Examining A 'Micro–Macro Paradox': Did Poverty Really Fall in the Union of Myanmar?1. (12th January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shaffer, Paul
• Is Part Of: Journal of international development. Volume 27:Number 7(2015:Oct.)
• Page Start: 1332
• Page End: 1336
• Publication Date: 2015-01-12
• Subjects: Economic development projects -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Economic policy -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Foreign economic relations -- Periodicals; Economic development -- Periodicals; 330.91724
• DOI: 10.1002/jid.3065
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0954-1748

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>There is a 'micro–macro paradox' in poverty measurement. In a number of countries, declines in income or consumption poverty found in nationally representative household survey data are at odds with people's perceptions of worsening poverty or deprivation. This article suggests a number of potential explanations for the paradox and presents the case of Myanmar where many of these same issues have recently played out. It is argued that there are plausible explanations that reconcile, in part, apparently conflicting positions in Myanmar's 'Great Poverty Debate'. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley &amp; Sons, Ltd.</p> </abstract>