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Cambridge Journal of Economics Advance Access published online on March 3, 2009
Cambridge Journal of Economics, doi:10.1093/cje/ben046
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Cambridge Political Economy Society with the kind permission of the British Academy.

Poverty, time and vagueness: integrating the core poverty and chronic poverty frameworks

David Clark and David Hulme*

* Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, UK

Address for correspondence: David Clark, 237 Bexley Road, Eltham, London SE9 2PN, UK; email: david_a_clark{at}hotmail.com

In recent decades there have been considerable steps forward in terms of understanding poverty. This paper identifies three ‘meta-dimensions’ of poverty, which relate to: (i) depth and severity; (ii) breadth and multidimensionality; and (iii) time and duration. The advances that have been made in terms of conceptualising, measuring and analysing poverty in each of these areas are briefly considered. It is shown that the third and final ‘meta-dimension’—time and duration—has been neglected until relatively recently. It is argued that time, and, in particular, duration is an important analytical component for understanding the experience of poverty and the processes that create and reduce poverty. The final part of the paper suggests a way of integrating time into a unified framework for understanding poverty, which can deal with the depth, breadth and duration of poverty. This involves extending Mozaffar Qizilbash's poverty and vagueness methodology to include duration.

Key Words: Poverty • Vagueness • Time • Multidimensionality • Well-being

JEL classifications: B41, I31, I32, O1

Manuscript received January 22, 2007; final version received July 15, 2008.


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