Assets and domestic units: methodological challenges for longitudinal studies of poverty dynamics

Dan Brockington*, Ernestina Coast, Anna Mdee, Olivia Howland, Sara Randall

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Abstract

Tracking change in assets access and ownership in longitudinal research is difficult. Assets are rarely assigned to individuals. Their benefit and management are spread across domestic units which morph over time. We review the challenges of using assets to understand poverty dynamics, and tracking the domestic units that own and manage assets. Using case studies from longitudinal research we demonstrate that assets can afford useful insights into important change.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)159-179
Number of pages21
JournalJournal of Peasant Studies
Volume48
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 1 - No Poverty
    SDG 1 No Poverty

Keywords

  • Assets
  • domestic unit
  • longitudinal studies
  • poverty dynamics
  • Tanzania

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