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The 'Resilience and Poverty Escapes' project aims to expand the understanding of the drivers of sustained and transitory poverty escapes across contexts and to draw out policy and programing implications.
Photo credit: Malian refugees at Mentao camp, Burkina Faso. Pablo Tosco/Oxfam
Read MoreRecent research by ODI using existing panel data sets to examine poverty dynamics in 14 countries revealed a disturbing trend. In countries like Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, a significant proportion of rural households that escaped poverty have felt back into poverty during the 8 to 10 year period examined. A significant number of rural households that were not poor also became poor during the same period. To further explore, quantify and understand this trend CPAN, in partnership with ACDI VOCA, have started implementing this USAID funded project. Read more.
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Read MoreThis work work aims to expand the understanding of the drivers of sustained and transitory poverty escapes across contexts and to draw out policy and programming implications
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