Frameworks for Understanding the Inter-Generational Transmission of Poverty and Well-Being in Developing Countries

Moore, Karen

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“…Findings from multivariate analyses are inconsistent, and including both associations (Savarimuthu et al, 2009) and no association (Gausia et al, 2009). Low or no educational opportunity is associated with poverty in early life, creating a pathway of intergenerational transmission of poverty (Harper et al, 2003;Moore, 2001). We know, for example, that female education is strongly associated with fertility, and higher levels of unwanted fertility are associated with poorer mental health outcomes for women, including suicide (Brockington, 2001).…”

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Poverty and postnatal depression: a systematic mapping of the evidence from low and lower middle income countries

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This study systematically maps, assesses and aggregates research relating to postnatal depression (PND) and poverty in low and lower middle income countries (LLMICs). Our search of 12 databases yielded 2,202 articles, of which 47 items from 17 countries were included in our mapping. We highlight mechanisms for the relationships between poverty and PND in LLMICs. The research base on the relationships between poverty and PND in LLMIC is limited, but has recently expanded. It is dominated by studies that consider whether poverty is a risk factor for PND. Income, socio-economic status and education are all inconsistent risk factors for PND. Clues to better ways of framing and capturing economic stress in PND research is found in the qualitative studies included in our mapping. Evidence focuses overwhelmingly on individual-level analyses. To understand the scale and implications of PND in LLMICs, research has to take account of neighbourhoods, communities, and localities.

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“…Inadvertently, these arguments indicate that elites place the blame for the existence of poverty in Malawi on the poor. The poor are therefore considered to hold behaviours, values and deviant attitudes different from the rest of society which makes them unable or unwilling to take advantage of emergent opportunities (Moore 2001in Bird 2007. It is these innate characteristics of poor people that influence policies that target the deserving and undeserving poor.…”

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Mutual Interdependence between Elites and the Poor

Kalebe-Nyamongo¹

2012

The Role of Elites in Economic Development

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There has been a growing recognition among scholars that politics matters in the distribution of resources in society. However, attempts to use a political economy 'lens' with which to explore causes of poverty and strategies for poverty alleviation have largely ignored elites. By failing to embrace the crucial role elites play in the implementation of pro-poor policy, existing research has not produced a holistic understanding of the underlying factors which inhibit or promote action towards propoor policy. Historical accounts of the evolution of welfare states in the UK and USA inform us that elites prioritization of poverty reduction is driven by the extent to which elites and the poor are interdependent, such that the presence of the poor has a positive or negative impact on elite welfare. Drawing on research into elite views of poverty and the poor in Malawi, this paper argues that in formulating effective, responsive, and comprehensive strategies for poverty reduction, the role of elites must be considered in addition to the adoption of democratic, economic, and social institutions.

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“…It is anticipated that the theorisation of 'capitals' in a broadly conceived sense (already strong in the CPRC perspective, see Moore (2001) and (2005); Hulme and Shepherd (2003); Shepherd (2007)) will inform the analysis of the allocation and distribution of resources across the family and between generations. In this case, the research team may choose to apply Bourdieu's formal conceptualisation of 'capitals' -economic, cultural and social -and the mechanisms for the transmission and conversion of 'capital' from one type to another within the 'field' of the family and its intersection with other 'fields' such as the economy or the 'field' of power relations within a village (e.g.…”

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Using Family Histories to Understand the Intergenerational Transmission of Chronic Poverty

Miller

2007

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Frameworks for Understanding the Inter-Generational Transmission of Poverty and Well-Being in Developing Countries

Cited by 79 publications

References 19 publications

Poverty and postnatal depression: a systematic mapping of the evidence from low and lower middle income countries

Poverty and postnatal depression: a systematic mapping of the evidence from low and lower middle income countries

Mutual Interdependence between Elites and the Poor

Using Family Histories to Understand the Intergenerational Transmission of Chronic Poverty

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