Understanding and reducing persistent poverty in Africa: Introduction to a special issue
介绍了一期特刊，该特刊采用资产方法和混合方法研究撒哈拉以南非洲的结构性贫困动态，分析各类冲击对福祉变化的影响。
Abstract This paper introduces a special issue exploring persistent poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. As a set, these papers break new ground in exploring the dynamics of structural poverty, integrating qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis and adopting an asset-based approach to the study of changes in well-being, especially in response to a wide range of different (climatic, health, political, and other) shocks. In this introductory essay, we frame these studies, building directly on evolving conceptualisations of poverty in Africa.