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Do Poverty Traps Exist? Assessing the Evidence

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  1. Rodriguez-Segura, Daniel, 2022. "A closer look at reading comprehension: Experimental evidence from Guatemala," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 93(C).
  2. Jean-Louis Combes & Pascale Combes Motel, 2022. "Que nous apprend la littérature récente sur la « nature et les causes de la richesse des nations » ?," Mondes en développement, De Boeck Université, vol. 0(3), pages 289-313.
  3. Jean-Claude BERTHELEMY, 2018. "Exits from the Poverty Trap and Growth Accelerations in a Dual Economy Model," Working Papers P234, FERDI.
  4. Nga Thi Viet Nguyen & Felipe F. Dizon, 2017. "The Geography of Welfare in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, and Togo," World Bank Publications - Reports 27994, The World Bank Group.
  5. Wrona, Jens & Kreickemeier, Udo, 2016. "Industrialisation and the Big Push in a Global Economy," VfS Annual Conference 2016 (Augsburg): Demographic Change 145707, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
  6. Zheng Wang & Mingwei Yang & Zhiyong Zhang & Yingjuan Li & Chuanhao Wen, 2022. "The Impact of Land Transfer on Vulnerability as Expected Poverty in the Perspective of Farm Household Heterogeneity: An Empirical Study Based on 4608 Farm Households in China," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(11), pages 1-16, November.
  7. Kondylis,Florence & Loeser,John Ashton, 2021. "Intervention Size and Persistence," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9769, The World Bank.
  8. Jérémie Gignoux & Karen Macours & Daniel Stein & Kelsey Wright, 2023. "Input subsidies, credit constraints, and expectations of future transfers: Evidence from Haiti," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 105(3), pages 809-835, May.
  9. Donatella Saccone & Matteo Migheli, 2022. "Free to escape? Economic freedoms, growth and poverty traps," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 26(3), pages 1518-1554, August.
  10. Christos Karydas & Evangelos V. Dioikitopoulos, 2020. "Sustainability traps: patience and innovation," CER-ETH Economics working paper series 20/330, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research (CER-ETH) at ETH Zurich.
  11. Bao, Yanxi & Liao, Tingxuan, 2024. "Multidimensional poverty and growth: Evidence from India 1998–2021," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 130(C).
  12. You, Kefei & Bianco, Silvia Dal & Amankwah-Amoah, Joseph, 2020. "Closing Technological Gaps to Alleviate Poverty: Evidence from 17 Sub-Saharan African Countries," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 157(C).
  13. Christopher B. Barrett & Michael R. Carter & Jean-Paul Chavas, 2017. "Introduction to "The Economics of Poverty Traps"," NBER Chapters, in: The Economics of Poverty Traps, pages 1-20, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  14. Magazzino, Cosimo & Drago, Carlo & Schneider, Nicolas, 2023. "Evidence of supply security and sustainability challenges in Nigeria’s power sector," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
  15. Ashis Das & Jed Friedman & Eeshani Kandpal, 2018. "Does involvement of local NGOs enhance public service delivery? Cautionary evidence from a malaria‐prevention program in India," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 27(1), pages 172-188, January.
  16. Hai-Anh Dang & Toan L.D. Huynh & Manh-Hung Nguyen, 2023. "Does the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affect the poor? Evidence from a six-country survey," Journal of Economics and Development, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 26(1), pages 2-18, December.
  17. Shackleton, C.M. & Garekae, H. & Sardeshpande, M. & Sinasson Sanni, G. & Twine, W.C., 2024. "Non-timber forest products as poverty traps: Fact or fiction?," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 158(C).
  18. Arunachalam, Raj & Shenoy, Ajay, 2017. "Poverty traps, convergence, and the dynamics of household income," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 126(C), pages 215-230.
  19. Kezuka, Kazuhiro & Kakinuma, Kaoru & Tamura, Kohei & Takikawa, Hiroki & Fujioka, Yuichiro, 2024. "Why Has Inequality among Mongolian Herders Widened after Winter Disasters? An Explanation Based on Poverty Trap and the Allee Effect," SocArXiv eu6dj, Center for Open Science.
  20. Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira, 2017. "Democracy and growth in pre-industrial countries," Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Center of Political Economy, vol. 37(1), pages 88-107.
  21. Jean-Claude BERTHELEMY, 2017. "Dualism, Poverty Exits and Growth Accelerations," Working Papers 4300, FERDI.
  22. Evangelos V. Dioikitopoulos & Christos Karydas, 2024. "Sustainability Traps: Patience and Innovation," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 87(6), pages 1425-1444, June.
  23. Dang, Hai-Anh H. & Hallegatte, Stephane & Trinh, Trong-Anh, 2023. "Does global warming worsen poverty and inequality? An updated review," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 120701, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
  24. Iwona Bąk & Katarzyna Wawrzyniak & Maciej Oesterreich, 2021. "The Impact of Transformational Changes on the Socio-Economic Conditions of the Rural Population. An Example of Poland," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 11(5), pages 1-19, April.
