The chronically poor in rural Bangladesh : livelihood constraints and capabilities /
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| Author / Creator: | Motiur Rahman, Pk. Md. |
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| Imprint: | Abingdon, Oxon [U.K.] ; New York : Routledge, 2009. |
| Description: | xix, 187 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Routledge studies in development economics ; 66 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7543036 |
Table of Contents:
- List of illustrations
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1. Understanding of the chronically poor
- 1.2. The state of the chronically poor and its intergenerational mobility
- 1.3. Dynamic poverty groups of study households
- 1.4. Aims of the book and components of framework
- 1.5. Plan of the book
- Part I. Socio-demographic issues
- 2. Population and household characteristics
- 2.1. Age and sex composition of household members
- 2.2. Distribution of households by religion
- 2.3. Gender dimensions of poverty
- 2.4. Household size
- 2.5. Household size and gender of headship
- 2.6. Structure of the main house
- 2.7. Ownership of homestead land
- 2.8. Poverty and access to public goods and services
- 2.9. Fuel used for cooking
- 2.10. Poverty and disability
- Part II. Monetary issues
- 3. Distribution of household income and expenditure
- 3.1. Income distribution
- 3.2. Per capita income
- 3.3. Breakdown of income inequality
- 3.4. Share of income by sources
- 3.5. Gender and income differentials
- 3.6. Food and non-food expenditure
- 3.7. Engel ratio: theory and measurement
- 4. Household assets and liabilities
- 4.1. Asset composition and distribution
- 4.2. Poverty and access to land assets
- 4.3. Value of land assets
- 4.4. Composition of other productive and household durable assets
- 4.5. Gender and access to assets
- 4.6. Asset disposal and its causes
- 4.7. Assets bought
- 4.8. Outstanding loans
- 4.9. Reasons for taking loans
- Part III. Health and nutrition issues
- 5. Health and child nutrition
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Access to health services
- 5.3. Income erosion due to illness
- 5.4. Private health expenditure
- 5.5. Maternal and child healthcare
- 5.6. Delivery care
- 5.7. Anthropometric measures of child nutrition
- 6. Food, nutrition and dietary diversity
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Food intake
- 6.3. Calorie intake
- 6.4. Calorie intake by food group
- 6.5. Variations in calorie intake
- 6.6. Dietary diversity by economic class
- 6.7. Estimated calorie consumption functions
- 7. Poverty and food security
- 7.1. Definition of food security
- 7.2. Food security
- 7.3. Perception of food insecurity
- 7.4. Duration of food insecurity
- 7.5. Food insecurity and dietary adjustment
- 7.6. Seasonality in food insecurity
- 7.7. Dynamics of food security by economic class
- Part IV. Human- and social-capital issues
- 8. Poverty and human capital: Education and literacy
- 8.1. Introduction
- 8.2. Literacy and education
- 8.3. Adult education
- 8.4. Gender and year of schooling
- 8.5. Gender and age matter to education
- 8.6. Uneven access to education
- 8.7. Private investment in human capital
- 8.8. Does poverty matter deprivation in education?
- 8.9. Poverty of Opportunity Index (POPI) in education
- 9. Profile of social capital and women's mobility
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. Social capital
- 9.3. Membership and formation of institutional capital
- 9.4. Memberships of adult members by economic class
- 9.5. Diversity in participation with local institutions
- 9.6. Women's mobility
- 9.7. Women's involvement in outside activities
- 9.8. Women's expenditure pattern by economic class
- 9.9. Women's participation in local institutions
- 9.10. Asset ownership and women's decision-making power
- Part V. Vulnerability issues
- 10. Livelihood strategies: Constraints and choices
- 10.1. Introduction
- 10.2. Livelihood of male household heads
- 10.3. Livelihood of female household heads
- 10.4. Secondary livelihood activities of household heads
- 10.5. Livelihood strategies of household members
- 10.6. Scenario of child labour
- 10.7. Livelihood strategies of child labour
- 11. Shocks and coping strategies
- 11.1. Introduction
- 11.2. Effects of shocks
- 11.3. Covariate shocks and vulnerability
- 11.4. Average loss due to covariate shocks
- 11.5. Idiosyncratic shocks and vulnerability
- 11.6. Coping strategies for shocks
- 12. Vulnerability to poverty in rural Bangladesh
- 12.1. Introduction
- 12.2. Vulnerability to shocks and poverty
- 12.3. Method for assessment of vulnerability
- 12.4. The poverty-line income
- 12.5. Measurement of vulnerability
- 12.6. Poverty and vulnerability categories by educational level
- 12.7. Poverty and vulnerability by landholding size
- 12.8. Poverty and vulnerability by gender of household heads
- 13. Synthesis and recommendations
- 13.1. Constraints and capabilities
- 13.2. Vulnerability
- Appendix 1. Quantitative survey
- Appendix 2. List and location of selected villages
- Appendix 3. Important socio-economic indicators of sample households
- Appendix 4. Important socio-economic indicators of sample households by year of schooling
- Appendix 5. Important socio-economic indicators of sample households by landholding size
- Appendix 6. Important socio-economic indicators of sample households by gender
- Bibliography
- Index
