Understanding Poverty and Vulnerability in India’s Uttar Pradesh and Bihar: A Q-squared Approach

This paper examines poverty and vulnerability by using a multidisciplinary approach in which household survey data and poverty analysis were applied in interaction with open-ended qualitative research methods. The study uses a variety of quantitative survey-based methods in combination with qualitat...

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Published in:World development 2007-02, Vol.35 (2), p.296-311
Main Authors: Parker, Barbara, Kozel, Valerie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Data analysis
destitution
Households
India
Methodology
Multidimensional analysis
Poverty
Poverty alleviation
poverty reduction
Public policy
Qualitative research
Risk
risk and vulnerability
Social Identity
Studies
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh, India
Vulnerability
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Summary:This paper examines poverty and vulnerability by using a multidisciplinary approach in which household survey data and poverty analysis were applied in interaction with open-ended qualitative research methods. The study uses a variety of quantitative survey-based methods in combination with qualitative Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) methods to explore key issues concerned with poverty, risk, and vulnerability in some of India’s poorest regions. It documents poverty as a multidimensional phenomenon and the poor as a highly heterogeneous group; efforts to reduced poverty in its many dimensions must recognize this diversity and how it is reflected in constraints and opportunities for rising out of poverty. Poverty reduction policies and programs must be designed accordingly.
ISSN:0305-750X
1873-5991
DOI:10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.10.020