@inbook{10cfc824defb4267aab1a44c8290cf67,
title = "Poverty traps and safety nets",
keywords = "Asset holding, Health shock, Herd size, Poverty trap, Productive asset",
author = "Barrett, {Christopher B.} and McPeak, {John G.}",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Alain de Janvry and Ravi Kanbur for their invitation to participate in this event, Erik Thorbecke for his ongoing inspiration to so many of us, Michael Carter, Stefan Dercon and Dan Maxwell for helpful discussions that have informed parts of this paper, Alok Bhargava, Jan Willem Gunning, Martin Ravallion, an anonymous referee and conference participants for helpful comments, and Erin Lentz, Andrew Mude and Jacqueline Vanderpuye-Orgle for excellent research assistance. This work has been made possible, in part, by support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through grant LAG-A-00-96-90016-00 through the BASIS CRSP, grants DAN-1328-G-00-0046-00 and PCE-G-98-00036-00 through the Pastoral Risk Management Project of the Global Livestock CRSP, and grant HFM-A-00-01-00132-00 to the Strategies and Analyses for Growth and Access (SAGA) cooperative agreement. The views expressed here and any remaining errors are mine and do not represent any official agency.",
year = "2006",
doi = "10.1007/0-387-29748-0_8",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "131--154",
booktitle = "Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being",
}