Project
Natural Capital and Poverty Reduction
Details
Project Code:
Not Available
Start Date:
2007
End Date:
2012
CRSP Phase:
Phase 3
Budget:
$861,710
Participants
Lead University:
Purdue University
Other Partners:
Center for International Research in Forestry (The Poverty-Environment Network); Oregon State University; SANREM CRSP (US); Makerere University (Uganda); Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway)
Principal Investigator(s):
Jerry Shively (US); Arild Angelsen (Norway); Charles Jumbe (Malawi); Dick Sserunkuuma (Uganda)
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
Monica Fisher
Overview
This project studied how natural capital functioned as a form of insurance for poor households facing income variability and shocks and whether income from natural resources could be used by poor households to accumulate physical, financial and human capital. Researchers also analyzed how wealth, gender, and market conditions affect household dependence on natural resources. This project was done in collaboration with the SANREM CRSP.
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