Program
546 _aText in English
594 _aINT2677
650 7 _aPoverty
_2AGROVOC
_91215
650 7 _aLivelihoods
_2AGROVOC
_92558
650 7 _aEconomic analysis
_2AGROVOC
_91088
651 7 _2AGROVOC
_93726
_aIndia
773 0 _tJournal of Human Development and Capabilities
_gv. 12, no. 2, p. 283-302
_dUSA : Taylor and Francis, 2011.
_x1945-2829
856 4 _yAccess only for CIMMYT Staff
_uhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12665/1228
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