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  • Title: Parallel realities: exploring poverty dynamics using mixed methods in rural Bangladesh.
    Author: Davisa P, Baulch B.
    Journal: J Dev Stud; 2011; 47(1):118-42. PubMed ID: 21280418.
    Abstract:
    This paper explores the implications of using two methodological approaches to study poverty dynamics in rural Bangladesh. Using data from a unique longitudinal study, we show how different methods lead to very different assessments of socio-economic mobility. We suggest five ways of reconciling these differences: considering assets in addition to expenditures, proximity to the poverty line, other aspects of well-being, household division, and qualitative recall errors. Considering assets and proximity to the poverty line along with expenditures resolves three-fifths of the qualitative and quantitative differences. Use of such integrated mixed-methods can therefore improve the reliability of poverty dynamics research.
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