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| Kristjanson, Patricia; Krishna, Anirudh; Radeny, Maren; Kuan, Judith. |
| In many rural areas, livestock are a critical asset for poor households, acting as a bank account, insurance policy and a source of income. Research methods leading to a better understanding of the role of livestock in household poverty dynamics are scarce, however, and are needed for better formulation of targeted pro-poor policies and interventions in regions where livestock are a key element of rural livelihood strategies. We utilized multiple methods, including Stages of Progress and household surveys, giving us a combination of qualitative and quantitative results. We examined how, over the last 10 and 25 years, households have moved into and out of poverty in 40 rural communities in two different highland regions of Peru, and explored in-depth the... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Participatory research; Poverty; Stages of Progress; Livestock; Livelihoods; Food Security and Poverty; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25451 |
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| Kristjanson, Patricia; Krishna, Anirudh; Radeny, Maren; Nindo, W.. |
| The objectives of the study were to obtain a better understanding of households' pathways into, and out of, poverty, with poverty defined from the communities' own perspective. The authors used a community-based methodology called the 'stages of progress' approach to assess household poverty dynamics in 20 communities and for over 1,700 households representing two different ethnic groups in Western Kenya. The proportion of households that had managed to escape poverty over the last 25 years was ascertained, as well as the proportion of households that had fallen into poverty during the same period. The major reasons for movements into or out of poverty were elicited at both the community and household-level, and in particular, the role that livestock play... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Poverty; Livestock; Western Kenya; Vihiga District; Siaya District; Stages of progress; Food Security and Poverty; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23779 |
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| Krishna, Anirudh. |
| Social capital is a resource, a propensity for mutually beneficial collective action that communities possess to different extents. Communities with high levels of social capital are able to act together collectively for achieving diverse common objectives. While the concept of social capital is valid universally, the measure of social capital will vary by context. It must be related in each case to aspects of social relations that assist mutually beneficial collective action within that particular cultural context. A locally relevant scale of social capital was developed to assess whether and how social capital mattered for development performance in 69 north Indian villages. Variables corresponding to other bodies of explanation, including extent of... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Social capital; India; Agency; Development; Institutions; Labor and Human Capital. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55443 |
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