  25. Jean-Claude Berthélemy, 2019. "Challenges of decentralized electrification for economic development: lessons from experience," Post-Print hal-02394467, HAL.
  26. Christina Kaliampakou & Lefkothea Papada & Dimitris Damigos, 2021. "Are Energy-Vulnerable Households More Prone to Informative, Market, and Behavioral Biases?," Societies, MDPI, vol. 11(4), pages 1-22, October.
  27. Kurosaki, Takashi, 2017. "Household-Level Recovery after Floods in a Tribal and Conflict-Ridden Society," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 94(C), pages 51-63.
  28. Edward B. Barbier, 2023. "Overcoming digital poverty traps in rural Asia," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 27(3), pages 1403-1420, August.
  29. Isaac Doku, 2022. "Are Developing Countries Using Climate Funds for Poverty Alleviation? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 34(6), pages 3026-3049, December.
  30. Dang, Hai-Anh H. & Deininger, Klaus & Cuong Viet Nguyen, 2024. "Did Program Support for the Poorest Areas Work? Evidence from Rural Vietnam," GLO Discussion Paper Series 1519, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
  31. Djankov, Simeon & Georgieva, Dorina & Ramalho, Rita, 2018. "Business regulations and poverty," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 165(C), pages 82-87.
  32. Christopher Blattman & Nathan Fiala & Sebastian Martinez, 2018. "The Long Term Impacts of Grants on Poverty: 9-year Evidence From Uganda's Youth Opportunities Program," NBER Working Papers 24999, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  33. Tarlok Singh, 2022. "Economic growth and the state of poverty in India: sectoral and provincial perspectives," Economic Change and Restructuring, Springer, vol. 55(3), pages 1251-1302, August.
  34. Hallegatte, Stephane & Bangalore, Mook & Bonzanigo, Laura & Fay, Marianne & Narloch, Ulf & Rozenberg, Julie & Vogt-Schilb, Adrien, 2014. "Climate change and poverty -- an analytical framework," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7126, The World Bank.
  35. Alexander Karaivanov & Benoit Mojon & Luiz Awazu Pereira da Silva & Robert M Townsend, 2023. "Digital safety nets: a roadmap," BIS Papers, Bank for International Settlements, number 139.
  36. Letta,Marco & Montalbano,Pierluigi & Paolantonio,Adriana, 2024. "Climate Immobility Traps : A Household-Level Test," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10724, The World Bank.
  37. Edward B. Barbier, 2017. "Comment on Chapters 7 and 8," NBER Chapters, in: The Economics of Poverty Traps, pages 315-322, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  38. Dagmara Celik Katreniak & Alexey Khazanov & Omer Moav & Zvika Neeman & Hosny Zoabi, 2023. "Why Not Borrow, Invest, and Escape Poverty?," Papers 2305.02546, arXiv.org.
  39. Patrick Carter & Jonathan R. W. Temple, 2017. "Virtuous Circles and the Case for Aid," IMF Economic Review, Palgrave Macmillan;International Monetary Fund, vol. 65(2), pages 397-425, June.
  40. Barbier, Edward B., 2016. "Is green growth relevant for poor economies?," Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 45(C), pages 178-191.
  41. Abate, Gashaw T. & Dereje, Mekdim & Hirvonen, Kalle & Minten, Bart, 2020. "Geography of public service delivery in rural Ethiopia," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 136(C).
  42. Alicia Chavez & Marcelo Lufin, 2022. "Household asset dynamics and shocks: an empirical assessment of asset-based poverty traps in Peru," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 69(1), pages 57-87, August.
  43. Donatella Saccone & Mario Deaglio, 2020. "Poverty, emergence, boom and affluence: a new classification of economies," Economia Politica: Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, Springer;Fondazione Edison, vol. 37(1), pages 267-306, April.
  44. Imbert, Clément & Papp, John, 2016. "Short-term Migration Rural Workfare Programs and Urban Labor Markets - Evidence from India," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 1116, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
  45. Katharina Lehmann-Uschner & Kati Krähnert, 2018. "When Shocks Become Persistent: Household-Level Asset Growth in the Aftermath of an Extreme Weather Event," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1759, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
  46. Maitreesh Ghatak, 2017. "Comment on Chapters 9 and 10," NBER Chapters, in: The Economics of Poverty Traps, pages 383-393, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  47. Imbert, Clément & Papp, John, 2018. "Costs and Benefits of Seasonal Migration : Evidence from India," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 1161, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
  48. Cuong Le Van & Ngoc-Sang Pham & Thi Kim Cuong Pham, 2021. "Development loans, poverty trap, and economic dynamics," Working Papers halshs-03456281, HAL.
