@article{Barrett:127243,
      recid = {127243},
      author = {Barrett, Christopher B.},
      title = {Rural Poverty Dynamics: Development Policy Implications},
      address = {2003-09},
      number = {642-2016-44204},
      series = {WP 2003-30},
      pages = {32},
      year = {2003},
      abstract = {This paper summarizes a few key findings from a rich and  growing body of research on
the nature of rural poverty  and, especially, the development policy implications  of
relatively recent findings and ongoing work. Perhaps the  most fundamental lesson of
recent research on rural poverty  is the need to distinguish transitory from chronic
poverty.  The existence of widespread chronic poverty also raises the  possibility of
poverty traps. I discuss some of the  empirical and theoretical challenges of identifying
and  explaining poverty traps. In policy terms, the distinction  between transitory and
chronic poverty implies a need to  distinguish between “cargo net” and “safety  net”
interventions and a central role for effective  targeting of interventions.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/127243},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.127243},
}