What does it mean to be poor?: Investigating the qualitative-quantitative divide in Mozambique

Sam Jones and Inge Tvedten

No wp-2018-75, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper reflects on the relationship between economic (quantitative) and anthropological (qualitative) approaches to the analysis of poverty in developing countries. Drawing on detailed evidence from Mozambique, we argue that different research approaches do not merely see the same poverty from different angles; rather, they tend to conceptualize poverty differently. These different views can be traced to alternative philosophical positions along three axes—the ontological character of poverty; its generative mechanisms; and epistemological priorities.

Keywords: Poverty analysis; Poverty measurement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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