  49. Imbert, Clément & Papp, John, 2020. "Costs and benefits of rural-urban migration: Evidence from India," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 146(C).
  50. Gustavo A. Marrero & Luis Servén, 2022. "Growth, inequality and poverty: a robust relationship?," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 63(2), pages 725-791, August.
  51. Fred Mawunyo Dzanku, 2020. "Poverty Reduction And Economic Livelihood Mobility In Rural Sub‐Saharan Africa," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 32(5), pages 636-683, July.
  52. Clare Balboni & Oriana Bandiera & Robin Burgess & Maitreesh Ghatak & Anton Heil, 2023. "Why Do People Stay Poor?," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 137(2), pages 785-844.
  53. Le Van, Cuong & Pham, Ngoc-Sang & Pham, Thi Kim Cuong, 2023. "Effects of development aid (grants and loans) on the economic dynamics of the recipient country," Mathematical Social Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 125(C), pages 101-112.
  54. José Ventura & Kety Jauregui, 2023. "Poverty Reduction through Corporate Social Responsibility: Case Study of Peruvian Rural Families," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(2), pages 1-20, January.
  55. Dylan Fitz & Shyam Gouri Suresh, 2021. "Poverty traps across levels of aggregation," Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, Springer;Society for Economic Science with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents, vol. 16(4), pages 909-953, October.
  56. Richard Startz, 2020. "The next hundred years of growth and convergence," Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 35(1), pages 99-113, January.
  57. Pinelopi K. Goldberg & Tristan Reed, 2020. "Demand-Side Constraints in Development: The Role of Market Size, Trade, and (In)Equality," NBER Working Papers 27286, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  58. Elizabeth Eldridge & Marie-Eve Rancourt & Ann Langley & Dani Héroux, 2022. "Expanding Perspectives on the Poverty Trap for Smallholder Farmers in Tanzania: The Role of Rural Input Supply Chains," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(9), pages 1-34, April.
  59. Juan Felipe Riaño & Felipe Valencia Caicedo, 2024. "Collateral Damage: The Legacy of the Secret War in Laos," The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 134(661), pages 2101-2140.
  60. Lara Ibarra,Gabriel & Martinez Cruz,Adan L., 2015. "Exploring the sources of downward bias in measuring inequality of opportunity," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7458, The World Bank.
  61. Janz, Teresa & Augsburg, Britta & Gassmann, Franziska & Nimeh, Zina, 2023. "Leaving no one behind: Urban poverty traps in Sub-Saharan Africa," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 172(C).
  62. Kleemans, Marieke, 2015. "Migration Choice under Risk and Liquidity Constraints," 2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California 200702, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  63. Goldberg,Pinelopi Koujianou & Reed,Tristan, 2020. "Income Distribution, International Integration and Sustained Poverty Reduction," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9342, The World Bank.
  64. Cissé, Jennifer Denno & Barrett, Christopher B., 2018. "Estimating development resilience: A conditional moments-based approach," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 135(C), pages 272-284.
  65. Brown,Caitlin Susan & Kandpal,Eeshani & Lee,Jean Nahrae & Williams,Anaise Marie, 2022. "Unequal Households or Communities ? Decomposing the Inequality in Nutritional Status in South Asia," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10009, The World Bank.
  66. Martin Ravallion, 2016. "The World Bank: Why It Is Still Needed and Why It Still Disappoints," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 30(1), pages 77-94, Winter.
  67. David Carment & Yiagadeesen Samy, 2017. "Exiting the fragility trap: Rethinking our approach to the world's most fragile states," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2017-181, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
  68. Farzana Naheed Khan & M. Tariq Majeed, 2018. "Poverty Traps and Economic Growth: Evidence from Pakistan," Business & Economic Review, Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar, Pakistan, vol. 10(4), pages 121-142, December.
  69. Francis Andrianarison, 2023. "Human capital, infrastructure, and institutional quality: leapfrogging the spatial poverty gap," SN Business & Economics, Springer, vol. 3(9), pages 1-26, September.
  70. Chege, Christine G.K. & Sibiko, Kenneth W. & Wanyama, Rosina & Jager, Matthias & Birachi, Eliud, 2019. "Are consumers at the base of the pyramid willing to pay for nutritious foods?," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 87(C), pages 1-1.
  71. Shyamsundar, Priya & Ahlroth, Sofia & Kristjanson, Patricia & Onder, Stefanie, 2020. "Supporting pathways to prosperity in forest landscapes – A PRIME framework," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 125(C).
  72. Xiao Wei & Xu Junyi, 2019. "Bounded rationality and the ineffectiveness of big push policies," The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, De Gruyter, vol. 19(2), pages 1-21, June.
  73. Jean‐Claude Berthelemy, 2021. "Exits from the poverty trap and growth accelerations in a dual economy model," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 25(3), pages 1197-1215, August.
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