Why do People stay Poor?
Why do People stay Poor?
Evidence on Persistence of Poverty from a Randomized Asset Transfer Programme
Maitreesh Ghatak (with Clare Balboni, Oriana Bandiera, Robin Burgess and Anton Heil)
London School of Economics
April 2019
Setting
Introduction
Question
Is poverty persistent? In particular:
Are the poor "stuck" in a trap and need a push to move out of it?
or Is it a combination of economic fundamentals (productivity, preferences) & slow convergence?
Derive theoretical predictions and provide a test based on RCT evidence from a one-time asset-transfer programme in Bangladesh where the recipients were surveyed 2, 4, & 7 years after the initial transfer
Poverty
Global poor are those whose income falls below the global poverty line, the famous "Dollar A Day" line
nowadays $1.90
The share of people living in absolute poverty has been dropping steadily in the last 200 years
Acceleration in the last 50 years
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