Challenging orthodoxies: Understanding poverty in pastoral areas of East Africa

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cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7660.2008.00497.xen
cg.issn0012-155Xen
cg.issn1467-7660en
cg.issue4en
cg.journalDevelopment and Changeen
cg.subject.ilriPOVERTYen
cg.subject.ilriLIVELIHOODSen
cg.subject.ilriPASTORALISMen
cg.volume39en
dc.contributor.authorLittle, P.D.en
dc.contributor.authorMcPeak, J.G.en
dc.contributor.authorBarrett, Christopher B.en
dc.contributor.authorKristjanson, Patricia M.en
dc.date.accessioned2010-03-02T09:31:12Zen
dc.date.available2010-03-02T09:31:12Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/751
dc.titleChallenging orthodoxies: Understanding poverty in pastoral areas of East Africaen
dcterms.abstractUnderstanding and alleviating poverty in Africa continues to receive considerable attention from a range of diverse actors, including politicians, international celebrities, academics, activists and practitioners. Despite the onslaught of interest, there is surprisingly little agreement on what constitutes poverty in rural Africa, how it should be assessed, and what should be done to alleviate it. Based on data from an interdisciplinary study of pastoralism in northern Kenya, this article examines issues of poverty among one of the continent's most vulnerable groups, pastoralists, and challenges the application of such orthodox proxies as incomes/expenditures, geographic remoteness, and market integration. It argues that current poverty debates `homogenize' the concept of `pastoralist' by failing to acknowledge the diverse livelihoods and wealth differentiation that fall under the term. The article concludes that what is not needed is another development label (stereotype) that equates pastoralism with poverty, thereby empowering outside interests to transform rather than strengthen pastoral livelihoods.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.available2008-10-06
dcterms.bibliographicCitationLittle, P.D, McPeak ,J., Barrett, C. and Kristjanson, P. 2008. Challenging orthodoxies: Understanding poverty in pastoral areas of East Africa. Development and Change. 39 (4): 585-609.en
dcterms.extentp. 585-609en
dcterms.issued2008-07
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherWileyen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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